Turf $/m², mulch $/m³, retaining walls $/m, decking and paving — all pre-loaded as visual formulas. Deposit invoicing, materials-markup lines, recurring maintenance, ATO GST. Works on regional sites with no signal.
Three reasons landscapers leave money on the table
Open the Landscaper starter pack inside Invoice Better and these line items load instantly. Edit the rates to match your business and you're done. No spreadsheet, no calculator.
| Landscaper Job | Formula | Sample Output |
|---|---|---|
| Lawn turf supply & lay | $22/m² lay + $40/m² supply + min $250 | 60m² → $4,180 inc GST |
| Mulch supply & spread | $95/m³ + $45/m³ spread + delivery | 8m³ → $1,232 inc GST |
| Retaining wall (timber) | $385/m + min 2m + materials at cost +15% | 8m → $3,388 inc GST |
| Decking install | $220/m² + posts $145 each | 18m² + 6 posts → $5,313 inc GST |
| Tree removal (small) | Flat $385–$650 by size category | 5m gum → $605 inc GST |
| Garden design / consultation | $185/hr design + $880/day on-site | Half-day design → $407 inc GST |
| Lawn mowing (regular) | $65 flat (sub 200m²) / $95 (200–500m²) | Suburban block → $71.50 inc GST |
| Deposit (50% on jobs >$2,000) | Auto-calc on quote acceptance | $3,200 quote → $1,760 inc deposit |
Tap any item, set quantity, GST is auto-calculated. The full smart price list walks through how every formula type works.
Generated by Invoice Better in 28 seconds from a saved client + saved price list. ATO-compliant tax invoice, ABN, BSB and GST all included.
Greenline Landscaping
ABN 34 567 890 123
Pay to: Greenline Landscaping · BSB 062-000 · Acct 1234 5678
Landscaping jobs are weird. Half the price is materials measured in cubic metres or square metres. The other half is labour that varies wildly with weather, ground conditions and access. Deposits are essential because turf orders can't be cancelled. And you're often quoting on a back-of-envelope sketch from a customer who doesn't know what they want.
Invoice Better's Landscaper starter pack handles all of it: per-m² and per-m³ formulas, deposit invoices, materials-at-cost lines, regular maintenance, and seasonal rate adjustments.
Turf orders can't be cancelled once cut. Plant orders are non-refundable. Concrete is poured to spec. If you're not collecting a 50% deposit on jobs over $2,000, you're carrying the inventory risk for free.
Invoice Better's quote-to-deposit flow:
Most landscapers under-charge for materials. The rule of thumb in the industry is 15–25% markup on landscape supplies (mulch, turf, plants, sleepers) — a fair compensation for the ute trip, supplier admin, breakage and credit terms with the supplier. Invoice Better's materials-supply line carries a default 20% markup that you can tune per item or per customer.
Landscapers who add a clearly-labelled materials markup line make 20–30% more per job and almost never get pushback — because customers don't know that "materials at cost" is suspiciously rare in any building trade. Burying it inside labour creates disputes; surfacing it as a transparent line builds trust.
For lawn mowing, hedge trimming and garden tidy-ups on regular schedules, Invoice Better's saved-customer + saved-line-items combo means a recurring invoice takes 3 taps. Most landscapers run a Tuesday-Thursday domestic round and a Friday commercial round — by the time you're driving home Friday, all 28 invoices for the week are sent.
If a job's pushed by weather, the quote PDF includes a default 30-day validity. Invoice Better's quote system supports re-issuing a quote with an extended validity in 2 taps. No re-typing, no awkward conversations.
Every Invoice Better PDF is a fully ATO-compliant GST tax invoice — ABN, BSB, "Tax Invoice" header, GST 10%, sequential numbering. For commercial landscape work where the buyer is GST-registered, the invoice format supports their input tax credit claims.
Most landscapers we hear from were using either spreadsheets, free generic invoicing apps with no AU defaults, or lightweight tools like Sole/Billdu. The structural advantage Invoice Better offers is the formula-based price list — a per-m² turf formula or a per-m³ mulch formula in a generic invoicing app means re-typing the maths every quote. Here that maths is a saved formula. Build it once.
Real questions Australian tradies and sole traders ask before switching invoicing apps.
For sole-trader and small-crew Australian landscapers and gardeners, Invoice Better is the fastest option — per-m² and per-m³ formulas, deposit invoicing, materials-markup lines and ATO GST tax invoices in 30 seconds. From $4.99/mo, $39.99/yr or $99.99 lifetime. Works 100% offline so it runs on regional and rural job sites with no signal.
Yes — the Landscaper starter pack includes pre-set formulas for turf ($/m² lay + $/m² supply), mulch ($/m³ supply + $/m³ spread), retaining walls ($/m), decking ($/m²) and more. Drop in dimensions, get the price, GST auto-applied.
Generate a quote PDF, send it for acceptance, then issue a deposit invoice (50% default, editable) on acceptance. The deposit invoice is a full ATO-compliant tax invoice with the deposit clearly labelled. The final invoice on completion deducts the paid deposit as a separate line.
Yes — industry standard is 15–25% markup on landscape supplies (turf, mulch, plants, sleepers, gravel). Invoice Better's materials-supply line defaults to 20% markup and is editable per item or per customer. Surfacing the markup as a transparent line builds more trust than burying it inside labour.
Yes — save the customer with their property size category, save the line item (e.g. 'Lawn mowing — sub 200m² → $65'), and re-invoicing each visit is 3 taps. Most landscapers run a full week's invoicing in 15 minutes on Friday afternoon.
Yes — Invoice Better is 100% on-device. Create, save and send invoices completely offline; AirDrop on-site or queue email for when you're back in range. Built for properties beyond reliable 4G. More on offline invoicing.
Yes — quote PDFs include a default 30-day validity, editable per quote. If weather pushes a job, re-issue the quote with extended validity in 2 taps. The customer sees the same price and a fresh expiry date.
Free for up to 5 invoices/month. Pro is $4.99/month, $39.99/year, or a one-time $99.99 lifetime licence. Most landscapers save $300–500/year vs cloud invoicing tools, and the lifetime tier eliminates subscriptions entirely.
Yes — tap an invoice and mark it as paid; the PDF gets a PAID stamp automatically. Outstanding-invoice list shows you who still owes you, sorted by days outstanding.
No. Your customer list, invoices, pricing and PDFs live entirely on your device in encrypted on-device storage. We collect anonymous, aggregate app-usage signals (which screens get opened, crashes, paywall views) to improve the product. We never see invoice content, customer names or your pricing.
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