# Set up your first estimator

> From sign-up to a published estimator in about 10 minutes.

Source: https://roughfigure.com/help/set-up-your-estimator

1. **Create your account.** Sign up with your email or Google, and confirm your email address.
2. **Tell us about your business.** Your business name and trade. We use your trade to suggest a template.
3. **Pick a starting point.** Choose your trade’s template, or start from a blank estimator. Templates come with the questions customers need answering and starting prices.
4. **Check the prices.** The starting prices are only placeholders. Go through each question and change the prices to what you charge, then tick **I’ve checked these prices**.
5. **Publish.** Publishing makes the estimator live. You can keep editing afterwards: changes are saved as you go and go live when you publish again.
6. **Add it to your website.** See [Add the estimator to your website](https://roughfigure.com/help/add-to-your-website).

## Rather we did it?

Choose **Send us your prices** after you sign up, and send your price list however you have it: typed in, a photo or a PDF. We build your estimator for you, free, and message you to check it before it goes live. See [Get help from a person](https://roughfigure.com/help/get-help).

## Good to know

Your estimator shows a range, not an exact price, and tells customers it’s an estimate. You confirm the final price once you’ve seen the job.