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Built for custom firearms shops & gunsmiths

Your customers always know where their build stands.

Automatic weekly updates. Instant "it just moved" texts. An assistant that answers "where's my build?" on its own — so nobody puts down a file to pick up the phone.

Founding shops onboard in small batches. No app for your customers — just texts that answer themselves.

The work is great. The phone is the problem.

5–10 hrs

a week answering “where's my build?” calls

Every one pulls a gunsmith off the bench mid-job.

$15,000+

a year in lost bench time

Skilled hands doing phone duty is the most expensive receptionist there is.

73%

of negative gunsmith reviews cite communication

Not the work. The silence between drop-off and pickup.

How it works

One habit for the shop. Zero new habits for your customers.

  1. 1

    You update a dropdown

    When a build moves, open the dashboard on your phone, tap the build, change the stage, hit save. That's your entire job in this system — about ten seconds.

  2. 2

    Your customers hear it from you first

    The moment you save, the customer gets a text: “build #1042 just moved to Assembly.” And every Monday morning, everyone with an active build gets a status update automatically — text or email, their choice. Running late? The Monday message handles the honest apology for you.

  3. 3

    The assistant answers the rest

    When a customer texts “where's my build?”, they get an instant, accurate answer straight from your live build board. Anything the assistant can't answer gets handed to you with context — never guessed at. Phone calls answered the same way are next on the roadmap.

A real exchange, zero shop minutes spent

Hey any word on my build?

Hey Sarah! Build #1042 is in Assembly — 4 days in, tracking for Aug 14. You'll get a text the second it moves. — Dave at the shop

Awesome, thanks!

Three tiers of front-office support

Planned launch pricing — founding members lock in early rates for life. Beta starts with Starter features; Pro and Full Team roll out to founding shops first.

Starter

Kill the status-call problem.

$199 /mo

  • Build tracker dashboard (phone-friendly)
  • Automatic Monday status updates, text or email
  • Instant “it just moved” texts on every stage change
  • AI assistant answers inbound status texts
  • Full message + build history log
  • Up to 30 active builds
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Pro

Never miss a call again.

$399 /mo

  • Everything in Starter
  • AI voice agent answers your shop phone
  • Build status over the phone, no human needed
  • Message-taking + warm transfer when you want it
  • Call summaries to your dashboard and phone
  • Up to 75 active builds
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Full Team

The whole front office, handled.

$699 /mo

  • Everything in Pro
  • New-build intake agent captures specs and budgets
  • Quote follow-up and lapsed-customer check-ins
  • Review requests after every pickup
  • Consultation scheduling with reminders
  • Daily digest of everything handled for you
  • Unlimited active builds
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Fair questions

Is this a compliance or bound-book tool?

No — and that's deliberate. This is a customer-communication and workflow tool only. No serial numbers, no transfers, no dispositions, nothing that touches ATF record-keeping. Your bound book stays exactly where it is.

Do my customers need to download anything?

No. They get normal text messages and emails from your shop. Replying works like texting any business. No app, no portal, no passwords.

What do the texts actually say?

Neutral, carrier-safe wording by design: “Hey Sarah — build #1042 just moved to Assembly. On track for Aug 14.” Build details live in email and your dashboard, never in texts. STOP always works, instantly.

I don't love the idea of an AI talking to my customers.

Fair. The weekly and stage-change messages aren't AI at all — they're fixed templates you can read word-for-word before anything goes out. The AI answers exactly one thing: inbound status questions, using your live build board. Anything else — complaints, pricing, technical questions — gets handed straight to you.

What does setup look like?

About 30–45 minutes with us on the phone: your stages, your hours, your first builds, a test text to your own phone. Your existing phone number doesn't change — you get a dedicated text line for updates.

What's beta access?

We're onboarding founding shops in small batches so every shop gets real attention. Founding members lock in early pricing for life. Join the waitlist and we'll reach out when a spot opens.

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Founding shops onboard in small batches at locked-in early rates. Tell us a little about your shop and you're in line.