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Ways to work together

Choose The Smallest Useful Next Step

Start with the hard decision, the truth about an existing product, one important behavior to prove, or one bounded build cycle. Every engagement begins with a brief before billing.

Brief before billing

  • Send the rough version
  • Confirm fit, scope, and timing
  • Accept the written scope
  • Pay through Stripe after approval
  • All prices are USD

New idea / hard decision

Project Direction

$750 USDone time

A focused working session and written decision brief for one product, workflow, or build decision.

  • Pre-session review of one brief
  • 90-minute working session
  • Written decision brief within three business days
  • First buildable slice, risk map, and investment band
  • One 30-minute follow-up

Payment follows confirmed fit, date, and scope. Full refund before work begins; after the session starts, only undelivered agreed scope is refundable.

Not included: Code, interface design, user research, fixed-quote guarantees, security assessment, or legal and compliance review.

$500 is credited toward a contracted Prototype Sprint or first Build Partnership cycle started within 30 days.

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Existing product

Product Reality Review

$2,500 USDfixed scope

For an existing website or web product when you need the truth before another build.

  • One deployed web product
  • Up to five priority routes and one core journey
  • Desktop and mobile evidence
  • Working / broken / placeholder / risky ledger
  • Prioritized repair plan and 60-minute readout

Payment is due after the written review scope and access requirements are accepted. Full refund before work begins; after work starts, only undelivered agreed scope is refundable.

Not included: Penetration testing, formal certification, legal review, exhaustive repository audit, remediation, deployment, or analytics implementation.

Delivered within five business days after access and written scope are complete. Remediation is quoted separately.

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One behavior to prove

Prototype Sprint

$4,800 USDfixed / 10 business days

Turn one agreed core journey into a responsive, testable prototype before committing to a full build.

  • One core user journey
  • Up to five key screens or states
  • Responsive prototype with sample or demo data
  • Preview environment and one revision round
  • Source handoff and next-build recommendation

50% is due after signed scope to reserve the sprint and 50% at handoff.

Not included: Production launch, live payments, regulated data, app-store release, migration, or complex integrations.

Production reliability, security work, hosting, and ongoing support require a separate scope.

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Ongoing product capacity

Build Partnership

$7,500 USDper 30-day cycle

One active workstream, one agreed outcome, and visible working evidence at the end of each cycle.

  • One primary workstream at a time
  • One agreed 30-day outcome
  • Weekly planning and product review
  • Design, implementation, and preview deployments
  • Month-end evidence and next-cycle recommendation

Each cycle is prepaid after a signed monthly scope and renews only when the next outcome is approved.

Not included: Unlimited requests, concurrent products, 24/7 support or SLA, vendor fees, large migrations, or formal security and compliance work.

Third-party access and work outside the approved monthly scope are handled separately.

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No payment is taken from this page. DRKNYT confirms fit, scope, timing, cancellation terms, and the applicable agreement before sending a Stripe invoice or payment link.