Abstract: An estimate of the weight of goods within a household is provided without physical inspection of the household by an estimator, based on certain measurable quantities related to the household. A server transmits to a customer a questionnaire requesting specific data items that are predictive of the weight of goods within the customer's household. The server then receives from the customer a completed questionnaire and utilizes this data to estimate the weight of goods within the customer's household. The server may obtain additional data from a local database or a remote database, and use this additional data in conjunction with the data in the completed questionnaire to estimate the weight of goods within the customer's household.