How the spreadsheet workflow disappears, piece by piece.
Five workflows that replace the Excel → PowerPoint → Outlook routine. Each one shown step by step.
Good morning, Aditya.
One form. The whole costing.
A merchandiser used to bounce between 12 Excel tabs to cost a single style. In TextileCost, fabric, materials, CMT and the cost summary live on one screen. The markup math runs automatically.
Style costing.
Two-tone linen, 160 GSM
- 1Pick the buyer
Per-buyer defaults (currency, overhead, wastage, markup, CMT) pre-fill the moment you select them. No retyping.
- 2Add fabric and materials rows
GSM, width, rate, consumption, wastage on every fabric row. Materials and trims as a catalogue: thread, fusing, lace, buttons, embroidery, zipper, custom.
- 3CMT in four cards
Cutting, stitching, other (finishing, washing, trims) and quantity-based costs (shipping docs per piece, sampling, courier). Each one gets its own card.
- 4Watch the cost summary update live
Subtotal → Overhead % → Wastage % → Markup % → Bill discount. The math compounds automatically. Convert to any quote currency at the entered FX rate.
- Auto-saved every keystroke. Restore drafts on return.
- Edit history per style, per user. See who changed what, when.
- Multi-currency with auto FX + buffer %.
- Style variations (child styles linked by parent).
- Duplicate a style with one click. Photos inherit.
A buyer-ready PPT, in one click.
Forget rebuilding a PowerPoint for every enquiry. Multi-select styles on the dashboard, hit Generate, hand the .pptx to the buyer. Each style becomes one slide on cream paper, set in Georgia.
Cropped chore jacket
TC-2026-012 · 12 oz washed canvas
- 1Multi-select styles on the dashboard
Pick five styles, ten styles, fifty. TextileCost generates every slide in parallel.
- 2Toggle prices on or off
Sometimes the buyer hasn’t earned price visibility yet. One checkbox controls it.
- 3Generated layout adapts to your photos
0 photos: centred text. 1 photo: photo + text. 2 photos: photo + photo + text. Each style’s slide picks the right layout automatically.
- 4Download the .pptx
A standard PowerPoint file. Opens in Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, anywhere.
- Editorial cream-paper look, set in Georgia serif.
- Your brand on every PPT (logo, name, footer).
- Make dozens of PPTs in one go.
- No PowerPoint installation needed. Built in the browser.
Send the pitch without leaving the app.
Stop rebuilding the same enquiry email in Outlook for every buyer. Pick the styles, pick the buyer, edit the prices inline, hit send. The PPT attaches itself.
Dear Aiko,
Per our call, please find three Pre-Fall styles attached. Quoted FOB Mumbai, 60 days lead time.
| Style | Quality | Price |
|---|---|---|
| TC-2026-012 | Chore jacket · canvas | $19.40 |
| TC-2026-011 | Bias-cut midi · CDC | $22.80 |
| TC-2026-010 | Pintex blouse · poplin | $11.95 |
Warm regards, Aditya Sadh
- 1Pick the buyer + CCs
Per-buyer defaults remember the primary contact and CC list. Internal merchandising team auto-CCed.
- 2Edit prices and remarks inline
Adjust the quote per style without bouncing back to the costing form. Remarks support per-style notes.
- 3Choose your sender
Send from your own email address, or use ours. Either way, replies always come back to you.
- 4Hit send
The Georgia-on-cream email goes out with the PPT attached. No PDF gymnastics, no missed CCs.
- Branded email that looks like a real merchandiser wrote it, not a system notification.
- Multi-CC with per-buyer memory.
- PowerPoint auto-attached at send time.
- Internal merch CC list configurable per workspace.
Quote in their currency. Lock in the rate.
FX margin disappears between quote and invoice because spreadsheets keep one rate in one cell. TextileCost stores the rate on every style, with an editable buffer % to absorb FX moves.
no side-cell calculator required →
- 1Set base + supported currencies
Workspace settings: pick your base currency (typically INR) and the quote currencies you want to support (USD, EUR, GBP, custom).
- 2Auto-fetched FX with a buffer
Every new style pre-fills today’s exchange rate. Add a buffer percentage (4-6% is industry standard) to absorb FX moves between quote and invoice.
- 3Per-buyer currency memory
The buyer’s preferred currency is stored on the buyer record. Picking the buyer picks the currency.
- 4Rate stored per style, not per workspace
Last week’s quote stays at last week’s rate. The dashboard reflects what you actually committed to, not what the dollar is doing today.
- USD · EUR · GBP · INR, plus any others.
- Editable FX buffer % per style.
- Per-buyer default currency.
- Cost currency and quote currency stay separate.
The whole team works in one place.
An export house has admins, merchandisers, photographers, and pattern masters. TextileCost gives each one a sidebar tuned to their job. Fewer wrong clicks, more focused work.
- Workspace settings & branding
- Invite + remove teammates
- Edit per-buyer defaults
- Export ZIP / migrate
- Create + edit costings
- Generate PPTs
- Send buyer enquiries
- Manage buyers
- Upload style photos
- Replace + reorder shots
- Photo-resize automatic
- Sees their queue only
- Upload pattern PDFs
- Attach to a style
- Version control
- Sees their queue only
- 1Invite by email
From settings, send an invite with a role assigned. Invitee gets an email, sets a password, lands in their workspace.
- 2Sidebar adapts to the role
Admins see settings, data management, and the cost comparison tool. Merchandisers see the costing form, dashboard, and buyer master. Photographers see the upload queue.
- 3Edit history shows accountability
Every save records who changed what, when. No more “who quoted that markup?”
- 4Manage seats per workspace
Starter includes 3 seats, Growth includes 15, Enterprise unlimited. Add or remove as the team grows.
- Four roles out of the box: Admin · Merchandiser · Photographer · Pattern master
- Per-role sidebar. No clutter.
- Edit history per style.
- Easy seat management.
Try it on a costing of your own.
Free 14-day trial. No card. Most teams ship their first costing inside thirty minutes.