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Straight answers before you build
What things cost, what drives the price, and when custom beats off the shelf, from builds we have shipped.
How much does a client portal cost?
What drives the price of a custom client portal, what we charge, and what is inside the portals we have built for an auto shop, a fabricator, and a restaurant.
Read the guide →Custom software or off the shelf? How a service business should decide
Off-the-shelf software runs most of a shop well. Custom earns its keep on the parts your customers touch and the work your software was never built for. Here is how to tell which is which, with what the software costs today.
Read the guide →Wix vs a custom website for a small service business
Wix is a fair choice for a simple site you edit yourself. Here is what it costs once you need booking and payments, where it runs out for a service business, and when custom is worth paying for.
Read the guide →How to start a membership program at your auto repair shop
Real programs from independent shops, what they include and charge, how to set up your own, and the auto-renewal rules to check before you charge a card. Written by a manager at a shop that runs one.
Read the guide →Auto repair website examples: what good shop websites do
Ten shop websites, each good at something a customer looks for before they call: booking, warranty, financing, prices, memberships, or fleet work. Plus a checklist for yours.
Read the guide →How to set up a technician bonus program at your auto repair shop
How independent shops pay techs, the bonus types they use, the overtime rule most get wrong, and how to count every job. Written by a manager at a shop that runs one.
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