Pricing

Fixed prices. No surprises.

You know the number before we start. These are founding-client prices for the first three businesses, in exchange for honest feedback and, if it works, a reference.

Second Desk

Start small, then decide

Workflow assessment

$450

Half a day at your shop. Where the email hours go, what to automate first, and a payback estimate in writing.

  • Credited in full toward a build
  • Yours to keep, even if you don't build
Most of the work

Build and launch

$3,500

One workflow connected to your email and your business system, with a review desk for your team.

  • Two weeks side by side with your staff
  • Training for everyone who uses it
  • Half at signing, half at launch

Monthly care

$450/month

Monitoring, rule and template changes, and fixes when your software changes.

  • An hour of small changes each month
  • Cancel any time

What Claude costs you. You pay Anthropic directly for Claude, the AI that runs the desk. A Team plan starts at two people, about $25 per person per month, or $20 billed yearly. The account is in your name, so it stays yours.

How a build runs

Four weeks from yes to live

Week 1Assess, sample 50 real emails, connect read-only to your system
Week 2Build your rules, the connection and the review desk
Week 3Side by side: it drafts while your team answers as usual
Week 4Go live, train the team, start care

Everything else

Other work

Second workflow

from $1,500

Another kind of email on the same setup, such as order status after quotes.

AI setup and training

from $750

Claude for your whole team, with shared projects, house guides and training. One or two days.

Small-office tech help

by the job

Email, computers, Wi-Fi, printers and backups. Quoted before any work starts.

Questions

About the money

Why fixed prices instead of hourly?

So you know the cost before you decide, and so the risk of a slow week is mine, not yours.

What if my inbox isn't worth automating?

Then the assessment says so, in writing, and you've spent $450 instead of thousands. You keep the report either way.

What does monthly care cover?

Checking that the desk runs every day, updating rules and templates as your prices and products change, and fixing things when your software updates. It includes an hour of small changes each month.

Can I stop care later?

Yes, any time. The account, the data and the rules are yours, so the desk keeps working; it just won't get updates from me.

Free · 20 minutes

See it work on emails from your trade

At your shop or by video. I'll show you the desk and tell you honestly whether your inbox is worth automating.