How it works
From audit to run, without the leap of faith.
Four stages with fixed scope at each step. You decide to continue at every one of them.
Four stages
Audit, design, build, run.
- 01 / Audit
Audit
Three weeks. Every tool, plugin and manual workaround inventoried, staff and members interviewed, then a blueprint and a fixed quote for the build.
3 weeks · roughly $5–15k
- 02 / Design
Design
Member journeys, the data model and every screen designed for this association only. A clickable prototype is tested with real members before a line of production code is written.
Fixed scope from the audit
- 03 / Build
Build
The platform built on Next.js and PostgreSQL, member data migrated from the old systems, website and portal launched together. Source code, data and hosting accounts in your name from day one.
Typical range $60–200k by scope
- 04 / Run
Run
Hosting, support and a monthly improvement backlog, plus the IT around the platform: domains, email, accounts and single sign-on, security and backups, connected tools, staff training.
Monthly, sized to the platform
Where the audit starts
We map what you run today before we draw what you could own.
Every association arrives with a version of this picture. The audit names each piece, who touches it, and what it costs in subscriptions and staff hours.
Website
Disagrees with the AMS
AMS
Exported every Monday
Email tool
Wrong list, again
integrator
Directory
Lists closed firms
Events
Separate login
- subscriptions
- 5
- logins per member
- 5
- records for staff
- 5
- integrator on retainer
- 1
The blueprint at the end of the audit is yours to keep, whoever builds it.
The platform shown is Northbridge Alliance, a fictional association with sample data. Any resemblance to real organizations is coincidental.
What the board gets
Something to decide on, at every stage.
- 1
Audit
A blueprint and a fixed quote
The audit ends with a written blueprint of the platform and a fixed price for the build. Take it to us or to anyone else.
- 2
Design
A prototype tested with real members
Before production code, members click through the design and tell us what is wrong. Design changes are cheap. Rebuilds are not.
- 3
Build
Accounts in your name from day one
Hosting, database and domain accounts are opened in the association's name, not ours. Ownership is a fact, not a clause.
- 4
Run
A written handoff
Documented codebase, runbooks and training for staff. If MemberWright leaves, the platform stays.
The board's questions
Answered before the meeting.
The association. Full source code, data and infrastructure accounts in its name from day one.
Open, widely used stack (Next.js, PostgreSQL on Supabase, Tailwind), documented codebase, written handoff. Any competent product team can take it over.
Because the AMS, the association management system most vendors sell, was built for the vendor's average customer. This is built for your members.
Yes. The platform connects to them. We build on our own stack and connect to yours.
The audit is priced roughly $5–15k and ends with a fixed quote. Builds typically run $60–200k by scope. Run is a monthly fee sized to the platform. No estimate is given before the audit, because no honest one exists.
Also available
On the platform or not.
Two things the same team does for any association, and how many platform conversations start.
IT support and helpdesk
Email, accounts, devices and office technology
Handled by the same team that builds the platform, or for any association that needs it: accounts, devices, office networks, troubleshooting, and the security basics a board asks about.
Marketing and brand
Membership campaigns, email, social, print and events
Membership drives, renewal campaigns, event marketing and brand refresh for associations. Sold as a retainer or a project, on the platform or not.
Delivery uses an AI-native build process. That is why a boutique studio can deliver at this price, and it is the only place on the site you will read about it.
Decide at every stage. Start with the first.
Start with a three-week audit: every tool mapped, a blueprint and a fixed quote. No demo, no sales deck.