Product · Deal pipeline

From deal to delivery without losing the thread.

A six-stage pipeline for the selling. Signing converts a deal into an engagement in one click, and everything you learned while selling travels with it.

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Deal pipeline

What it does

Selling and delivery are different objects, so unsigned work cannot pretend to be revenue.

Six fixed stages

Conversation, scoping call, proposal sent, negotiating, then signed or lost. The vocabulary is fixed on purpose.

Sign once, into delivery

Signing creates the engagement. The estimate and notes go with it. It happens once, and only in that direction.

Lost on timing is not dead

If they said not now, set a recheck date. When it arrives, the deal shows up again on Today.

How it works

Step 01

Open a deal on an account

One account can hold as many deals as you like — two pieces of work is two deals.

Step 02

Move it as the conversation moves

The stages are the selling, not a custom board. Proposal sent starts the follow-up clock.

Step 03

Send the proposal yourself

Retainer does not write or send the proposal. Mark the stage when it goes out.

Step 04

Sign, and the engagement is created

One click. Pitch and delivery stay linked. Lost deals keep a reason.

Questions

What are the six stages?

Conversation, scoping call, proposal sent, negotiating, signed, and lost. Signed and lost are the end. Everything before that is still a deal, not revenue.

What happens when I mark a deal signed?

Retainer creates an engagement on the same account, carries the estimate and notes across, and links the two records. Signing happens once.

Can I add my own stages?

No. The stages are fixed. A consultant configuring a CRM is a consultant not selling.

Does a deal count as revenue?

No. Only the engagement does. That is why they are two objects — so a hopeful conversation cannot inflate the book.

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