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Your tools should talk to each other

Most businesses run on good software that has never been introduced. We keep what works and build the layer that connects it.

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The stack you already run

Picture a shop that runs on Stripe, QuickBooks, Calendly and a CRM, with a spreadsheet for the customers the CRM missed. Each tool does its job well, and none of them knows the others exist.

The gap shows up as work. Someone copies the day’s appointments into the customer list, and at month end someone reconciles the calendar against the invoices. This page covers what changes once the tools start talking.

Information should be typed once, then reach every system that needs it

A new order or booking enters once, when it happens, and the connecting layer carries it to the books, the CRM, the calendar and the inbox without anyone touching it again.

Fernwood Bakehouse

A custom cake order goes to the one kitchen with the right pans and decorator, and every register works from that order. Fernwood is a company we invented, so we could build its website and back office in full.

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Keep what works

Connecting your tools doesn’t mean replacing them. If the tools you run are doing their jobs, they stay, and we build the layer between them, from syncs and webhooks to custom software that passes data along and flags anything that doesn’t match.

Where an off-the-shelf connection exists, we use it, and where it doesn’t, we build one. Integrations is the service behind this page, and every project starts with a scoping pass over the stack you have.

Questions

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Do we have to change the tools we use?

Usually not. We start from the assumption that your current tools stay, and we replace one when it’s the bottleneck. If it is, we’ll say so during scoping, before the project starts.

What happens when a connection breaks?

Connections are built to fail loudly. If a record can’t be delivered, the system holds it and alerts a person, so nothing goes missing without a trace.

How big a project is this?

Sometimes it’s one connection between two systems, and sometimes it’s the backbone of the whole business. Scoping tells us which before anyone commits to anything.

Who looks after the connections once they’re built?

We can, on a care plan, since APIs change and connections need watching. Or we hand them over documented, with every account in your name.

Tell us what you need built

A person reads every request and replies within one business day.

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