Your Embedded Product Team
You bring the client context and the offer. We bring the technical build and ongoing operations. You bill your clients; we invoice you directly so your margins stay predictable and your client relationships stay yours.
Here is exactly how responsibilities split between your business and ours:
⚙️ Design 6 Handles (Fulfillment) Code Core
- ✦ Writing clean, modular code (Astro, TypeScript, Postgres)
- ✦ Setting up Cloudflare Turnstile form protections
- ✦ Mapping API webhooks (Slack notifications, CRM leads)
- ✦ Hosting infrastructure maintenance & server uptime support
- ✦ Weekly dashboard feature updates
🤝 You Handle (Relationship) Client-Facing
- ✓ Primary client-facing consulting relationship
- ✓ Gathering business requirements & rules scoping
- ✓ Branding assets collection (Logos, accent colors)
- ✓ Direct invoicing and retainer pricing configuration
- ✓ Collecting user testing feedback
Commercial Partnership Models
We fit under your existing invoicing model. You bill your clients however you like — most partners fold our systems into their retainers. We invoice you on a fixed build fee and a flat monthly ops fee per live system so your margins stay predictable.
Estimate your margin
This estimate reflects a flat monthly ops fee for one deployed system. It does not include your internal delivery costs or other tools in your stack. Build fees are scoped and quoted separately per project.
You scope the client problem with us and co-design the system. We charge a flat build fee to develop and deploy it, plus a predictable flat monthly ops fee per live system that covers hosting, monitoring, and in-scope updates. You invoice your client however you like — most partners fold both costs into their existing retainer.
We host, maintain, and support the deployed system on an ongoing basis. We invoice you a flat monthly ops/platform fee per live system. You can fold this into a broader retainer or show it as a named "platform" line item on your invoices — either way, you keep the majority of the margin and we keep the system running.
Prefer to simply pass a client our way? You introduce the client directly to Design 6. We run the discovery, handle the build, manage billing, and pay you a flat 15% referral fee on the contract value. No ongoing involvement required on your end.
What This Looks Like
An operations consultant works with a service business client whose onboarding and follow-up process is falling apart. She scopes the problem with her client, then brings the brief to Design 6. Together, we map out a client intake and status hub using one of our core engines as the base.
She presents the finished plan to her client under her own brand: a one-time setup fee plus an ongoing monthly fee for access and maintenance. The client signs with her directly — Design 6 is never in the room.
We build and run the system in the background. She stays the single point of contact for her client and decides how the software cost appears in her offer. Design 6 invoices her on a flat build fee and a flat monthly ops fee per deployed system. Her margins stay predictable; her client relationship stays hers.
Apply to Become a Partner
We intentionally keep our active partnerships small to protect delivery quality and response time. If you work with clients who have repeatable operational problems, we'd like to hear from you.