For small businesses and individuals
Custom software and websites for small businesses and people who work for themselves.
Whether you run a company or work alone, Ebenstone builds what fits how you take orders, schedule work and get paid. Sometimes that is a full system. Sometimes it is a good-looking website, built quickly and hosted for you.
Why owners call
The problems that usually start the conversation
Orders come in by text and direct message.
Each one is confirmed by hand, and some get missed.
Your booking tool doesn’t know your limits.
It can’t account for lead times, capacity or the days you’re closed.
You pay for three apps and retype between them.
None of them was built for the way your business works.
What’s due this week lives in one person’s head.
When that person is out, nobody else knows.
What you get
What you get with an Ebenstone project
You know the plan before work starts.
What it will do, when it will be ready and what it will cost are agreed before anything is built.
Working software at every milestone.
You use it, say what’s wrong, and approve it in writing before the next part begins. You never pay for a status update.
Changes go in writing.
Something new becomes a change order with its own scope and price. You approve it or decline it. Nothing is added to a bill you haven’t agreed to.
Payments and email included.
Card payments through Stripe, and confirmations sent by email.
Your own web address.
Customers see your name, on your domain.
It’s yours when it’s paid for.
For software built for you alone, the agreement assigns it to you on final payment. Your data is yours from the first day.
Built for a small business
Online ordering for shops that make things to order.
Built for one baker whose orders arrived by direct message. Every product has its own lead time, so customers see only the days they can actually have it.
Read the case studyThe earliest pickup offered is Thursday.
Questions
What owners ask first
What does it cost?
Each project is priced on its own, once I understand what you need. If your budget and the work aren’t close, I’ll say so early.
I work on my own. Is this too big for me?
No. Ebenstone builds for one person as readily as for a company. A simple website that looks good, built quickly and hosted for you, is a common place to start.
What if I only need a website?
Ebenstone builds and hosts websites too. Yours is designed and built for your business, hosted for you, and changed when you ask.
Can you take over something someone else built?
Sometimes. I’ll look at it and tell you whether it’s worth keeping or whether starting over would cost less.
What happens after launch?
Thirty days of free fixes for anything that doesn’t match the statement of work. After that, a support agreement is available and optional.
Tell me what’s taking too much of your week.
If something off the shelf already does it, I’ll tell you which one.
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