Zinevu started with veranda builders. Spans, posts, roof fills, side walls and the price rules behind them are not an afterthought here — they are the reason the product exists.
SOLUTIONS
From the first click to the last invoice.
A homeowner builds their veranda on your website and watches the price move as they go. You get a lead with the full specification and a draft quote already priced. When they sign, that same configuration becomes a project, a planned installation and an invoice — nothing is typed twice.
Roof fill: glass, polycarbonate or insulated panel
Side walls, sliding walls and fixed panels
RAL colours, with your own photo per option
Lighting, heating, screens and guttering
How it works
From a visitor on your site to a planned installation.
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The customer builds it himself
The configurator sits on your own domain, in your own branding. The visitor picks the span, the depth, the roof fill, the side walls and the colour, turns the model around and watches the price move with every choice. Nobody has to call to find out whether the plan fits the budget — and you no longer give up an evening to the conversation that ends there.
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The quote is already priced when it lands
The moment the customer submits, the configuration arrives in your pipeline: contact details, the full specification, a 3D render and a draft quote against your own price rules. You check the margin, adjust what you want and send it on. What costs most builders an evening of spreadsheets and loose price lists takes minutes here.
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Signed becomes project, planning and invoice
Once the customer signs, that same configuration becomes a project with a materials list, an installation date in the crew planning and a work order on the fitter's phone. The invoice comes from the same rules as the signed quote, including the extras added along the way. Nothing is typed a second time.
Why veranda builders switch
Built around how a veranda business actually runs.
Leads that already know a price
The only people you speak to are the ones who know roughly what their veranda costs. That takes out the no-obligation visits that were never going to end in an order, and the conversation left over is about the build rather than the budget.
Your prices, your margins
A base price per structure, a rate per square metre, a surcharge per material and a fixed amount per option. Change one rule and every new configuration prices against it immediately — no stray price list that nobody keeps up to date.
Variations without the email chain
The customer decides they want the side wall in glass after all. They adjust their configuration and the revised quote is in your pipeline seconds later. No more arguing over which version is current and what it was supposed to cost.
One planning for the whole crew
Surveys, installations and service calls share a calendar. Who is where and when sits on the fitter's phone instead of in the head of whoever happens to do the planning.
Work orders from the scaffold
The fitter ticks off the points, photographs the handover and has the customer sign on his phone. It keeps working without signal and syncs later. The handover is done before the van leaves the street.
Invoices from the same rules
The invoice follows the signed quote, with the extras added during the installation. No recalculating afterwards, and no amounts nobody can trace back to what was actually built.
From the field
Builders who already made the switch.
Switched from dedicated veranda software
We ran our previous software for four years. It covered the basics, but every customer change sent us back to Excel and email chains. With Zinevu, customers adjust their own configuration and the updated quote lands in our pipeline within seconds. We closed 40% more deals in our first quarter — not by working harder, but by stopping the drop-off at the follow-up stage.
We used to lose leads across three inboxes. Now every configurator submission lands straight in the pipeline, priced and ready to quote.
Thomas · Owner, veranda & carport installer
What it costs
One subscription per company, configurator included — no separate licence per user and no implementation project running for months. You start on a trial and put your own systems and price rules in before you pay.
Yes. The prices are yours: a base price per structure, a rate per square metre, a surcharge per material and a fixed amount per option. What the customer sees is calculated from your rules, never from a Zinevu price list.
Can I use it with my supplier's catalogue?
Yes. Most veranda builders sell one or two suppliers' systems under their own margins and branding. You enter the options you actually sell at the prices you actually charge; the customer never sees where the profile comes from.
Do I have to rebuild my website for it?
No. The configurator goes in as one piece of code on whichever page you want it — WordPress, Wix, a custom site, it makes no difference. Colours, typeface and logo follow your own branding, so a visitor never notices there is another system underneath.
How long does setup take?
Entering your own systems, options and price rules is the real work. Count on a few days together with us rather than an implementation project running for months. After that you manage options and prices yourself, without involving us.
I already run software. Can I move across?
Yes. Customers, open quotes and running projects come in from an export of your current system. Most builders run both for a while and only switch the old software off once the first installations are planned here.
What happens after a customer submits?
The configuration lands in your pipeline with the contact details, a 3D render and a draft quote. You check it, adjust anything you want and send — usually within minutes, instead of after a site visit.
Does it work for my fitters too?
Yes. Fitters get their work order on the phone, with the configuration, the measurements and the survey photos attached. They tick off, add photos and have the customer sign digitally. It keeps working without a signal.
I build carports and patio covers as well. Can those go in?
Yes. A veranda business rarely sells only verandas. You put several product types side by side in the same configurator, each with its own options, materials and price rules.
Who owns my data and my prices?
You do. Your price rules, customers and configurations are your own company records and you can export them at any time. Zinevu does not resell leads and does not use your data for anything else.
