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[Downtown LA, Los Angeles County]

Custom software for Downtown LA

Downtown is where a lot of Los Angeles actually makes and moves product: the Fashion District’s wholesale showrooms, the Arts District’s brands and studios, and the jewelry, flower and produce trades that still run on phone calls, paper and long-standing relationships. That is exactly where a little software removes a lot of re-typing.

Wholesale apparel and textilesJewelry and accessoriesArts District brands and studiosFood and produce distributionRestaurants and hospitality

[What slows businesses down in Downtown LA]

The usual bottlenecks

  1. 01

    Wholesale orders by email and PDF

    Line sheets go out as PDFs, orders come back as emails and photos, and someone types them into the system with terms and pricing applied by memory.

  2. 02

    Showroom and online stock that disagree

    Samples, showroom inventory and web inventory are tracked separately, so the same unit gets sold twice.

  3. 03

    Invoices and statements chased by hand

    Net terms and partial payments are tracked in a spreadsheet next to the accounting system instead of inside it.

[Services in Downtown LA]

Where to start

0063–8 weeks

E-commerce operations

The back office behind the storefront. Order routing, inventory across channels, wholesale, returns and getting it all into the books without a person in the middle.

Learn more →0053–8 weeks

System integrations

Connecting the systems that should already talk: one canonical record, typed adapters for each platform, and syncs you can replay when something breaks.

Learn more →0034–8 weeks

Internal tools & dashboards

The screen your team lives in all day. Built around how the work already happens rather than an idealised version of it, with the underlying data one click away.

Learn more →

[Works with the tools you already pay for]

All integrations →
  • Shopify
  • BigCommerce
  • Square
  • Etsy
  • Squarespace
  • Webflow
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • Stripe
  • Gusto
  • Expensify
  • Google Sheets
  • Airtable
  • Notion
  • UPS
  • USPS
  • FedEx
  • DHL
  • HubSpot
  • Mailchimp
  • Zendesk
  • Intercom
  • Meta
  • TikTok
  • Google Analytics
  • Calendly
  • Gmail
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox
  • Asana
  • ClickUp
  • Linear
  • Zoho
  • Zapier
  • Make
  • n8n
  • Retool
  • PostgreSQL
  • Supabase
  • Vercel
  • Cloudflare
  • Resend
  • Sentry
  • GitHub

[What happens after you email]

How it works

  1. 0130 min, free

    Call

    You describe what is slow. I ask where the time actually goes. If I am not the right fit, I say so on the call.

  2. 021–2 weeks

    Audit

    I map how the business runs, the tools and the manual steps between them, and put a time and dollar cost on each. You get a written plan whether or not we continue.

  3. 033–12 weeks

    Build

    Fixed scope, weekly updates, working software early. You see it running on your own data before it is finished.

  4. 04Ongoing, optional

    Hand over

    Documentation, a recorded walkthrough, and access to everything. Retainer support if you want it; not required.

[Downtown LA]

Questions

Do you work on-site in Downtown LA?

Yes. Evenbuilt is based in Los Angeles, and Downtown LA is within easy reach for on-site visits, useful for mapping a process where it actually happens. Day-to-day, most of the build is done remotely with a weekly written update.

What does a typical project look like for a business in Downtown LA?

It usually starts with one of the problems above: wholesale orders by email and pdf. After a free call and a short audit, you get a fixed-price plan to remove it, typically delivered in three to eight weeks.

Do I need to know what I want built?

No. Most people arrive knowing what hurts, not what the fix is. The first call and the audit exist to work that out, and sometimes the answer is a setting in a tool you already pay for.

How much does a project cost?

It depends on how many systems are involved, so every build is quoted as a fixed price in writing after the audit. The minimum engagement is $5,000; if your problem is smaller than that, ask anyway.

Why not just use Zapier or Make?

Often you should, and I will tell you. Custom work earns its place when the volume is high, the logic has exceptions, failures are expensive, or the per-task pricing has started to cost more than the build.

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[Nearby]

Based nearby. Let’s talk.

A 30-minute call, no charge. You will leave with a clearer picture of the problem whether or not we work together.

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