Quoting & approvals
Organize project details, apply agreed business rules and guide estimates or requests through review and approval.
Software built around the way your business works.
When spreadsheets, disconnected tools or repetitive tasks slow your team down, Benchmark can design a custom web application around your process.
Drawing on more than 34 years of retail flooring sales experience, we build practical tools that help teams manage information, serve customers and keep work moving—from the first inquiry through aftercare.
Pricing determined by scope.
START WITH THE WORK
What would make your business easier to run?
These are examples of projects we can scope together. Each application is designed for its agreed users, data and workflow.
Customer & team portals
Give authorized people a clear place to view information, share updates and take the next step.
Workflows & dashboards
Replace repeated data entry and scattered spreadsheets with forms, status tracking and useful views of the work.
Connections between tools
Connect supported systems to reduce duplicate effort. Access, provider capabilities, data flow and integration costs are confirmed before development.
AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT
Benchmark Business Assistant
Choose your service scope: Benchmark record search (internal preview), an optional read-only MCP connection to a compatible AI application (configuration and testing required), or custom workflow integrations (scoped roadmap). Setup, usage, training and ongoing support are confirmed in your proposal.
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Find business information and take the next step with less searching. An optional addition to Benchmark Custom Business Applications, designed around your company, team and sales lifecycle.
Find the records you need
The first release focuses on authorized customer, project, saved estimate and contract records, with source references and existing company, location and user permissions. Saved estimate values come from Benchmark’s protected calculation workflow.
Customer activation follows acceptance testing. The initial interface is record search; open-ended AI conversation is a later enhancement.
Connect a compatible AI tool
An optional read-only MCP connection can let an approved AI client use supported Benchmark tools. Client registration, sign-in, permissions and compatibility must be verified before activation.
Support the full sales lifecycle
CRM follow-up, appointments, store Sales Rotation, payment status, customer portal assistance, aftercare and re-engagement. Each connection depends on its underlying application and an agreed integration scope.
Prepare and review the next action
Tasks, permitted record updates and message preparation, with human review for designated actions. Additional inventory, scheduling or accounting connections can be scoped separately.
Pricing determined by scope. Setup, supported connections, AI usage, hosting and ongoing support are identified in your written proposal. This is not automatically included in another Benchmark subscription.
Roadmap items describe intended development, not currently available functions or a delivery-date commitment. Your agreement identifies exactly what will be delivered.
Discuss Benchmark Business AssistantDESIGNED AROUND THE SALES LIFECYCLE
Every feature should serve a practical purpose.
Customer acquisition. Education. Closing the sale. Aftercare. Earning a customer for life.
We begin with who uses the application, what they need to accomplish and where work gets delayed. That keeps the design grounded in real conversations, decisions and handoffs.
Benchmark’s own development work includes Benchmark Core, Benchmark Quick Quote and other business systems. Explore the portfolio for each system’s role and current availability.
Meet the team and explore the systems →FROM IDEA TO WORKING APPLICATION
A clear process, with review points along the way.
Understand the workflow
Review the people, current tools, pain points and desired outcome. Determine whether a custom application is a practical fit.
Define the scope
Agree on features, user permissions, data, integrations, deliverables, milestones and acceptance criteria in a written proposal.
Review a prototype
Walk through the agreed screens and key tasks. Confirm the direction before the full build.
Build & test
Develop the approved scope and test the workflows, access controls, data handling and supported devices.
Launch & support
Complete the agreed acceptance review, deployment, documentation and handoff. Confirm ongoing hosting, maintenance and support.
PROJECT-BASED PROPOSALS
Pricing determined by scope.
The price depends on the workflows, features, user roles, integrations, data migration, testing and support your project requires. We provide a written proposal before paid work begins.
Development
Discovery, design, prototype, build, testing and launch are identified in the agreed scope, with milestones, revision allowances and payment terms.
Ongoing costs
Hosting, maintenance, support, usage charges and third-party services are identified separately. Additional features or changes require an approved scope and price.
Ownership and access are agreed before development. Your business owns its business data. The proposal defines custom-code ownership or licensing, any retained Benchmark components, production accounts, export options and handoff responsibilities.
Projects are web applications accessed through a browser. Native iOS or Android apps and app-store publishing require a separate feasibility review and scope. Existing Benchmark subscriptions and website packages do not automatically include custom application development.
Tell us what you need to improveStart with the task, who performs it and what makes it difficult today. You do not need a technical specification to begin the conversation.
PLANNED / BENCHMARK DESIGN START
You design. Benchmark builds.
Pay $99 one time to shape your website design within an agreed design period and credit allowance, then hand it to Benchmark. The fee includes the handoff design review and the full $99 is credited toward your approved build.
We review your design before quoting backend development and completion. After you approve the scope and quote, Benchmark builds, tests and validates the finished site, with one agreed recheck. Hosting, third-party services, ongoing support and separately selected subscriptions are itemized separately.
Design workspace access is in development. The allowance and handoff terms are confirmed before payment; no subscription or charge starts from an inquiry.
The planned $99 experience includes guided practice before paid credits begin, one remote orientation of up to 15 minutes and the handoff design review. Choose features with plain-language guidance and hand over a rough design whenever you are ready. See how we help you get started →