WORK WITH ME

I build thesoftware smallbusinessesrun on.

WebsitesOnline storesThe mess in between

If your business has a real problem and it's costing you money every week, I can probably help. It's just me, so you talk to the person doing the work. Jobs take weeks, and you own everything when I'm done.

THE PRICE IS THE PRICEA VIDEO AND A LINK EVERY WEEKIT'S ALL YOURS WHEN I'M DONE

BEN DIXONATHENS, ALABAMA

01 · ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?USUALLY IT'S ONE OF THESE THREE

PATTERN 01

The template site that doesn't sell

It looks fine. Nobody buys anything. And every time you want a change you're emailing whoever set it up years ago, hoping they still check that address.

PATTERN 02

The business is actually a spreadsheet

The real one lives on somebody's laptop. There are three versions of it. One person knows which is which.

PATTERN 03

The morning copy-paste ritual

Every morning somebody pulls orders out of one system and types them into another. That hour isn't in anyone's job description. It happens anyway, five days a week.

02 · SCOPED BUILDSYOU KNOW THE PRICE BEFORE I START

Website

MOST PROJECTS START HERE

This is where most people start. A site that looks like you, loads fast, and gives somebody a reason to call. The store or the internal tools usually come later, once the site is paying for itself.

START WITH A WEBSITE →

WHAT'S IN IT

Design and build, up to 8 pages

A CMS you can edit without calling me

Analytics, SEO basics, and a speed pass

I check back in at 2 weeks and 6 weeks

TYPICAL RANGE

$1–6K

DEPENDS ON SCOPE

4–6 WEEKS

Ecommerce

$5–10K

Front of house through the back office. I care as much about the screen your staff stares at all day as the one customers see.

Catalog, checkout, subscriptionsWholesale and B2B if you need itOrders land where your team works

6–10 WKSSTART AN ECOMMERCE BUILD →

Internal tools

$8K+

Dashboards, admin panels, intake systems. Whatever your team is doing in a spreadsheet right now.

One job, start to finishLogins, roles, a record of who did whatYour spreadsheet data comes with you

4–8 WKSINQUIRE →

Automation

$3.5K+

Two systems that should talk to each other and don't. Orders to fulfillment, leads to your CRM, forms to Slack. You stop doing it by hand.

It runs without anyone watching itIt tells you when it breaksA written runbook you can hand to anyone

2–4 WKSINQUIRE →

CUSTOM WORK USUALLY LANDS BETWEEN $5K AND $25KIf your budget sits well under those numbers, I'm probably the wrong guy, and I'll tell you that fast.

Need something that isn't a project? Three other ways to do this.

RETAINER. A block of hours every month, usually 20 to 60, for whatever comes up. Month to month. Cancel whenever you want.

CONSULTING. Architecture reviews, code audits, help deciding what to build on. You get a written report you can actually act on.

INTERIM / FRACTIONAL. I join your team on contract, and we agree up front on the date I leave.

All three start with the same form.

03 · HOW IT GOESNO SURPRISES BETWEEN HERE AND HANDOFF

Inquiry

The form at the bottom of this page. A few honest sentences is plenty.

Scoping call

Thirty or forty minutes about your business and what's going wrong. I won't pitch you.

Written proposal

A real number, exactly what's included, and a week-by-week plan you can hold me to.

Build

A video every week, and from week two a link you can click and poke at.

Handoff

It's all yours. I check back in at 2 weeks and 6 weeks to make sure it stuck.

04 · IS THIS A FIT?I'D RATHER SAY NO EARLY THAN LATE

✓ A GOOD FIT IF

You've outgrown the template site or the spreadsheet, and it's costing you money every week.You want one person who designs it, builds it, and answers the phone when you call.You want to be able to run and change the thing yourself after I'm gone.

× NOT A FIT IF

You need a $500 template by Friday. That's a real need, and Squarespace will serve you better than I will.The job needs ten people. I work alone on purpose, and I'll say so when something is bigger than me.You have a finished spec and want it typed up without questions. I'm going to ask questions. That's most of what you're paying for.

05 · START A PROJECTYOUR NAME IS THE LAST THING I ASK FOR

Tell me what's going on.

A few specific sentences about the business, what's broken, and when you need it. That's enough for me to give you a real answer.

I read every one of these myself and reply inside a business day, either with next steps or a straight no.