Upholstery Business Apps: Fabric Quotes, Job Stages and Sample Loans

Mythex builds what an upholstery workshop actually needs: a site with before-and-after work and a photo quote form, a quote that separates labour from fabric meterage, a job tracker from collection to delivery, and a list of who has borrowed which sample book. Describe your workshop, test it in a live preview and publish.

What an upholstery business needs from software

A wing chair comes in, gets stripped, and the frame turns out to be cracked. The fabric the customer chose is on a four-week lead time and comes in meterage that depends on the pattern repeat. Meanwhile three sample books are out on loan and nobody wrote down where. Upholsterers juggle job tickets, a notebook of fabric orders and van trips across town, and customers ring to ask when their sofa is coming back. The useful software is plain: one job record with the piece, fabric, metres, deposit and stage, plus a loan list for samples.

Quotes with labour, fabric metres, foam and trimmings separated
Deposits taken before fabric is ordered
Job stages: collected, stripped, fabric ordered, in progress, ready
Sample books and swatches tracked as loans
Fabric remnants and foam stock by size and grade
Collection and delivery days grouped by area

What you can build for upholsterers

Quotes that show fabric is half the price

Customers pick an expensive cloth and then blame the upholsterer for the total. Price the piece type and labour hours, then fabric as its own line with the metres stated, including extra for pattern matching. Piping, buttoning, frame repairs and new springs are itemised, and a customer's own fabric carries a handling charge. Seeing the split often leads to a cheaper fabric rather than a cancellation.

Build a quote app for my upholstery business. Choose a piece type (dining chair seat, armchair, wing chair, two-seat sofa, headboard), labour hours, fabric grade with price per metre and metres needed (with extra for pattern repeat), foam, and extras like piping, buttoning, frame repair and new springs. Show labour and fabric as separate totals and add a handling charge for customer's own material.

Sample loans tracked like library books

Each sample book or swatch has a value, and losing a few a month adds up. Record who borrowed which book, when it is due back, and send a reminder when it is overdue. The same CRM holds each job with its piece, chosen fabric, meterage and stage, plus contract seating clients with seat counts.

Make a CRM for an upholsterer. Track jobs with customer, piece, chosen fabric, metres and stage. Track sample book and swatch loans with borrower, date out and due date, and flag overdue loans. Keep commercial clients like restaurants and hotels with seating counts and order history.

Progress photos when the frame is stripped

Customers love seeing the inside of their chair, and the stripped frame is when hidden problems show. Post the photo to the job page with any extra work and its price for approval. The customer confirms fabric, pattern direction and meterage before ordering, and sees the stage until delivery.

Build a customer portal for my upholstery workshop. Each job shows its stage (collected, stripped, fabric ordered, in progress, ready), progress photos, the confirmed fabric and pattern direction, and any extra repairs found with a price to approve. Customers see only their own jobs.

A site that shows the work under the fabric

Show stripped frames, new webbing and springs being retied, not only finished fabric. It explains why proper reupholstery costs more than a new sofa from a chain store. Add a process page with current lead time, a commercial seating page and a quote form with photo upload and dimensions.

Make a website for an upholstery business with before-and-after galleries by piece type, a process page explaining stripping, webbing, springs and foam, our current lead time, a commercial seating page for restaurants and hotels, and a quote request form with photo upload, dimensions and number of matching pieces.

Remnants, foam grades and trimmings

Record fabric rolls and remnants by metres and pattern so cushions and footstools can use offcuts. Track foam by density and thickness, plus webbing, springs, tacks and piping cord with reorder levels.

Build an inventory app for an upholstery workshop tracking fabric rolls and remnants by metres and pattern, foam sheets by density and thickness, and webbing, springs, tacks and trimmings with reorder levels.

A deposit before the fabric is cut

Customer fabric is cut to their piece and rarely reusable. Raise a deposit invoice that covers the fabric before ordering, then a final invoice with labour, foam, fabric, trimmings and delivery trips as separate lines.

Create an invoicing app for an upholsterer with a deposit invoice covering fabric before it is ordered, and a final invoice with separate lines for labour, foam, fabric, trimmings and collection and delivery trips. Commercial invoices carry the client's order number.

Keep the lead time honest

Customers accept a wait if they know it. A workshop that drifts from four weeks to ten without saying so loses referrals. Put the current lead time on the website and on every quote, and use a dashboard of pieces by stage and average collection-to-delivery time against what you quoted. When the number climbs, update the site the same day.

Group van trips by area

One sofa can fill the van, and van trips are a hidden cost. Set collection and delivery days by area and let customers book only those days. A short list of this week's trips, with the size of each piece, helps plan what fits in one run.

Collection days by postcode area
Piece size recorded at booking
Home measure visits kept separate

Questions

Can customers send photos of their furniture for a quote?

Yes. Ask for a quote form with photo upload, dimensions and the number of matching pieces; the images are stored with the enquiry.

Can it calculate fabric metres for me?

It can apply the metres you set per piece type and add extra for a pattern repeat you enter. Your own measuring still decides the final figure.

Can I sell fabric or restored pieces online too?

Yes. Ask for a shop with fabric by the metre, one-off restored pieces and sample requests with a refundable deposit. Payments go through your own payment provider account.

Do I need to code?

No. You describe the app in plain language and change it by chatting.

Is it free?

The Free plan needs no credit card and gives daily credits, enough to build and publish a first version. Pro is $25/month.

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