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CNC shop junk enquiry cost
For CNC, forging, and casting shops drowning in marketplace inbound. Separate quick screens from deep quotes. See junk cost, channel cost, and team load. Directional. Nothing is uploaded.
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Start from a typical shop
High junk share, short screen, few deep quotes.
Marketplace + portal + WhatsApp leads you actually open from this channel.
India B2B forms often see 30-70% unusable (students, scrapers, price fishers).
Open, read, reply or disqualify. Keep this short and honest.
Drawing review and costing. Most serious chats still die before a quote.
Material, process, and inspection estimate on a real RFQ.
Blended sales + estimation cost, not take-home salary alone.
Subscription, credits, and boosts for this channel.
Signed POs, not quotes. Used for cost-per-order.
How it works
How junk enquiry cost works for precision shops
Marketplace and portal leads are not free for CNC, forging, or casting shops. Someone screens every enquiry; only a share of serious leads get a full quote. Portal fees are visible. Staff time on junk is usually larger and hidden. This calculator separates screen time from deep quoting so channel cost is honest.
The model
| Step | What happens | In this tool |
|---|---|---|
| All inbound | Every enquiry gets a short screen (open, read, reply or disqualify). | Enquiries x screen minutes |
| Junk | Share that fails the first screen. Pure waste of screen time. | Junk % |
| Serious to quote | Of the rest, only some get a full technical quote. Deep time hits that share only. | Quote-ready % x deep minutes |
| Channel cost | Team time at loaded hourly cost plus annual platform fees. | Total channel cost / year |
What this is not
Directional economics for owners and ops, not audited finance. Opportunity cost of slow replies to real buyers is not included. Use your own junk % and minutes; presets are starting points.
Prefer fewer, clearer conversations? Apply on Augmino for suppliers, or clean your outbound CNC quotes with the quotation builder.
Worked example
Junk enquiry cost example (CNC shop on marketplaces)
Same starting numbers as the "CNC shop on marketplaces" preset in the calculator above (High junk share, short screen, few deep quotes.). Directional INR illustration for an India CNC / precision shop; forging and casting shops use the same model with their own junk % and deep-quote minutes.
| Metric | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Enquiries / month | 250 | Marketplace + portal inbound |
| Junk after first screen | 70% | 175 junk / month |
| Screen minutes each | 8 | 33.3 hrs screen hours / month |
| Serious that get a full quote | 40% | 30 deep quotes / month |
| Annual junk screen cost | ₹1,68,000 | Staff time on junk only |
| Total channel cost / year | ₹4,52,000 | Includes ₹50,000 platform fees |
| Team load | 0.35 full-time people | Screen + deep-quote hours / 160 |
| If junk fell by half | ₹84,000 | 11.7 hrs / month recovered |
Screen time on junk is the pure waste. Deep quotes only hit serious, quote-ready RFQs. Change the sliders above to match your shop.
Junk enquiry cost FAQ
For CNC, forging, and casting shops. Method and example are above. Related: quotation builder · Augmino for suppliers.
- What counts as a junk enquiry for a CNC shop?
- Inbound that fails a first screen: wrong process, no drawing or STEP, tire-kickers, or leads that never become a serious RFQ. Your junk % should match how estimators actually disqualify marketplace leads.
- Does this work for forging and casting shops too?
- Yes. Same model: every enquiry gets a short screen; only quote-ready CNC, forging, or casting RFQs consume deep estimation. Swap in your enquiry volume, junk %, minutes, and portal fees.
- Why separate screen time from deep quotes?
- Every enquiry costs a short screen. Only a share of serious leads get full drawing review and costing. Bundling them hides that junk burns screen hours while deep time should hit quote-ready work only.
- Is this junk enquiry calculator free?
- Yes. No signup and no upload. Inputs stay on your device.
- Are the CNC marketplace presets benchmarks?
- No. They are directional starting points for India CNC and precision shops. For forging and casting, keep the same model and replace with your enquiry volume, junk %, and deep-quote minutes.
- Where is my data stored?
- On your device only. Nothing is uploaded to Augmino when you use this free tool.
- How does this relate to Augmino?
- Augmino connects CNC, forging, and casting manufacturers with intent-qualified buyer demand so less time is spent on junk portal leads. Apply as a supplier when you want fewer, clearer conversations.
- Quick steps
- 1. Start from the CNC marketplace preset or your numbers. Use the CNC shop preset as a baseline, or enter monthly enquiries, junk %, and minutes from your forge, foundry, or machine shop.
- 2. Set screen and deep-quote times. Minutes to disqualify each inbound, and minutes for a full quote on serious, quote-ready RFQs.
- 3. Add loaded hourly cost and platform fees. Staff cost for sales and estimation plus annual marketplace or portal fees for the channel.
- 4. Read junk cost, channel cost, and load. See annual junk screen cost, total channel cost, FTE load, and savings if junk fell by half.