If you have another question, email me and I’ll answer the same day.
Why does a website start at USD 500 and a system go up to USD 4,000?
A website shows what you do and takes inquiries. A system runs the cash, the clients, the stock, the users and the payments every day, with different permissions for each person and integrations that have to be tested one by one. A website has its scope closed from the start; a system is built by watching how you work.
Will you charge me every month?
Not for using what you already paid for. A system or a website is paid once and that’s it. On the side there are third-party costs (the domain, the hosting, the WhatsApp messages) that go straight to your card, without me adding anything on top. And if you want me to keep looking after it, there are two optional plans, month to month, that you cancel whenever you want. The exception is the WhatsApp that answers on its own: it works with every message that comes in, and that’s why it has a monthly fee.
What exactly stays in your name?
The code, in a repository of yours. The database and the hosting, in an account of yours, billed to your card. The domain, in your company’s name. I stay on as technical administrator while the project lasts, and you remove me whenever you want.
How long does it take?
Essential, 1 to 2 weeks; Complete, 2 to 4 weeks; Premium, 4 to 6 weeks; Base, 3 to 5 weeks; Intermediate, 5 to 8 weeks; Advanced, 8 to 12 weeks; Full, 10 to 14 weeks. After the first conversation I send you a schedule with the date of the mockup, the adjustments and the handover.
And if in two years I want to switch developers?
You take the code, the server, the domain, the data and the keys. They were in your name from day one, so you don’t have to ask my permission or wait for me to hand them over. Nothing ties you to me.
How do I pay?
Half when we start and half on delivery. In Argentina it is paid in pesos at that day’s MEP rate, the market rate for the dollar. If you need another way, we agree on it before we start. Maintenance, if you take it, is billed monthly, and you cancel it with 30 days’ notice.
And if I need a change later, or a bug shows up?
Each tier comes with its days of adjustments: 30 days of adjustments on the smallest and 90 days of adjustments on the two largest. Everything that needs fixing goes in there. If later you want a new feature, I send you a quote before I start: I don’t bill hours blindly. With the On-call + Improvements plan, small improvements are already included.
Can I start with a website and move to a system later?
Yes, it is the most common path. You start with the website, see what inquiries come in, and with that I quote the system. What’s already built is reused as a base.
Why custom instead of a cheaper template?
Because your business has rules that don’t fit in a template: how you charge, how you book, how you count stock. With a template you end up changing how you work so the software understands you, and paying a fee every month. Here it’s the other way around, and you pay once.