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Auto-Attachments

Add a Product to Your Proposal and Get the Labor and Accessories Too.

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Written by Joy Weber
Updated this week

What if every time you added a product to a proposal, the labor and accessories came with it automatically?

You’d save time, reduce mistakes, and build better proposals faster.

That’s why Portal created Auto-Attachments: a powerful way to bundle labor, accessories, and nested items directly with your catalog products.

Why Auto-Attachments Are a Game-Changer

Proposals are about more than just products—they’re about the full job. But remembering to add labor, connectors, or required hardware manually leaves too much room for error. Auto-Attachments ensures that every time you add a product, all the necessary pieces come with it.

This not only speeds up your quoting process, but also increases accuracy and consistency across your team.

How It Works

From any product page in your catalog, you can:

  • Attach Labor: Add a default labor item to a product, or even set it as the default for the entire category (e.g., every TV gets an hour of labor).

  • Attach Accessories: Pull in mounts, cables, or brackets automatically with suggested items based on your own sales history or the broader industry.

  • Use Suggested Attachments: Portal helps you choose the right accessories by showing what you and others have sold with the product before.

  • Leverage Nested Attachments: Add products that include their own attachments (e.g., attach an AppleTV, which brings its own HDMI cable and labor).

Now, when you drop that product into a proposal—BOOM—it brings the whole bundle with it.

Create Packages with Custom Items

Take it even further with Custom Items. Create fully bundled packages like a Network Drop that includes labor, cabling, wall plates, and connectors. With combined pricing, your proposal stays clean while still including every detail behind the scenes.

Why Dealers Love Auto-Attachments

  • Save Time: Build proposals in minutes instead of hours.

  • Increase Accuracy: Never forget to add critical components or labor.

  • Standardize Workflows: Ensure consistency across your team.

  • Create Scalable Packages: Use attachments to build repeatable, profitable bundles.

Available on Premium and Higher Plans

Auto-Attachments is included on Portal's Premium and higher plans—but anyone can try it with a free trial.

Build Better Proposals, Automatically

With Auto-Attachments, Portal helps you quote like a pro. More speed, more accuracy, and more consistency—with zero extra effort.

Want to explore more proposal features?

Check out the Optional Items.

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