Custom software and websites for San Diego businesses
We build the software your business runs on.
Paying every month for software that almost fits? We'll build yours around how you work, and it replaces what you already pay for. Not another monthly bill.
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Jobs
Example dataDrag a card, or click one to open itNewNew call
2SchedScheduled
2EstEstimate sent
2$6,450
InvInvoiced
2$1,329
PaidPaid
2$1,770
Software that fits
One system, built around how your business works.
Built around how you work, and priced around what you pay now. It fixes what never worked in the tools you have today.
No build fee to switch, and priced around what you pay now.
Proof
We run our own business on software we built ourselves: our storefronts, checkout, order production and books.
What we replace
- Scheduling
- Dispatch
- Estimates
- Invoicing
- Payments
- Customer records
- Follow ups
Our own software
We run on what we build.
The Collective runs every day on software we built ourselves. Here's some of it.
- OrdersExample data
Order #1054
$72.00
Marcus Lee, 3 tees
- Order received9:24 AM
- Label bought9:43 AM
- Sent to print partner10:02 AM
- ShippedWaiting
- Tracking sentWaiting
Tracking goes out when it ships
Orders to doorstep
An order comes in, the shipping label buys itself and our print partner gets the job. When it ships, the customer gets tracking automatically.
- Partner payoutsExample dataRunning
Nightly run, Tue
$366.00 paid of $1,117.00
Partner payouts
Our production partner is paid automatically for every finished job. It runs every night, without anyone keying in a payment.
- CheckoutExample data
Ship to
Shipping, live rates
Your order
- 1 x Crewneck, heather, M$38.00
- 2 x Logo tee, black, L$48.00
- Shipping$6.95
Total$92.95
Checkout
Our own checkout, with live shipping rates, runs every store we host. The customer sees the real cost of shipping before they pay.
- The booksExample data
Bank statement, September
- Sep 2 Store payout$1,240.00
- Sep 3 Blank apparel order-$412.50
- Sep 5 Postage-$86.40
- Sep 8 Card processing-$38.21
- Sep 10 Studio rent-$900.00
- Sep 16 Store payout$980.00
- Sep 22 Ink and film-$142.00
- Income
- $1,240.00
- Expenses
- -$498.90
- Net profit
- $741.10
4 lines to sort
The books
Bank statements come in and every line gets sorted. Profit and loss and the sales tax return are ready when we need them.
- Front DeskExample conversation
Missed call, 9:41 AM
Front Desk: Hi, this is The Collective's assistant texting for Adam. Sorry he missed your call. What can we help with?
9:42 AMCaller: Hi! Looking for a new website for my shop. Can we talk this week?
9:44 AMFront Desk: You're booked for a phone call with Adam on Thursday at 10:00 AM. We'll text you a reminder the day before.
9:46 AM
Phone call, Thursday 10:00 AMBooked
Front Desk
Calls, texts and email, answered. Front Desk picks up the calls we cannot take, texts back every missed call, replies to new email, and books a phone or video call on our calendar. When a thread needs a person, it hands it over. It is available for your business too.
See Front Desk
And for others: Second Check, software that stress-tests a court filing before it's filed.secondcheck.io(opens in a new tab)Tell us what you pay for now, and we'll show you what we'd build.
Your time
Get your time back.
You didn't start a business to re-type orders, chase invoices and answer “where is my order?” all day. The software we build takes that work off you and your team, so your day goes to the work only you can do.
For owners
Your hours go to the work only you can do: selling, leading, and your family.
For your team
No more re-typing the same thing into three places, and no end-of-day paperwork.
For your customers
Answers and order updates without a phone call, and a time booked without the back and forth.
Websites
And the website customers find first.
Three live client sites. Hover one to scroll the whole page; on a phone, tap it.
- alldoneplumbing.com
All Done Plumbingalldoneplumbing.com(opens in a new tab) - acphvac.net
ACP HVACacphvac.net(opens in a new tab) - specialoperationschristian.com
Special Operations Christianspecialoperationschristian.com(opens in a new tab)
That's how we build a website, before you pay. From $99 a month, no build fee, 12 month minimum.
We build it first. You decide.
We build your site first, from your real business: your photos, your reviews, your services. Then we send you the link, and you decide. No form to fill out, no deposit.
Landing site
$99/mo
12 month minimum
Business site
$149/mo
12 month minimum
Premium build
$199/mo
12 month minimum
E-commerce site
$299/mo
12 month minimum
Sell from your own store.
A full e-commerce site, $299/mo on the Monthly plan. We design it, build it, and host it. You handle fulfillment, inventory, and shipping of what you sell.
After it launches
Included in the monthly price.
Hosting, security, updates and uptime, plus new pages and content inside your tier. 12 month minimum, then month to month with 30 days notice.
Recent projects
Built in this house.
Hover a site to scroll the whole page. On a phone, tap it.
- emergeteams.com
Emergeemergeteams.com(opens in a new tab) - cherishmerch.com
Cherishcherishmerch.com(opens in a new tab)
A site like this used to cost $10,000 to $15,000 and take a couple of months. Custom code, every page written for your trade, built to rank in your city. That was the going rate from any real agency, and it still is.
We build the same site in weeks instead of months, because we use AI for the parts of the work that used to eat the time and none of the parts that need judgment. The savings go to you: no build fee, one monthly price, and we keep working on it.
The $10,000 website is on its way out. We’d rather you find out from us.
