Own Hoursmith.

What you'd own.

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

• ●Brand identity and domain registration for Hoursmith
• ●Landing page and SEO content targeting consultants and agencies
• ●Product codebase with time tracking and reporting features
• ●Freemium-to-paywall financial model and pricing strategy
• ●Customer acquisition playbook including SEO and ProductHunt tactics
• ●Founder persona and market positioning documents
• ●Multi-tenant architecture and database schema design

What Roll Digital builds for you.

Custom scope to take Hoursmith from MVP shell to operating business.

• ▸Production API backend with FastAPI and Postgres database
• ▸Multi-tenant authentication with email and OAuth Google sign-in
• ▸Timer interface, manual time entry, and reporting dashboard
• ▸Stripe billing integration across three freemium paywall tiers
• ▸Invoice generation feature connecting tracked time to PDF output
• ▸Client and project management within each tenant workspace
• ▸Email delivery, API documentation, and 30-day customer onboarding

Why this could work.

A real market exists: 160k small professional services firms spend $600 annually on tools. The SEO play targets underserved keywords in a fragmented space where incumbents don't dominate search. Freemium model builds habit formation before asking for payment. Direct invoicing closes a genuine workflow gap that competitors leave open. ProductHunt launch can generate early traction and establish initial paying customer cohort.

What you'd risk.

Clockify dominates the free tier with strong feature parity, making conversion an uphill education battle rather than price negotiation. Incumbents like Harvest and FreshBooks own integration moats with accounting software you cannot match quickly. Time tracking apps see 2-5% trial-to-paid conversion rates. Churn happens on day 3, not month 6. Switching costs are near zero and habit formation is genuinely difficult.

Who this fits.

An experienced operator in professional services with an existing customer network, or a SaaS founder comfortable competing in commoditized categories. Ideally someone with consulting or agency background who understands the invoice-timing problem firsthand. Requires sales discipline and ability to execute GTM yourself: SEO content creation, ProductHunt strategy, initial customer support.

Timeline.

From contract signing to operating business.

1. Day 1
   Assets transferred, codebase access granted, team handoff initiated
2. Week 1
   MVP assessment, architecture review, technical dependencies mapped
3. Week 3
   Backend API complete, authentication system deployed, UI foundation built
4. Week 6
   Stripe billing working, invoice generation functional, closed beta ready
5. Day 90
   Production deployment live, ProductHunt launch, first customers onboarded

Pricing.

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