Built on a CS Foundation
CRMs, ERPs, portals, automations and apps, built for how your business actually works.
Off-the-shelf software makes you work its way. Ripple Strategies is a two-person software development company in Chilliwack, BC that designs and builds full-stack business systems (CRMs, ERPs, client portals, booking systems and automations) for businesses across the Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland and the rest of BC. Typical builds land in the low five figures, ship a first release in six to twelve weeks, and you own the code.
What’s included
Business Systems
CRMs, ERPs, databases and internal platforms that replace the spreadsheets, subscriptions and workarounds your operation runs on today.
Custom Applications
Web apps, customer portals and tools built around your workflow, including the storefront, booking and quoting systems in our portfolio.
Integration & Automation
Your existing tools connected and the manual steps between them automated, often the best-value software project a business can start with.
What Our Software Development Team Builds
Custom CRMs that track leads, jobs and customers the way your sales process actually runs. ERP-style systems that bring quoting, inventory, scheduling and invoicing into one place. Web apps and customer portals where clients book, approve quotes and check job status. Internal tools for dispatch, estimating and approvals. API integrations that stop your team re-typing data between systems. And AI automation for the repetitive judgment work, like drafting replies and pulling data out of documents.
Each has its own page with more detail, and most projects combine two or three of them.
How We Build Custom Software
1. Discovery and scoping. We map who does what, where time and money leak, and what the smallest useful system looks like. You get a fixed scope and price for the first stage. 2. Design. Clickable screens for the main workflows, reviewed with the people who'll use them every day.
3. Build. Short cycles with working software you can try every week or two, instead of a reveal at the end. 4. Launch. Data migration from your old spreadsheets or tools, training, and a closely watched first few weeks. 5. Iterate and support. Later releases are prioritized by what daily use shows matters, and we stay on for maintenance if you want us to.
What Custom Software Costs in BC
Our typical builds land in the low five figures and take six to twelve weeks to the first working release. The main cost drivers are the number of user roles, the number of screens and workflows, integrations with other systems, and how much data needs to be cleaned and migrated.
There are no per-user or per-seat fees, because you own the software. Your ongoing costs are hosting, which scales with usage, and any further development you choose to commission. Compare that with years of subscription fees for every person on your team, plus the hours spent on workarounds.
A Small Team, on Purpose
Ripple Strategies is two people. The people you explain your business to in discovery are the people who design the screens and write the code, so nothing gets lost between a salesperson, a project manager and a developer you never meet. It also keeps our overhead low.
Our portfolio includes the Fraser Valley Computers storefront with repair booking and quote intake, and the Surface Wizard site with its instant-quote flow. Both are live and linked from our work page.
Where We Work
We're based in Chilliwack and work with businesses throughout the Fraser Valley, including Abbotsford, Mission, Langley and Surrey, as well as Metro Vancouver and the rest of BC. Most of the process runs over video calls and shared screens, and local clients can meet in person when it helps, especially during discovery.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of software does Ripple Strategies build?
Full-stack business systems: custom CRMs and client portals, ERP-style operational platforms, booking and scheduling systems, ecommerce back ends, internal tools, automations and integrations between existing tools. We build web-based first, engineered from a computer-science foundation rather than assembled from no-code parts.
How much does custom software cost?
Our typical builds land in the low five figures. Discovery defines the smallest version that delivers value and its fixed price, so you never fund an open-ended build. There are no per-user fees afterwards.
How long does a software project take?
The first working release of a typical build ships in six to twelve weeks. Larger platforms are delivered in stages after that, so you're using the system while later stages are built.
Custom software or off-the-shelf: how do we decide?
Off-the-shelf wins for generic problems like email, accounting and documents. Custom wins when the workflow is specific to how you win business, when subscription tools are being bent to fit, or when gaps between systems force manual re-entry. Sometimes our answer is not to build, which is why discovery comes first.
Do we own the software you build?
Yes, outright: code, database and documentation. There's no proprietary platform and no licence to keep paying. If we ever part ways, any competent developer can pick it up.
Can you work with the systems we already use?
Yes. New systems are built to connect with your accounting, email, calendars and existing databases, and sometimes the whole project is integration: making the tools you already pay for talk to each other.
Do you work with businesses outside the Fraser Valley?
Yes. We're based in Chilliwack and work with businesses across BC and Canada. Most of the work happens over video calls, so distance rarely matters.
Do you provide support after launch?
Yes. We offer ongoing maintenance and further development. You're not obliged to use us, since the code and documentation are yours.