Build log

What we actually built

Every test on this site starts with something we did ourselves: an app, a store, an automation or a pricing check. Here is each one, newest first, with the proof attached.

  1. Build guides Shopify

    How to Make Your Shopify Store Live: The Password Page

    We built: our Basic-plan Shopify store taken through every launch screen and a Sidekick readiness check, one click short of going public

    6 screenshots · build video

  2. Build guides Shopify

    How to Connect a Domain to Shopify (Buy vs Bring Your Own)

    We built: a subdomain of our own site connected to our Basic-plan Shopify store, plus the Buy new domain price list

    6 screenshots · build video

  3. Build guides Shopify

    Shopify Sidekick Tested: 5 Real Jobs on the Basic Plan

    12 screenshots · build video

  4. Build guides ShopifyGoHighLevel

    Can You Sell Services on Shopify? Yes, With One Toggle

    We built: A service product created on our own Shopify Basic store on 23 September 2026, compared against the two physical products on the same store.

    3 screenshots · build video

  5. Build guides Shopify

    How to Add a Product on Shopify (and What Its AI Writes)

    We built: Two products added to our own Shopify Basic store on 20 and 23 September 2026. The Shopify Magic output is quoted in full, exactly as produced.

    3 screenshots · build video

  6. Comparisons Shopify

    Shopify vs Wix vs Squarespace: Where to Sell in 2026

    We built: our own Shopify Basic store against the Wix and Squarespace pricing pages and help centers; we have not run a Wix or Squarespace store

    build video

  7. Build guides Shopify

    What Shopify Requires Before ChatGPT Can Sell Your Products

    We built: Tested on a new Shopify Basic store we opened on September 20, 2026, against Shopify Catalog requirements read the same day.

    5 screenshots · build video

  8. Build guides Shopify

    How to Open a Shopify Store in 2026, Step by Step

    We built: Every step shown on our own Shopify Basic store, opened September 20, 2026; prices read from shopify.com/pricing on September 22, 2026.

    6 screenshots · build video

  9. Build guides Shopify

    Is Shopify Worth It in 2026? Real Costs, Plan by Plan

    We built: a new Shopify store opened on the Basic plan to test signup, pricing and defaults; it sells nothing

    build video

  10. Comparisons GoHighLevelSysteme.io

    GoHighLevel vs Systeme.io: What the $280 Gap Buys

    We built: our own Systeme.io free account against a source roundup of HighLevel pricing; we have never run HighLevel

    build video

  11. Build guides Shopify

    Shopify Payments: What It Asks For and What It Costs

    We built: Country list, requirements and verification steps quoted from Shopify Help Center on September 22, 2026. We did not set up Shopify Payments; the Payments screen shown is our own store in an unsupported country.

    3 screenshots · build video

  12. Build guides Systeme.io

    Systeme.io Pricing: Which Plan You Actually Need

    We built: a free Systeme.io account for a two-person consultancy, with its plan limits read inside the account

    5 screenshots · build video

  13. Build guides Make

    Make.com Pricing: When Free Runs Out and What Core Costs

    We built: credits per booking measured on our own Make Free account; prices from make.com/pricing

    6 screenshots · build video

  14. Build guides GoHighLevelSysteme.io

    GoHighLevel for Consultants: Pricing and Which Plan Fits

    We built: GoHighLevel's public pricing page, official help docs and the trial signup form up to the card gate — no account, no trial, no card, $0 spent

    8 screenshots · build video

  15. Build guides GoHighLevel

    GoHighLevel SaaS Mode: When the $497 Plan Pays Off

    We built: a source roundup of HighLevel's pricing page and six help articles; we have not run SaaS Mode

    build video

  16. Comparisons Make

    Make vs Zapier Free: We Built the Same Booking Automation

    We built: the same 4-step booking automation built twice — once on a free Make account, once on a brand-new Zapier account

    8 screenshots · build video

  17. Build guides MakeSysteme.io

    Build a Booking App Without Code: Our $0 Base44 Build

    We built: a booking and client-portal app for a solo consultant on a clean Base44 Free account, plus the confirmation and follow-up on Make Free and Systeme.io Free

    Proof inside the article

  18. Reviews Systeme.io

    Systeme.io Free Plan: What We Measured on a Real Account

    We built: a free Systeme.io account for a two-person consultancy: sender verification, tags, automation rules and the campaign builder

    build video

Where we only read a vendor's pricing page and did not run the product, the "We built" line says so. How we test.