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Deduplication is the boring feature that saves revenue.
Two contacts for one buyer split history. Two Trello cards for one deal split ownership. Two CRM rows for one lead split follow-up.
Match on email and phone first. Add a short lookback window for recent creates. Send collisions to a review queue instead of force-merging blindly.
Boring. Reliable. Worth more than another flashy AI step.
Message me if your pipelines create doubles and you want that cleaned up.
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Sudsy Van Mobile Grooming solves the booking nightmare for Rosa Alvarez, a solo groomer in Austin who was losing two hours every evening texting back and forth just to find a 90-second appointment slot.
The problem: Rosa's van parks in different Austin zones on different days, appointment length depends on each dog's size and coat, and she takes only 5 dogs a day. Customers texted random times, Rosa texted back, customers counter-offered, and half of those bookings never happened because no one had sent the rabies cert. No-shows cost her $100+ a week.
What I built: A zone-aware booking flow that shows customers only the days Rosa is actually on their street, lets them tell us about their dog so we size the appointment correctly (no surprises), and confirms them instantly with a deposit that protects the slot. The booking captures everything Rosa needs upfront, rabies certificate, special notes, contact info, so she shows up ready, not scrambling.
Owner effort reduction: Instead of texting with 20+ people a week, Rosa now sees her confirmed bookings in real time. A $25 deposit kills no-shows. Free 24-hour rescheduling means customers don't blow up her phone when plans change. And because customers tell us about their dog before booking, Rosa's never hit with a surprise matted senior when she was expecting a quick puppy trim.
End result: Booking went from a two-hour administrative drain to instant, zero-text, deposit-backed confirmation. Rosa spends the evening with her own dogs instead of her phone.
I built ManeFlow, an intelligent booking experience for Mane & Co., a solo premium hairstylist in Austin, Texas.
The problem I wanted to solve is the constant back-and-forth that happens when customers inquire about appointments. Instead of the owner manually checking availability, confirming times, collecting deposits, and managing appointments, ManeFlow turns a customer request into a simple, guided booking experience.
The goal is simple: turn “Can I book with you?” into “You’re booked.” while removing as much manual work from the owner as possible.
Brush Hour: booking that sizes every appointment to the dog.
The client: Maya runs Brush Hour, a one-table dog grooming salon in Leslieville, Toronto. She grooms solo, so booking requests arrive by DM and phone while she's mid-groom. And every dog is different: a Chihuahua's nail trim takes 15 minutes, a matted doodle takes 4 hours. Flat calendar slots blow up her day, and no-shows cost her the slots she can't refill.
What I built:
The dog decides the slot: breed, weight and coat condition set the duration and price, and customers only see openings that fit.
Zero-touch standard bookings: sign in with an email code, no account; confirmed and emailed instantly.
Only edge cases reach Maya: severe matting, reactive dogs and repeat no-shows arrive as requests she approves in one tap.
Vaccine records required before booking.
Follow-through on autopilot: a reminder 48 hours out with one-tap Confirm or Release, self-serve reschedule and cancel under a 48-hour policy, strikes for no-shows, and the next groom held automatically after each visit.
A rules engine Maya edits herself.
Result: inquiry to confirmed in under 2 minutes, and booking admin from about 8 hours a week to under 1.
Try it: brushhour.lovable.app. Book with your own email (try a matted doodle to see a request). Maya's side: Owner login in the footer, then Fill in demo login. Demo data resets nightly.