05Try one · The proof lab
Go on then. Break one.
Five of the things we actually build, running right here. No sign-up, no email, no "book a demo". Two of them are genuinely live: you type, they think, you get real output. The other three are walkthroughs, and we've labelled them that way, because pretending otherwise would be the exact thing we're trying not to be.
01Build 02 · 2 slots
Quote in Minutes
An enquiry lands the way customers actually write them: vague, at 9pm, missing half of what you need. This drafts the quote off your price list, so you approve and send instead of starting from a blank page after dinner.
The price list it's working from
*The call-out fee only applies weekends, or between 5:30pm and 8am. Weekday daytime jobs don't get one. Try the emergency example. It's a Saturday, so watch what it does.
The draft that comes back
Then press the button.
Try the useless one. It won't invent a price. It'll tell you exactly what it can't quote and what it needs to know, because a confident wrong quote costs you a lot more than an honest question.
What it can't do: price anything that isn't on your list, or send anything by itself. Approval is always human. That's not a limitation we're apologising for. It's the design. In your build this runs off your real price list, into your real email template. The one number we'd watch: how often you edit a draft before sending it. When that drops near zero, it's earning its keep.
02Build 03 · 1 slot
Invoice Chaser
Overdue in Xero, so a polite one goes at seven days, a firmer one at fourteen, and one from you personally at twenty-one. It chases money you've already earned, so it tends to pay for itself quickly, often inside the first month or two, though that depends entirely on how much is sitting overdue.
Tone is the whole build. An over-aggressive chaser costs you a customer worth more than the invoice. This is the bit we'd actually sit down and get right with you.
Your chase sequence
You'll get day 7, day 14 and day 21.
What it can't do: chase anything that isn't invoiced in Xero, and it won't go anywhere near legal escalation. The number we'd watch: your average days overdue, month on month. That's the one that tells you it's working, and it's the one we put in your Monday report.
03Build 07 · 2 slots
Hiring Pipeline
Forty applications arrive from four different places. This is the one we've already built and run. It gathers them into one list against the criteria you wrote down, books the interviews you ask for, and keeps every candidate in the loop so you're not the bad guy who never replied. It doesn't score people and it doesn't reject anyone. Who moves forward is your call, every time.
Press Run a hiring round and watch it move.
What it can't do: make the hire, or reject anyone on its own. Screening ranks; a human decides. And the criteria have to be job-related and written into your agreement. This is the one build on our list with real discrimination risk attached, and we'd rather say that out loud than find out later. The one number we'd watch: time from role posted to a tidy list in your hands.
04Build 10 · 1 slot
The Monday Report
One email, 7am Monday. Money in, money out, jobs done, leads in, and the two things that need you this week. This one saves you nothing. It's on the list because owners who get it stop wondering what's going on in their own business.
What it can't do: be your accountant. It reports; it doesn't advise. Why we push it: a client who sees this land every Monday can see what they're paying for. Clients who can't see it working cancel in month three. The one number we'd watch: did it send. That's it. And if it didn't, we've fixed it before you notice.
05Build 01 · 1 slot · from $2,500
Missed Call Rescue
You're up a ladder. The phone rings out. Thirty seconds later they've got a text, and they haven't rung the next name on Google. Two hours of work, the cheapest thing we build, and the one that starts the most relationships.
What it can't do: answer the call, qualify the lead, or book anything. It buys you time. That's all, and that's usually enough. Anyone who tells you their SMS bot closes the job is selling you something. The one number we'd watch: texts delivered within the minute, checked weekly, and how many rescued calls turned into booked jobs.
Three ways to fix this
Including the two that aren't us.
Nobody else puts this table on their own website, which is exactly why it's on ours. Rough Australian numbers, first year.
| Option | First year, roughly | The honest catch |
|---|---|---|
| Do it yourselfZapier or Make, plus a weekend or ten | $600 to $2,400 in tools | Cheapest by far, if you enjoy this stuff and your evenings are free. When it breaks at 7am, you're the support desk. |
| Hire a personPart-time admin, about 15 hrs a week | $27,000+ a year, every year | Flexible and human, and the right answer for judgement work. For the repetitive stuff it's the most expensive option on the table, and it takes leave. |
| A Lume buildSay, three automations | From $2,500 fixed before you sign | Plus your own software at roughly $70 to $120 a month, billed direct. Monitoring is optional and priced in your proposal. Only worth it when the hours say so, which is what the calculator is for, and why it's allowed to tell you no. |
The bit most people leave out
- Two of these are live, three are walkthroughs. We've said which is which on every one, because a scripted demo dressed up as a live one is a lie you find out about after you've paid.
- The live ones use a generic price list and a made-up business. Yours would run on your actual list, your actual tone, your actual systems. That's what the audit is for.
- Every one of these is a real build we sell, at a real published price. Nothing on this page is a concept. If it's here, we've specced it and we can hand it over.
- None of them are magic. Each one says what it can't do, on purpose. The things automation is bad at are more useful to you than the things it's good at.
Seen enough?
Fifteen minutes on the phone. We'll tell you which of these, if any, is worth your money.
Sometimes the answer is none of them, and we'll say that too.