Quotes

Retainer quote

Price an ongoing service for a client with a quiet editorial layout.

File types: PDF
Size: A4 PDF
Use case: Quotes
Licence: Free to copy and use in your own templates
Source: Made by thirds.ai with the open-licence Source Serif font, original graphic marks, and fictional sample names.

A tall quiet editorial quote with a short rust rule and modest type for a fictional retained service. — retainers-quote/template.html

About this design

What you can make with it.

Consultants use this quote to price a retained service before work starts. It keeps a quiet editorial layout, with a short rust rule under modest, spaced-out type. Send the client, the retained lines, and the dates for each new agreement.

Your details

What you can change.

These are the words and numbers you swap for your own. The design stays the same.

Business nameA short text.
Business addressA short text.
Business emailA short text.
Client nameA short text.
Client addressA short text.
Quote numberA short text.
Issued onA short text.
Valid untilA short text.
IntroA longer text with more than one line.
ItemsA list of items. Each item has description, quantity, unit price and amount.
SubtotalA number.
Tax labelA short text.
TaxA number.
TotalA number.
TermsA longer text with more than one line.
FooterA short text.

{
  "business_name": "Inkhouse Partners",
  "business_address": "11 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5JH",
  "business_email": "hello@inkhousepartners.co.uk",
  "client_name": "Field & Hearth",
  "client_address": "4 Greenway, Frome BA11 2CD",
  "quote_number": "IH-Q074",
  "issued_on": "2026-10-02",
  "valid_until": "2026-10-31",
  "intro": "A six-month retained writing desk: monthly notes, one campaign, and a weekly call.",
  "items": [
    {
      "description": "Monthly retained desk, six months",
      "quantity": 6,
      "unit_price": 720,
      "amount": 4320
    },
    {
      "description": "Autumn campaign, three pieces",
      "quantity": 1,
      "unit_price": 540,
      "amount": 540
    },
    {
      "description": "Founder interview and edit",
      "quantity": 1,
      "unit_price": 280,
      "amount": 280
    },
    {
      "description": "Staff handbook rewrite",
      "quantity": 1,
      "unit_price": 360,
      "amount": 360
    },
    {
      "description": "Press list refresh",
      "quantity": 1,
      "unit_price": 140,
      "amount": 140
    },
    {
      "description": "Two extra review days",
      "quantity": 2,
      "unit_price": 220,
      "amount": 440
    },
    {
      "description": "Print proof and courier",
      "quantity": 1,
      "unit_price": 48,
      "amount": 48
    }
  ],
  "subtotal": 6128,
  "tax_label": "VAT 20%",
  "tax": 1225.6,
  "total": 7353.6,
  "terms": "Billed monthly in advance. Either side may stop with 30 days of notice. Prices are in pounds sterling.",
  "footer": "Reply by 31 October to start in November."
}

For developers

Make this file from your code or your AI tools.

Save your copy once, then send the new details with each request. Each finished file costs 1 credit.

curl https://thirds.ai/v1/pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $THIRDS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: retainers-quote-1" \
  -d '{"template_id":"tpl_your_copy","version":1,"data":{"business_name":"Inkhouse Partners","business_address":"11 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5JH","business_email":"hello@inkhousepartners.co.uk","client_name":"Field & Hearth","client_address":"4 Greenway, Frome BA11 2CD","quote_number":"IH-Q074","issued_on":"2026-10-02","valid_until":"2026-10-31","intro":"A six-month retained writing desk: monthly notes, one campaign, and a weekly call.","items":[{"description":"Monthly retained desk, six months","quantity":6,"unit_price":720,"amount":4320},{"description":"Autumn campaign, three pieces","quantity":1,"unit_price":540,"amount":540},{"description":"Founder interview and edit","quantity":1,"unit_price":280,"amount":280},{"description":"Staff handbook rewrite","quantity":1,"unit_price":360,"amount":360},{"description":"Press list refresh","quantity":1,"unit_price":140,"amount":140},{"description":"Two extra review days","quantity":2,"unit_price":220,"amount":440},{"description":"Print proof and courier","quantity":1,"unit_price":48,"amount":48}],"subtotal":6128,"tax_label":"VAT 20%","tax":1225.6,"total":7353.6,"terms":"Billed monthly in advance. Either side may stop with 30 days of notice. Prices are in pounds sterling.","footer":"Reply by 31 October to start in November."}}'

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "render",
    "arguments": {
      "output": "pdf",
      "idempotency_key": "retainers-quote-1",
      "request": {
        "template_id": "tpl_your_copy",
        "version": 1,
        "data": {
          "business_name": "Inkhouse Partners",
          "business_address": "11 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5JH",
          "business_email": "hello@inkhousepartners.co.uk",
          "client_name": "Field & Hearth",
          "client_address": "4 Greenway, Frome BA11 2CD",
          "quote_number": "IH-Q074",
          "issued_on": "2026-10-02",
          "valid_until": "2026-10-31",
          "intro": "A six-month retained writing desk: monthly notes, one campaign, and a weekly call.",
          "items": [
            {
              "description": "Monthly retained desk, six months",
              "quantity": 6,
              "unit_price": 720,
              "amount": 4320
            },
            {
              "description": "Autumn campaign, three pieces",
              "quantity": 1,
              "unit_price": 540,
              "amount": 540
            },
            {
              "description": "Founder interview and edit",
              "quantity": 1,
              "unit_price": 280,
              "amount": 280
            },
            {
              "description": "Staff handbook rewrite",
              "quantity": 1,
              "unit_price": 360,
              "amount": 360
            },
            {
              "description": "Press list refresh",
              "quantity": 1,
              "unit_price": 140,
              "amount": 140
            },
            {
              "description": "Two extra review days",
              "quantity": 2,
              "unit_price": 220,
              "amount": 440
            },
            {
              "description": "Print proof and courier",
              "quantity": 1,
              "unit_price": 48,
              "amount": 48
            }
          ],
          "subtotal": 6128,
          "tax_label": "VAT 20%",
          "tax": 1225.6,
          "total": 7353.6,
          "terms": "Billed monthly in advance. Either side may stop with 30 days of notice. Prices are in pounds sterling.",
          "footer": "Reply by 31 October to start in November."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}