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Build

Site + app + automation + SEO. Live in one sprint.

The flagship engagement. A 4–12 week sprint where we take a business from idea or fragmented stack to a coherent, AI-native production system. Custom scope, custom proposal, starts after a 30-minute discovery call.

from $9,500
4–12 weeks
Deliverables

Concrete artifacts you keep.

Every line below ships during the engagement. No “TBDs”, no slide-deck hand-waving — working code, written docs, and dashboards your team owns.

Marketing site (Ship-equivalent)
Custom application (Next.js + Supabase / FastAPI)
AI workflow automation (Automate-equivalent)
SEO foundation + initial content
Stripe billing + customer accounts
Analytics + monitoring + runbooks
What you walk away with

The outcome, not just the output.

  • A live, full-stack business in production
  • Site + app + automation + SEO under one strategy
  • 90 days of operator-grade support post-launch
Timeline

How the engagement runs.

1Week 0

Discovery & proposal

Discovery call → fixed-fee proposal within 48 hours. Mutual NDA, MSA, SOW. Kickoff once signed.

2Week 1–2

Architecture & design

System architecture, data model, brand if needed, design system, IA. Daily Vercel previews.

3Week 3–8

Build

Site + app + automation + SEO foundation. Weekly demos, milestone invoices, daily preview deploys.

4Week 9–12

Launch + 90-day support

Production launch, monitoring, training, runbooks. 90 days of operator-grade support included.

Proof

Related case studies

Sample deliverables

See the artifact, not the marketing.

Real shape, redacted content. Pick a tab to preview what ships.

Sample Audit Report

Twelve-page audit excerpt: scope, methodology, findings ranked by impact, and a prioritized fix list. Redacted.

Sample provided after intro call · ask sage@sageideas.dev

SAMPLE · REDACTED
How we reduce risk

Money-back if you're not happy in week 1

Reset the engagement before momentum builds. No invoices to dispute, no awkward email.

Async-first, weekly demos, no surprises

You see exactly what shipped each week. No status meetings to attend, no reports to chase.

Code is yours from day 1 — no lock-in

Your repo, your infra, your accounts. We work in your stack. You can take the work in-house at any time.

Cut our flake rate from 12% to 0.4% in three weeks. The eval suite caught two regressions on day one of running in CI.
Engineering LeadHead of Platform · Series B SaaS · 60 engineers
FAQ

Common questions

How is the price determined?
Discovery call → fixed-fee proposal within 48 hours. We almost never bill hourly. Most Build engagements land between $35k and $80k.
What is the deposit?
25% kickoff deposit, then milestone-based invoicing. Net 30.
Who actually writes the code?
Sage Ideas + a curated bench of trusted specialists when scope warrants. Every line of code is reviewed by Jason. No offshore unsupervised contractors.
What if scope changes?
Change orders go in a written addendum with their own price + timeline impact. No surprise bills.

Ready to scope Build?

A 30-minute call to confirm fit, scope, and timeline. No pressure, no slides.

Average reply: 3 hours, business days

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