Estimate validity countdown

A live countdown to the estimate's expiry that shifts colour as the deadline closes, and blocks approval once it has passed.

What it is

A per-second countdown of days, hours, minutes and seconds derived from the link's expiry, defaulting to 30 days from creation. The colour moves to a warning tone inside 48 hours and to a breach tone inside 24. Attempting to approve an expired estimate returns a message telling the customer to ask their builder for a new link.

Also called: quote expires · price hold · how long is this quote good for

See it
Estimate validity countdown
New lead 2
Marlin Hoover
$48k
Delia Yoder
$42k
Contacted 2
Sutter Kline
$56k
Ronan Petsch
$51k
Ivy Brubaker
$32k
Estimate 3
Ivy Brubaker
$49k
Gideon Alt
$55k
Sold 3
Marlin Hoover
$70k
Delia Yoder
$65k
Sutter Kline
$20k
The validity strip counting down under the hero, amber inside 48 hours. EstimateView expiry block. Sample data — no customer information appears here.
How it works
  1. 1expiresAt comes from the link, falling back to created plus 30 days
  2. 2A one-second interval recomputes the remaining time and flips an expired flag
  3. 3The approval handler refuses when expired, before any network round trip
  4. 4The auth route rejects an expired link, except on approved projects which stay accessible forever
Why we built it

Material prices in this trade move, and a quote honoured six months later comes straight out of the builder's margin. Every estimate carries a visible validity window counting down, so the deadline is something the customer can see rather than an awkward phone call later. Approved projects are exempt, because the same link becomes the customer's permanent project dashboard and expiring it would lock them out of their own build.

The problem
  • Quotes honoured long after the material pricing behind them changed
  • No visible deadline to push a decision
Sound familiar?
What you get
The buyer sees exactly how long the price is held
An expired quote cannot be approved by accident

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