Automation · Priced per process
The jobs nobody should have to remember.
The same job details typed into three systems. The quote that sat in drafts. The follow-up that only happens when someone thinks of it. I wire those up so they run whether anyone remembers or not.
One process
from $699Fixed before I start, once I have seen what you use now. I do one process at a time on purpose.
Where it usually starts
Three I get asked for most.
“I write the job down at the door, then type it in again at night.”
Typed once, not three times
One form on your phone fills the job sheet, the calendar and the invoice draft.
Typically $699–$1,200
“People ring, we quote, and then we forget to chase it.”
Enquiry to quote to follow-up
Every enquiry logged, a quote out the same day, and two reminders that send themselves.
Typically $900–$1,800
“Invoices go out late because someone has to sit down and do them.”
Invoices and reminders on time
Raised from the finished job, sent on a schedule, chased when they are not paid.
Typically $699–$1,500
Ranges, not quotes. What moves the number is how many systems have to talk to each other, not how clever the automation is.
To price it I need
Three things, in writing.
Send them and you get a plan and a fixed price back, usually the same day.
The steps as they happen now
Who does what, in what order, including the bits done on paper.
What you already pay for
Xero, Gmail, a job app, a spreadsheet. Screenshots are ideal.
How often it goes wrong
Twice a week or twice a year decides whether it is worth automating at all.
How scoping works
Four steps, and the price is fixed at step two.
01 · You write
The three things above
If something is unclear I ring you. That is the only call in this process.
02 · Same day
Plan and fixed price back
One page: what will run, what it touches, what it costs. Including if the answer is nothing.
03 · One to two weeks
Built and run in parallel
Your old way keeps working while the new one proves itself.
04 · First month
I watch it, no charge
Anything that breaks in the first month is mine to fix.
Said before you ask
Sometimes the answer is that you do not need this.
A process that runs twice a year is cheaper done by hand. If that is what I find, I say so and you pay nothing for the look.
What you keep
It runs on accounts in your name.
No licence to me, no lock-in. Written down step by step, so another developer can pick it up if you ever want one.
Describe the annoying part in three lines.
That is usually enough for me to tell you whether it is worth automating.