Custom builds
A working product in 12 weeks.
Fixed price. You own the code.
Not a retainer. Not a "we'll scope it after the discovery phase" arrangement. You tell us what you need, we name a price, and the build starts Monday. Lingenfelter Auto Spa got a full CRM in 12 weeks for $2,000. Meridian got a multi-location dashboard for $6,400.
$2,000 starting price 12 weeks typical engagement 100% code ownership 60-day satisfaction guarantee
How it's different
What you get that agencies don't offer.
01
Fixed price — written before we start
The scope goes in a document. The price goes in the invoice. No "that's out of scope" conversations three weeks in. If the spec changes, we negotiate before we build — not after you've seen the bill.
02
You own every file
The repository is yours from day one. The credentials are yours. The domain is yours. When the 12 weeks end, we hand you the keys and walk away. You can hire anyone to maintain it — you're not locked into a support contract with us.
03
One person, not a committee
There's no account manager between you and the builder. You talk directly to the founder who writes the code. Decisions happen in the same conversation where the problem gets described. No ticket queue.
Pricing
Three sizes. All fixed price.
The starting point depends on what you're building. Most clients start with a conversation — 30 minutes, no commitment, and we'll tell you which tier fits and why.
Starter Build
$2,000–$5,000
4–6 weeks
- Single-purpose tool: CRM, booking system, intake form + dashboard
- Up to 5 core screens
- Stripe payments if needed
- Hosted on Vercel or Railway — $0/month until you scale
- 14-day bug-fix window after delivery
- Full source on GitHub, credentials yours
Business Build
$6,000–$15,000
8–12 weeks
- Full CRM, customer portal, or internal dashboard
- Auth (email + Google), roles, team management
- Stripe subscriptions or one-time payments
- PDF generation, email automations, API integrations
- Multi-location or multi-user if needed
- 30-day bug-fix window after delivery
- 60-day satisfaction guarantee
Platform Build
$15,000–$30,000
12–16 weeks
- Multi-tenant SaaS with customer-facing portal
- Subscription billing, metered usage, trial flows
- Admin panel + customer analytics dashboard
- Custom domain per tenant, onboarding flows
- 60-day bug-fix window after delivery
- Priority async support for 90 days post-launch
- 60-day satisfaction guarantee
The 12-week engagement
Four phases. No surprises.
Every build follows the same four-phase structure. You know where we are, what ships next, and what you need to review at each checkpoint.
Weeks 1–2
Spec + architecture
We turn your brief into a written spec: every screen, every field, every user flow. You approve it before we write a line of code. Changes here cost nothing. Changes in week 9 cost time.
Weeks 3–6
Core build
Data models, auth, the main application loop. A working staging URL at the end of week 6 so you can click through the real thing — not a mockup.
Weeks 7–10
Polish + integrations
Stripe wiring, email automations, PDF exports, third-party APIs. Weekly async updates with screen recordings. You flag anything that doesn't match the spec.
Weeks 11–12
QA + handoff
Bug fixes, load testing on the production environment, domain transfer, credentials handoff. A 60-minute walkthrough call so your team knows how to run it.
Past builds
What we've shipped.
Each build started with a conversation, ended with a working product, and cost less than the first retainer payment at most agencies.
Auto spa — Brighton, MI
Lingenfelter Auto Spa CRM
Custom CRM replacing three disconnected spreadsheets. Client intake, appointment scheduling, service history, invoice generation, and a dashboard showing weekly revenue and open balances. Matt Celotto runs the whole operation from one screen now.
$2,000 · 12 weeks · Starter Build
Multi-location property
Meridian Operations Dashboard
A live operations dashboard pulling data from four property locations — occupancy, maintenance queue, revenue by unit, and staff task assignments. Replaced a daily email chain that took 45 minutes to compile.
$6,400 · 10 weeks · Business Build
Internal tooling
Atlas Planning System
Project planning and resource-tracking tool for a 6-person studio. Replaced Notion + three spreadsheets with a single app: project timeline, deliverable status, per-person workload, and a weekly digest that emails automatically Monday morning.
$4,800 · 8 weeks · Business Build
The guarantee
If it doesn't work the way we scoped it, you don't pay for the gap.
This isn't a "satisfaction guarantee" that requires you to prove you're unhappy. If the delivered product doesn't do what the spec says it should do, we fix it at no cost or we refund the proportional amount. The spec is the contract.
The 60-day window starts at handoff — not at payment. You have two months of production use to find anything that diverges from the spec before the guarantee expires.
Ready to start
Tell us what you need to build.
A 30-minute call. No slides, no discovery-phase theater. You describe what you need, we tell you what it costs and how long it takes. If the numbers work, we start Monday.
Fixed price · 100% code ownership · 60-day guarantee · Ethan@septimlabs.com