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The illusion of modern SaaS pricing is truly an art form.
You start with a neat tool for $15/month. Simple, right? Then your team grows, and the fun begins:
+10 employees = bill x10. Every new hire now costs $50/mo just to look at a dashboard twice a week.
Need basic SSO (Google Login)? Sorry, security is an "Enterprise-only" privilege. Please contact our sales team.
Want to export YOUR OWN data to CSV? Sure thing, just upgrade to Tier 3.
The result? Companies end up paying tens of thousands per year for bloated software while actually using about 5% of its functionality.
Renting software sounds great on day one. Right up until you realize you are paying a penalty tax for your own growth.
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Shae runs a one-woman organizing business in Indiranagar, Bengaluru. Every enquiry used to start with "how much?", and the real answer depends on what the space looks like. That meant back-and-forth over WhatsApp, an evening spent quoting, and slots held for people who never confirmed.
What I built:
Photo-based estimate: The client picks a room, sets how full it is and how much they want to declutter, and uploads a photo. AI flags what will slow the job down and pins each item on the photo with its hour adjustment. The client sees an hours range and a ₹ range before they book.
Booking by blocks: The estimate maps to a half day, full day or multi-day block. Clients can only pick dates where that block fits Shae's calendar.
Owner approval: Shae reviews each request with the photo, the AI notes and suggested follow-up questions. She can approve it, adjust the quote or ask for more information.
25% deposit to confirm: The slot is held for 24 hours, with a reminder at 12 hours and an automatic release if the deposit isn't paid.
Itemised quote and invoice: Labour, products, cleaning supplies and add-ons are listed separately.
Statuses on both sides: Requested → Quote sent → Booked → In progress → Fulfilled. Clients and Shae can both cancel or reschedule under a 72-hour policy.
Private client links: Each client gets a tokenised link checked against the last 4 digits of their phone. The links are not indexed by search engines and they expire.
Owner dashboard behind login: /owner sits behind sign-in, and access is checked against an owner role in Supabase. Booking data is locked down with row-level security, so a client can only reach their own booking through their link.
The result: a client goes from "can I book?" to a confirmed, deposit-backed slot without waiting on a quote by message. Shae approves jobs instead of calculating them.
Built with: Lovable (TanStack Start), Supabase (auth, RLS, storage, cron automations) and the Lovable AI gateway for photo analysis.
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