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Web apps & portals

The software your business runs on.

Dealer and distributor portals, customer accounts, quote and RFQ flows, dashboards, and the internal tools that replace the spreadsheet a business is quietly running on. Shaped to how you work instead of to a template's idea of it.

The problem

When the spreadsheet becomes the business.

Every growing operation has one: the shared workbook that started as a convenience and is now load-bearing. Pricing lives in it. Job status lives in it. One person understands the formulas. Meanwhile dealers call to ask what something costs and customers call to ask where their order is, because there is nowhere for either of them to look. We build the software underneath that — portals, quote flows, dashboards, and internal tools — starting with the smallest version that solves the real problem and growing it as it earns its keep.

What's included

Built around how you actually work.

Dealer and distributor portals with role-based access and account pricing

Customer accounts, order history, and self-serve status

Quote, RFQ, and configure-price-quote flows that produce a signable document

Dashboards that show the numbers that decide something

Internal tools that replace the spreadsheet the business runs on

Built on a stack you own: Next.js, Postgres, and infrastructure we operate

FAQ

Questions worth asking.

Is this enterprise software? We're not that big.

It's the same class of software, built without the enterprise procurement around it. We ship the smallest version that solves the real problem first, then add to it, so you're not paying up front for a platform you'll never fully use. A dealer portal with account pricing doesn't have to cost what a six-figure implementation costs.

What kinds of tools do you build?

Dealer and distributor portals, customer accounts and logins, quote and RFQ flows, admin dashboards, job and order tracking, and internal tools that replace a spreadsheet or a manual process. See what we run and how for the production version of that.

Can dealers, staff, and customers see different things?

Yes, and on this kind of build it's usually the requirement rather than a feature. Roles and permissions are standard: a dealer sees their own accounts and their own pricing, staff see what they need, customers see only their own orders, and admins see everything.

Will it connect to our ERP or CRM?

Usually, yes, and that connection is normally what decides whether a project takes six weeks or six months — so we scope it before quoting rather than after. Pricing and availability should come from the system of record, not a second copy that drifts. That's covered under implementations & integrations.

What's it built on, do I own it, and who runs it?

A stack you own — Next.js and Postgres, on infrastructure we configure and operate — with no proprietary lock-in you can't move off later. We stay on to run it after launch, which is the part most studios don't do. The engineering page has the measured version.

Project inquiry

Discuss the system that needs attention.

Share the current state, business requirement, and constraints. THICKRIM will review the context and respond with a recommended scope or the next information needed.

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