CUSTOM SOFTWARE · BUILT BY THE FOUNDERS
Custom software.
Built and run by the founders.
Builds start at $10,000 to $20,000 for the things off-the-shelf software can't do; larger platforms are scoped higher. Porter runs every kickoff, Alex leads the build, and you work with the founders from start to finish.
Three steps. Each one paid. Each one delivers on its own.
Step 1 · Plan
Two-week paid planning sprint. Fixed price. We interview your team, design how the data fits together, map every integration, and deliver a detailed plan you own, even if you don't build with us.
Step 2 · Build
Fixed price against the signed plan. Weekly demo of working software. You see the system come together in real time, not at a single launch-day reveal.
Step 3 · Run
After launch: a monthly plan that covers hosting, monitoring, fixing bugs as they come up, and making changes as the business grows. Maintained by the team that built it, not handed off to a contractor.
Eight kinds of builds. One proven foundation under all of them.
Custom Mobile App
For iPhone and Android. Built to handle multiple customers, with owner dashboards and billing built in.
Multi-Customer Software Platform
Software that supports many customers from day one. Permissions per role, billing, and a record of every action, designed around your business.
System Connector
Two systems that should talk but don't? We connect them, so a change in one updates the other automatically, and it keeps working when the vendors update their software.
Built-in Customer Helpers
Helpers for phone, chat, and email, designed for the way your business actually works. They can pull customer info, book appointments, and send confirmation emails.
Live 3D Product Builder
Live 3D rendering, instant pricing, clean handoff to your production team. Works on a phone; half your buyers are on-site.
Inventory & Fulfillment System
Multi-location stock, supplier triggers, real-time sync. Replaces the spreadsheet + Slack + manual-reorder dance.
Document Reader
Feed it documents (invoices, contracts, intake forms). It pulls the important info out and sends it where it needs to go. Cuts data-entry work by 80% or more.
Online Marketplace
Buyers on one side, sellers on the other. We build the sign-up, payments, and dispute handling. Ready to take real money on day one.
We don't just build it. We ship it, and we run it.
Mechai is a live automotive app in the App Store that we built and run. It is the proof behind every line above: we take a product from plan to shipped to earning, not just to a handoff.
We scoped it, built it, shipped it to the App Store, and run it today. A real product with real users, not a portfolio mockup. That is the same path your build would take: a signed plan, weekly demos, a launch, and a team that stays on after.
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Planned, quoted, and signed before any code is written.
Every build starts with a paid planning sprint: two weeks of work that produces a signed project plan with a fixed price. You know what you're getting, when you're getting it, and what it costs before we write any code.
HOW WE QUOTE
Most builds start in the $10,000 to $20,000 range. Larger platforms (multi-customer software, marketplaces, full custom apps) are scoped higher; see the per-build breakdown on engagement pricing. We quote from the signed plan, not a sales pitch.
You own the code. You own the spec. You own the outcome.
A custom build is your asset, not ours. Here's exactly what you walk away with.
You own the custom code
The application code we write for your build is yours. At project close it’s transferred to a repository you control: no lock-in, no “you only get a license” surprise.
The planning sprint is risk-free
Don’t like the plan after the two-week paid sprint? Walk away and keep the spec, a complete, build-ready document you can take to any engineering team.
Weekly demos, not a black box
You see working software every week and sign off as we go. No big-bang reveal at the end, no wondering where the budget went.
The founders run every build, from kickoff to launch.
No junior salesperson. No handoff from sales to engineering. No offshore relay. Porter scopes it and runs the kickoff, Alex leads the build, and you work with the founders the entire time.
Porter Johnson
Founder. Scopes the build, runs the kickoff, and owns how the app fits the rest of your business.
Alex
Cofounder and lead app developer. Builds the app end to end and stays the lead engineer through launch.
Ready to plan your build?
Book 30 minutes with Porter, the founder. We'll sketch the approach, ballpark the cost, and tell you whether a paid planning sprint makes sense as a next step.