Own Auto Repair AI.

What you'd own.

Every artifact below transfers to your accounts on day one. The whole engine.

• ●Cold email and SMS sequences targeting shop owners via NAPA and Google Maps lists
• ●AI agent design for repair estimates, diagnostics, and customer follow-up automation
• ●30-day free trial to paid conversion framework at $249 monthly SaaS pricing
• ●Founder persona and brand identity positioning Auto Repair AI in crowded market
• ●Financial model projecting Year 1 ARR of $48k-$528k on $38k investment
• ●Customer success playbook optimized for 2-week ROI validation and churn prevention
• ●Landing page copy, demo script, and sales materials for cold outreach

What Roll Digital builds for you.

Custom scope to take Auto Repair AI from MVP shell to operating business.

• ▸Tekmetric and Shop-Ware API integrations for DMS and customer data sync
• ▸Real-time parts pricing via WorldPac, O'Reilly, NAPA APIs for accurate estimates
• ▸Stripe billing system with tiered pricing, invoicing, and dunning automation
• ▸Production backend on FastAPI with Postgres, Redis, multi-tenant architecture
• ▸Mobile-optimized interface for shop floor use during estimate and job entry
• ▸Email and SMS automation for customer follow-ups and service reminders
• ▸Customer analytics dashboard showing ROI on AI features for retention
• ▸OBD-II diagnostic data parsing and integration with repair recommendations

Why this could work.

Large undifferentiated market of 160k auto repair shops with no dominant platform yet. Cold email GTM is repeatable and capital-light, targeting $2.6k annual contracts with high gross margins. Six to twelve-month window before Tekmetric, Shop-Ware ship competitive features, but their integration depth lags on parts suppliers and OBD systems. Success requires nailing early integration and customer success, but unit economics work at scale.

What you'd risk.

Competitors ship faster and own existing customer relationships. Shop owners are skeptical and judge value in the first two weeks. Without visible time savings on estimates or follow-ups, month two churn exceeds 40 percent. Integration depth determines viability. Without live parts supplier and OBD connections, the product feels like a chatbot wrapper shops won't pay for. Year one requires $38k investment against negative take-home.

Who this fits.

Solo SaaS founder or agency operator with cold email experience and customer success discipline. Ideally someone with auto industry connections or willingness to grind cold outreach for three to six months. Not for passive investors. Requires hands-on founder involvement in sales, customer success, and integration prioritization through month three. Best fit: repeat entrepreneur comfortable with single-digit success probability.

Timeline.

From contract signing to operating business.

1. Day 1
   Founder receives codebase, CRM, email templates, GTM playbook
2. Week 1
   First 500 cold emails sent to NAPA dealers and Google Maps shops
3. Week 3
   First demo booked, trial deployed, customer success tracking active
4. Week 6
   Initial customer converts to paid, integration with parts supplier configured
5. Day 90
   Three to five paying customers acquired, churn model validated for month two

Pricing.

Three ways in, depending on how much you want to build yourself.