Your outsourced dev department

Your outsourced
software department.
On retainer.

Complex websites, apps, portals, dashboards, payment systems, integrations, and automations — built and improved through one simple monthly partnership.

One flat fee As many requests as you want Cancel anytime
retainer.js
// your dev team, on demand
const nerd = hire();
nerd.build('anything');
// status: shipping ✓
The Nerd, coding at a laptop
$4,499/mo

One flat fee. No hourly billing, ever.

Bottomless

Request queue. One built at a time.

Days, not quarters

Most small requests turn around in about a day.

Cancel anytime

Month to month. We'll still like you.

What your nerd builds

Websites that
turn into systems.

Nerd On Retainer is built for businesses that need more than a basic brochure site: logins, portals, dashboards, apps, payments, automations, and connected tools.

How it works

Four steps.
Zero headaches.

01

Subscribe

Pick your plan and get instant access to your own request board.

02

Request

Add as many requests as you like. We build them one at a time.

03

We build

Your nerd gets to work and sends updates as things ship.

04

Review & repeat

Love it? Queue the next one. Tweaks? Send it back. Forever.

The Nerd, automating a workflow
The one-at-a-time rule

One request
at a time.

Stack up as many requests as you want — your queue is bottomless. But your nerd works them one at a time, top to bottom. That means every request gets full, undivided focus instead of five half-finished builds.

Finish one, the next starts automatically. Reprioritize the queue anytime — just drag it to the top.

Unlimited queue Reorder anytime Zero context-switching
Your queue 4 requests
In progress
Customer portal redesign
02Payment and billing automation
03Weekly sales dashboard
04Onboarding email automation
Wichita, Kansas software partner

Local enough to understand you.
Technical enough to build it right.

Nerd On Retainer serves small and mid-sized businesses that need custom software development in Wichita, Kansas and beyond — especially companies that have outgrown basic websites, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools.

If your business needs a complex website, customer portal, internal dashboard, mobile app, payment workflow, or automation system, the retainer gives you a practical way to keep improving without hiring full time.

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The math

Do the nerdy math

The old way
Hiring in-house
  • $150k+ salary, plus benefits & taxes
  • Weeks of hiring & onboarding
  • Sick days, vacations, turnover
  • One person, one skill set
Better
The nerd way
Nerd On Retainer
  • $4,499/mo flat — that's it
  • Start this week, not next quarter
  • Always on, never out of office
  • Full-stack, AI & design in one
Proven work

Don't take our word for it.

Real products, really shipped — from race-day operations software to a live multiplayer arena. If your nerd built these, imagine what they'll build for you.

Meet your nerd

A quick word before the price tag.

Soon, Lee will walk through exactly how Nerd On Retainer works, who it's for, and why the request queue keeps things simple.

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Lee Founder, Nerd On Retainer
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Pricing

Pick the lane
that fits the job.

Two ways to put a developer on retainer — both built on the same idea: submit as many requests as you want, and your nerd works them one at a time. Just need a website? That’s a one-time build (see below), not a monthly plan.

Nerd Lite

For growing businesses that need real custom work — sites, tools, and automations — sized right, without the full department.

$2,500/month
Includes
  • One active request at a time
  • Websites, landing pages, and small web apps
  • Fixes, feature tweaks, and improvements
  • Light automation and integrations
  • Hosting, deploy, and maintenance
Not for
  • Large multi-part apps or portals
  • Complex payment or enterprise systems
  • Heavy, ongoing product development
Book your consultation
Just need a website? Most sites are a one-time build, quoted on your call — with an optional $149/mo care plan for hosting, uptime, and small edits. No big monthly commitment. If it grows into software later, we move you onto a retainer.

Not sure which lane fits? Start where you are — upgrading is easy.

FAQ

Questions? Same.

Submit as many requests as you want. We work through them one at a time so each request actually gets done well — then we move straight to the next. It is the reason things finish instead of sitting half-done.
Most small requests are turned around in about a day. Bigger builds (a full app, say) are broken into requests so you see steady progress instead of waiting months for a big reveal.
Send it back. Revisions are unlimited and part of the deal — we'll keep refining until it's right. No change-order invoices, no drama.
Nope. Submit as many requests as you want. Since we work through one at a time, your queue is effectively bottomless — you're only limited by how fast you can dream stuff up.
You do. Everything we build for you is yours — full source, full ownership, delivered to your repositories.
Absolutely. If you run out of requests for a bit, pause your plan and pick up right where you left off. You're billed monthly, never locked in.
That's fine too. Subscribe, get it built, and cancel when you're happy. But most folks find one more thing they want built... and then another.

Ready to keep a
nerd on retainer?

Your future dev team starts with one practical conversation. Bring the messy wish list; we'll help sort it into a build plan.

The Nerd with a coffee