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Software that works the way you do.

I build custom CRMs, quoting tools, booking systems and client portals, each around one job your team does every day. Prices start at $10,000, and focused apps often land between $10,000 and $30,000. A focused first version typically ships from four weeks. The code, data and accounts are yours.

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Hours go into work software should be doing

  • Someone types the same details into a second system because the two do not talk.
  • Bookings and orders arrive by email and get entered again by hand.
  • Customers phone to ask where things stand because they cannot check for themselves.
  • The weekly report gets copied and pasted out of three places.
  • The job only one person knows how to do waits until that person is back.
  • Bookings and intake run on third-party widgets that look generic and keep your customer data.

A focused app takes that work off the team. It does one job well, looks like your business, and keeps your customer data in accounts you own. Most tools at this level pay back in two ways. The team stops spending hours on the busywork, and customers can do things for themselves.

Canadian development shops put typical web app builds between $15,000 and $80,000. (Space-O Technologies web app cost guide, 2026) I build from $10,000 by keeping the first version small and quoting one fixed price for the project.

What a custom CRM or web app costs

  • A quoting tool for a trade

    Measurements in, a priced quote out with your rates and deposit terms, tracked until it is accepted or lost.

  • A member portal for a club

    Dues that renew themselves, event signup with a waitlist, and a private area for the documents members keep asking for.

  • A booking system for a service the standard ones do not fit

    Multi-day trips, gear and guides booked together, deposits and weather cancellations.

  • Intake and a document portal for a clinic or a firm

    The right questions before the first appointment, uploads in place of email attachments, and a status page clients can check.

  • A job board for a business running several crews

    Who is where today, what got done, site photos and hours against each job.

If yours is not on the list, tell me the workflow and I will tell you whether it is worth building.

What you get

  • An app built around one workflow and matched to your brand.
  • Logins and permissions for staff, customers or both, where the job needs them.
  • Connections to payments, email, calendars, file storage and the site you already have.
  • A live preview link early, so you click through real screens while it is built.
  • The code, the database and every account in your name at handoff.
  • Written documentation, and Lodge access for support afterwards.

The Neighbours Lodge, the client portal behind kootenaymade.ca with logins, guides, invoices and support, is a web app I built and still run.

The build

One focused build. Software the business owns.

Every app is scoped to its own workflow, so pricing starts from a floor instead of a menu. The first conversation establishes scope, price, and timeline before anything is committed.

Custom Web App

Owned, not rented

From $10,000

Focused single-purpose apps often land between $10,000 and $30,000 depending on workflows, integrations, and roles. Product-grade platforms are scoped like the Empire.

A tool that runs the work pairs naturally with the Brain, which holds what the business knows about how that work is meant to go.

Software shaped to the business, owned by the business.

A working application built around one job worth doing well: a booking system, a client portal, a quoting tool, an internal dashboard, or the first version of a product idea. Scoped tight, built on a modern stack, and handed over with everything you need to run it.

  • Discovery and ruthless scoping around the core workflow
  • Built on the same modern stack as every KMD build, not a fragile plugin pile
  • Custom interface matched to your brand, not a generic dashboard template
  • Accounts, roles, and permissions where the workflow needs them
  • Integrations: payments, email, calendars, file storage, existing site
  • Testing, launch, documentation, and owner handoff
  • Lodge access for support, guidance, and next steps

Perfect for

Businesses outgrowing spreadsheets, renting awkward SaaS, drowning in manual admin, or sitting on a product idea that needs a real first version.

Typical delivery: From 4 weeks for a focused first version

Builds this size are not on the Own It Monthly plan. They bill by milestone: you pay as agreed stages go live.

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Delivery times are estimates based on past builds, counted from when I have what I need from you.

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From a messy workflow to a tool that runs it.

  1. 01

    Map the workflow

    I sit with how the work happens now and pick the one job the app has to do first.

  2. 02

    Scope the smallest useful version

    A smaller first version costs less, launches sooner and proves itself before anything bigger.

  3. 03

    Build where you can see it

    The app goes up on a live preview link early, and you click through real screens as it grows.

  4. 04

    Launch and hand over

    I launch with monitoring, write the documentation and hand over the keys, and my care plans keep it healthy after that.

    See ongoing support

A focused first version typically takes from 4 weeks. To start, I need a walk through the job as it happens now, the spreadsheet or inbox it runs on today, and a decision on who can see and change what. Timelines count from the day I have these.

The full path, payment terms and all, lives on the process page.

What owners ask before building software.

How is this different from the Empire?+

The Empire is the flagship website-plus-platform build: public site, content, SEO, and infrastructure together. A custom web app is a focused tool, with or without a public website attached. An app can bolt onto a site you already love, including sites I did not build.

Do I own the code?+

Yes, completely. The code, the database, the hosting accounts, and the documentation are all in your name at handoff, with no license fees back to me.

What does it cost to run after launch?+

Focused apps typically run on hosting and database plans in the tens of dollars per month, not hundreds per seat. I scope running costs with you before the build so there are no surprise bills.

Can it connect to my existing website or tools?+

Yes. Apps can live on your current domain, share your brand, and connect to payments, email, calendars, accounting exports, and most tools with an API. If I built your site, the app drops in natively.

I have a product idea. Is this how I start?+

It is the sensible way to start. A focused first version proves the idea with real users before you spend platform money. If it takes off, the same codebase grows instead of being thrown away.

Why is this cheaper than the agency quotes I have seen?+

Three reasons: one senior builder instead of an agency org chart, ruthless scoping instead of padded feature lists, and a fixed project price instead of hourly billing. Cheaper and faster, without renting you a junior team.

How much does a custom CRM cost?+

With me, a standalone custom CRM starts at $10,000, and focused apps often land between $10,000 and $30,000. Added to an Empire build, a CRM starts at $5,000, because the accounts, roles, admin shell and design system are already built. The final number depends on how many workflows it carries, and logins, permissions, payments and customer screens each add scope. A focused first version is typically delivered from 4 weeks. You own the code, data and accounts outright.

Should I build a custom CRM or buy one?+

Buy one, or keep the one you have, until renting it costs more than building would. Keep it while your team likes it, the features you pay for match the features you use, the seat count is steady and your data exports cleanly. Build when several limits stack up together: per-seat pricing, paywalled exports, API caps and daily workarounds. A custom build can take over only the workflow the rented tool handles badly and connect to the tools you keep.

Can I build my own CRM with AI?+

You can build a simple one with AI coding tools, and for a basic contact list it can work. The hard part comes after the first version: logins and permissions, backups, clean exports, fixing it when it breaks, and handling customer information the way Canadian privacy law expects. I build with AI tools every day. They make the work faster, and the engineering still has to be done by someone who will maintain it.

Tell me the workflow. I will scope the tool.

Start with the free 60-second website check-up: an automated scan of your current site that shows me where you are starting from. Then bring the messy version: the spreadsheet, the subscription that almost fits, the hours that vanish every week. The quote is fixed before anything is built.

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Need the whole platform, public site and all? That build is The Empire.

Rather talk it through first? Email hello@kootenaymade.ca with the messy version and I will map it with you.

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