RVDesk
Shop software for RV repair
A full business system, built from scratch.
Work orders, estimates customers approve by text, parts and inventory, the time clock and card payments. Designed and coded by Josh.
Software built around how you work.
Off-the-shelf software makes your business work its way. I build the system your business actually runs on: the admin, the booking, the payments, the inventory and the connections between them. Back end and front end, by one person.
Custom business systems
When the spreadsheet stops keeping up.
Plenty of growing businesses end up running on a stack of tools that don't talk to each other. A spreadsheet for stock, a calendar for bookings, a separate app for payments, and someone copying between them at the end of the day. It works until it doesn't.
I build one system around the way you already work. Your staff log in to an admin made for their jobs. Customers book, approve and pay from their phones. The data lives in one place, and the parts that should talk to each other do.
I built RVDesk, shop software for RV repair, from scratch: work orders, estimates customers approve by text, parts and inventory, the time clock and card payments. I built Pathway Aminos, a members-only store for a high-risk industry, with verified sign-up, lot documentation and order tracking. And at Lavender Hills Assisted Living, the staff update room availability, events and tours themselves.
Three very different businesses. The same idea every time: software that fits the work, instead of work bent to fit the software.
What I build.
Every piece is written for your business, so you get the parts you use and none of the clutter you'd pay for in a boxed product.
Talk about your systemBusiness systems
Admin systems
The screens your staff log in to, with the permissions, records and reports their jobs need.
Booking and scheduling
Customers pick a time online, and your calendar and your team see it right away.
Payments and invoicing
Estimates, invoices and card payments in the same system as the work, so nothing gets typed twice.
Inventory and parts
Stock, parts and orders tracked in one place and tied to the jobs that use them.
Customer accounts
Sign-up, verification and order history, including members-only access when you need to control who buys.
Text and email updates
Approvals, reminders and status updates sent on their own, so customers aren't calling to ask.
Integrations
Connections to the services you already use, so data moves by itself instead of by hand.
Your website
A public site built to rank, so the system starts with customers finding you. SEO services
Running real businesses.
A repair shop, a research store and a care home. Each system designed and coded by me.
Pathway Aminos
Members-only research store
A store built for a high-risk industry.
Verified researcher sign-up, lot documentation and order tracking in one members-only catalog, built end to end.
Lavender Hills Assisted Living
Assisted living, Redding CA
Two licensed homes, one new site.
Room availability, events and tours the staff update themselves, with search work underway for families looking for care in Redding.
Built in the order it pays off.
A system goes in one useful piece at a time, so you're using it long before it's finished.
Map how you work
I learn the job, the paperwork and where the hours go, from the people who'll actually use the system.
Build the core first
The workflow that costs you the most time gets built first, so the system starts earning its keep early.
Put it in real hands
Your staff use it on real work. Whatever's awkward gets fixed while it's still easy to change.
Keep adding
New pieces go in as the business needs them, on the same foundation, by the same person.
Straight answers.
If yours isn't here, call or text and ask me directly.
What is a custom business system?
Software built for one business: the admin your staff use, the booking or ordering your customers use, and the database behind both. It does what your business does, instead of what a generic product decided businesses should do.
Why not just use off-the-shelf software?
Often you should, and I'll tell you when. Custom makes sense when you're paying for several tools that don't talk to each other, working around software that doesn't fit, or doing something the standard products won't allow.
Can you connect it to the tools I already use?
Usually, yes. If a service lets other software connect to it, I can build the connection, so orders, payments and bookings move on their own instead of being copied by hand.
Can customers pay by card?
Yes. Card payments are built into the system through an established payment processor, so each payment lands on the right job, invoice or order without anyone matching it up later.
Will it work on phones and tablets?
Yes. Everything I build runs in the browser on a phone, a tablet or a desktop, so staff out in the field use the same system as the front desk.
Can you work with a system I already have?
Often. I can build on top of it, connect to it, or move your data into something new. Which one makes sense depends on what you have, and I'll tell you straight.
How long does it take to build?
It depends on what the system has to do. I scope it with you first, then build the most useful piece first, so you're using it early instead of waiting for the whole thing.
How much does custom software cost?
It depends on the size of the job. Tell me how the business runs today and where the time goes, and I'll give you a free quote.
Do you still build the website and do the SEO?
Yes, and they work together. The public site brings customers in, and the system handles them once they're there. SEO is still most of what I do.
What happens after it launches?
I keep it running and keep building. Fixes, new features and changes as the business grows, all by the same person who wrote it.
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The rest of the stack.
- SEO services Getting found on Google and staying there. Most of what I do.
- Web development Hand-coded websites, fast on an ordinary phone, with search built in.
- UI/UX design Screens your staff and customers can use without a manual.
- Results and case studies Rankings, launches and the businesses behind them.
- Redding web design Websites and systems for businesses in Redding and across Shasta County.
- What makes a good business website? The parts that actually bring in work.
Tell me where the time goes.
Walk me through how the business runs today. I'll tell you what's worth building and what isn't.