Proposals

Learn how to create and send detailed proposals in Check Cherry—including the new feature that lets clients choose between multiple package options.

In this step-by-step video, we’ll walk you through everything from customizing the proposal layout to collecting payment and signatures. Whether you're sending a basic proposal or offering tiered packages, Check Cherry makes it easy to close the deal.

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0:00 In this video, we're going to go over Check Cher's proposal feature. We're going to walk through what the client sees, how to build and customize a proposal, and how to use the new alternative package options. When you send a proposal, your client receives a secure link like this. No login required, but looks great on desktop and mobile. At the top, you can add a custom header

0:23 image like the event venue or your branding to personalize the presentation. And there's a call to action button right here for accept and sign. Below that, your client will see scheduled for, date and time of the event, location with an embedded map, package details, name, description, included features, add-ons like photo, backdrops, prints, or extras. Pricing breakdown, all line

0:51 items, taxes, discounts, and total. deposit due with the deposit and a call to action for the client to accept and sign. You can also have it to where if you need a printable version, there's one right there. This is a more traditional look and kind of just goes line by line. And if you need to send it in a PDF and now there are proposal alternatives. You can see

1:14 it's laid out just like the original proposal, but it has two different proposals that the client can choose from. And once you click on that button, it will take you to the proposal page you saw before where they can choose manage add-ons, anything like that. Now, to create a proposal, go to create new proposal. Now, here you can select what package you'd like to show in the proposal.

1:41 I'm going to choose a signature spin. Choose a date, start time, and how long the event will be. You can add any add-ons you would like to have here. You can add a package here. Fill out customer details and even a new venue. You can even add public notes, private notes, anything you need to keep on track with your client or just to yourself and staff. And you'll see here after

2:07 you make the proposal, the proposal has not yet been accepted, prompting you to send an email, copy the link to send them, or even preview the proposal itself. And this is where you can either add a proposal alternative or add another package on top of this. So, we're going to add another proposal alternative. We're going to choose the Deluxe 360 experience. same time, same date,

2:34 and we're going to add that alternative. And it keeps the same time, the same details that you had in the original proposal. And you can even add your own add-ons and backdrops to this. And you can see that it keeps the venue. We made no notes. And you can even add deliverables to this if you'd like to. So, we're going to preview that. And you can see it pulls up a proposal alternative

3:02 and lets them choose between certain options. So whatever they choose, it turns into the actual proposal where they pay their deposit and schedule the booking. Now we're going to look at managing your proposals. So go up to sales proposals and you'll see all the proposals that we've made and have ready for the future. So, we're going to go to Melissa's proposal and say we wanted to

3:28 send this proposal to Melissa. You can either copy the link and send it to whatever messaging service you have, email, anything like that, or you can send an email, which will take you to the messages tab. You'll see it already has these sections filled out for you. And you can edit this however you like and add any attachments or send later. You can schedule to send it later if you'd like

3:56 to wait a day or however long you might want to wait before you send that. We're going to uncheck that. And now you sent a proposal to Melissa. And this is where you wait. And that's how proposals work in Check Cherry, including the new option for letting clients choose between packages. It's a flexible, professional way to close bookings faster and offer more value. Thanks for

4:20 watching. Let us know if you have any questions. Our support team will be happy to take care of

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