How to make a business proposal

How to make a business proposal in Bookipi

Learn how to create a new proposal in Bookipi’s Proposal Maker with our simple guide below.

Bookipi’s Proposal maker feature is separated into four key parts including:

Easily navigate between these parts by clicking on the tabs. However, please select ‘Save & Continue‘ to save your current progress as a draft.


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Steps to make a business proposal from Bookipi's Proposal maker

Step 1: Select + Create

This is located in the ‘Proposals’ section in the left-hand menu. 

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Alternatively, select Proposals from the ‘+ Create‘ button in your Bookipi dashboard

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Step 2 (Optional): Add a cover page

You can make a cover page for your business proposal. This step is optional.

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You can upload a pre-designed cover page by selecting “Upload a file” OR create your own cover page by selecting “Design on Canva”

If you decide to design on Canva you will need to log in or sign up to use Canva.

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Choose from the templates provided or make a new proposal cover page. Select ‘Save’.

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You can delete a cover photo by selecting the the ‘x’ close button in the top right of your proposal in Bookipi.

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Your previous proposal covers will be saved if you need to reuse them for the next proposal. Simply select any image from your gallery of ‘Previous covers‘.

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Step 3: Add a title and customer to your business proposal

Enter your proposal title and add a customer.

When you add a customer you can create a new customer or add them from your customer list in your Bookipi account.

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Step 4: Select proposal start & end dates

Select an option for your proposal start and end dates. Specify the actual dates. 

Proposal start dates

  • On Acceptance – The proposal begins once the customer accepts the proposal.

  • On fixed date – The proposal begins on a specific date.

Proposal end dates

  • Set length – The proposal ends after your specified duration in months. For example, e.g. If the proposal was accepted on 08 Dec 2021 and you select 12 months, the proposal will end on 08 Dec 2022

  • Set date – The proposal ends on a specific date.

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Then, select ‘Save & Continue‘ to save your progress as a draft.

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Step 5: Add services to your business proposal

Add an item from the items list in your Bookipi account. Or create an item by entering an Item name.

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Add a description, price, quantity for your item and specify your billing type

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Set your billing type for service items to activate automated billing for Proposals.

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Available billing types include:

  • None: This service item will not be billed automatically and will not have invoices generated.

  • On acceptance: This service item will be automatically billed to the customer once the customer accepts the proposal

  • On completion: This service item will be automatically billed to the customer once the proposal has been indicated as completed

  • Recurring: This service item will be automatically billed depending on the start date and frequency selected.

    • If service items are given fixed dates before the approval date of the proposal, the billing for that item will start counting down from the date of approval rather than the fixed date indicated.

    • An example of a recurring billing type is as follows:

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If you have added a billing schedule you also have the option to add tax. To add tax select ‘Excluding 0% TAX

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Select ‘Change tax settings

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You can edit the abbreviation used, enter the % tax calculated, indicate whether it is inclusive/exclusive, or even add a second tax.

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Once you are happy with the changes, click ‘Save

Your changes will be saved in your Proposals settings. Any new items generated will have your selected tax settings automatically added. If you wish to edit your tax settings for future items, edit this in the Settings section by following this guide.

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Any new items created will now automatically have this tax applied. If you wish to remove your tax from new items on a proposal, select the ‘Tax’ title.

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And untick the options that don’t apply to the item.

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You can add multiple items by selecting “Add an item”

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Note: You can also add the same item multiple times if you would like to customize specific billing periods for the same item

If you want to rearrange the item order you can select and hold the move icon on the top left of the item card and drag it up or down to rearrange the order.

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If you want to copy an item select the copy icon.

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If you would like to delete a service item select the bin icon.

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Once you are happy with your service items select “Save & Continue”

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Step 6: Customize the Proposal agreement section

The details that you provide are automatically included in the Agreement section. You can also access commonly used Terms and Conditions templates. You can review the service agreement and make any of the following changes as required:

Editing the expiration date of the agreement

The expiration date determines how long the proposal is active until it expires. Once the proposal has expired, your client will not be able to view the proposal, and you will need to revoke and edit the proposal to resend this to your client.

You can edit the expiration date permanently for future proposals in the settings section.

To edit the expiry date on the agreement select the date indicated by the dotted box

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A calendar will pop up for you to select the correct expiry date. Select the correct date and select ok

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Edit the customer details as required

If you need to edit the customer details at this stage, you can edit them by hovering over the customer detail box and selecting edit

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You can edit your customer’s details here or you can also choose an existing customer to swap the proposal to.

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Your supplier details are pulled from the Business number section in business settings.

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Step 7: Review billing & terms and conditions

Review your billing schedule. Customize your Terms and conditions by scrolling down the page.

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Customize the Terms and Conditions

There is a set template on the Terms and Conditions page. You can customize our set template using the following methods:

Add a Clause

Step 1: Add a clause by selecting ‘+ Add a clause’

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Step 2: Add a headline, customize your content and click ‘Add‘.

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Your clause has now been added to the agreement

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Edit a clause

Step 1: Select the pencil icon

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Step 2: Make edits to the clause and select ‘Update’.

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Hide the clause

You may wish to hide the clause if it doesn’t apply to this specific proposal.

Simply select the eye icon

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The particular clause will now be hidden.

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Delete the clause

Step 1: Select the bin icon

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Step 2: Select OKto continue

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Rearrange clauses

You can also rearrange the clause by clicking and holding on to a specific clause and dragging it up or down to rearrange the order.

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Save on Settings

All changes will only apply to this specific agreement unless ‘Save on settings‘ is selected. Once ‘Save on settings‘ is selected, any changes you have made to the current Terms and Conditions will be saved in your account settings. You will not be able to recover previous saved settings.

Any new proposals generated will apply the new terms and conditions that have been saved in Settings. You can edit the terms and conditions in the settings section anytime.

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Once you are happy with the agreement select ‘Save & Continue

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Step 8: Preview the business proposal

In the preview section, you can preview the business proposal that your client will see

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Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and you’ll be able to see the cover, services, payment, and sign.

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Review the services offered

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Step 9: Specify payment information

Payment information is required by the client to accept the proposal. This payment information will be charged for service items that have a specified billing type. If None was selected then no payment details will be required

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Step 10: Print or download the agreement

The user will be able to print or download a PDF version of the agreement, review the service, accept and sign the agreement.

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Once everything looks good select “Save and Send”

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Review and edit the email as required.

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You can add several different people in the To or BCC section, and also send yourself a copy.

Please note: Although you can send the proposal to multiple people, only one person is required to sign the invoice and enter their payment details.


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Once you are done, select send.

Please note: if you do not wish to send the proposal just yet you can select “Close” and this will just save your proposal.

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Your client will now have received their proposal to view and accept.

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Once they accept the proposal they will receive an email of the agreement as a pdf

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The proposal state will also have changed to accepted.

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Please note: If you have a service item that is charged on acceptance of the proposal, your client’s card will be charged and they will receive the invoice and receipt of the payment.

If a card payment is unsuccessful, the system will email the client to check their account details. The system will attempt to charge the card again after 3 days, 6 days, and then 14 days. If at the end of 14 days it is still unsuccessful, the automated charge will be canceled for that billing period. If you have updated the bank details within 14 days, the system will attempt to charge the new card.

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