Boutiques + Ecommerce
- Products
- Inventory
- Orders
- Customers
- Vendors
- Content
Dakota Darling // Systems
Custom business systems
Your business has outgrown the spreadsheet.
Custom business systems designed around the way you actually work.
Leads. Customers. Orders. Inventory. Projects. Content. Tasks. Reporting.One place. Built for your business.
Sound familiar?
- Orders in one app.
- Customer information somewhere else.
- A spreadsheet you swear you'll organize eventually.
- Notes in your phone.
- Content ideas in six different places.
- Re-entering the same information more than once.
- Things falling through the cracks.
- No single place showing what's actually happening.
We build the place where all of it lives.
Built first for our own business.
Dakota Darling needed a better way to manage products, customers, orders, content and day-to-day operations.
So we built one.
Now we're bringing that same approach to businesses that have outgrown disconnected tools and manual processes.
Built around your business. Not the other way around.
Salons + Beauty Studios
- Clients
- Leads
- Services
- Team
- Follow-ups
- Client history
Tattoo Studios
- Inquiries
- Consultations
- Artists
- Appointments
- Deposits
- Client records
Service Businesses
- Leads
- Customers
- Projects
- Tasks
- Payments
- Follow-ups
Studios + Rental Businesses
- Leads
- Applications
- Bookings
- Tenants
- Spaces
- Maintenance
Something else?
- Tell us how your business works.
- We'll design around it.
Workflow
Designed around how you already work.
- Inquiry
- Qualified
- Booked
- Active
- Complete
- Follow-up
Inquiry → Qualified → Booked → Active → Complete → Follow-up is one example. Each implementation is customized around the business rather than forcing every business into the same template.
What is disorganization costing your business?
Manual work gets expensive. A custom system isn't just about having better software. It's about creating a better way to operate.
Estimated annual cost
$37,440
This is an estimate based only on the numbers you enter (employees × hours/week × hourly cost × 52). It is not a guaranteed savings claim, and a custom system will not necessarily recover this entire amount.
Investment
Essential
Starting at $1,500
For businesses that need one core workflow organized.
Possible features
- Custom database structure
- Private dashboard
- Leads or customers
- Search/filtering
- Core workflow
- Basic reporting
Customizable core
Custom
Starting at $4,500
For businesses that need multiple areas connected.
Possible features
- Everything in Essential
- Multiple workflows
- Custom dashboards
- Team functionality
- Automations
- Advanced reporting
- Third-party integrations where appropriate
Signature
Starting at $10,000
For businesses requiring a more advanced custom platform.
Possible features
- Complex custom workflows
- Multiple roles
- Multiple locations where required
- Advanced integrations
- Client/employee portals where required
- Custom reporting
- Advanced permissions
- Implementation planning
- Priority implementation/support
Not sure which one you need? Good. You don't need to know.
Tell us what's taking too much time, what's falling through the cracks, and what you wish worked differently. We'll figure out what the system needs to do.
Founding Client Program
Dakota Darling // Systems is currently accepting a limited number of early custom implementations.
Founding clients may receive introductory pricing in exchange for feedback and permission to feature the completed implementation as a portfolio case study.