From idea to paying customers in weeks, not quarters
I build and run my own SaaS products, so I know what it takes to get from a spec to people paying you. You get one senior developer who covers architecture, back end, front end, payments, hosting and launch.
Sound familiar?
- You have a validated idea but no technical co-founder
- An agency quoted six months and a six-figure budget
- A previous build stalled, and you need someone to finish it and make it production-ready
- You need the MVP to hold up once the first real customers arrive, not just a demo
What you get
- Paid discovery workshop, then a written scope and cost estimate
- Production web app: sign-up, accounts, payments (Stripe), admin and email
- Cloud hosting, CI/CD, backups and monitoring set up in your own accounts
- Full source code and ownership: no lock-in
Ways to work together
Every engagement starts with a small, paid, fixed-price first step. That's where requirements are gathered and the scope and cost estimate for the rest of the work are written, so you know what you're committing to.
Discovery & scope
from £1,500
Workshop, user flows, technical architecture and a cost estimate for the build.
MVP build
from £12,000
A launch-ready product with payments, auth, admin and hosting. Estimated during discovery.
Ongoing support
from £900 / month
Hosting, updates, fixes and new features on a monthly retainer.
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Read the case studyHave a project in mind?
Tell me what you're trying to achieve, and I'll reply as soon as I can to say whether it's a fit and what the fixed-price first step costs.