Retail software for shelves, screens, and machines nobody staffs.
Selling without someone standing behind it.
We build the software behind unattended retail and store operations: connected vending and kiosk units, click-and-collect lockers, and the platform that shows stock, sales, and margin across every site in one place. From a single pilot machine to a network you have to route a van around.
What retail operators ask us to build
These are the jobs that come up most, phrased the way people describe them to us rather than the way we bill them. Each one links through to the solution that does it.
Knowing what is in a machine you are not standing next to
An unattended unit only reports what it was built to report. Telemetry gives you stock by column, last sale, temperature, and fault state per machine, so an empty selection is something you see before a customer does.
vending machine softwareTaking an order when there is nobody at the counter
A touchscreen that handles browse, order, upsell, and payment on its own, integrated with the printers, scanners, and card terminals already on the counter, and locked down so it recovers without a site visit.
self-service kiosk softwareHanding over an online order out of hours
Click-and-collect lockers assign an order to a compartment, send the customer a code, and log who opened which door and when. Chilled and frozen compartments where the goods need them.
smart locker softwareRestock runs planned on a fixed loop instead of on what sold
Route and trip planning built from live stock and sales history, so a driver loads what the machines actually need and skips the sites that do not need visiting yet. The van is usually the largest line in the cost of running a network.
vending machine softwareSales, stock, and money living in three separate places
One platform holding orders, purchases, expenses, and the profit-and-loss they add up to, with roles so a site manager and a finance lead each see their own version of it rather than the same spreadsheet.
custom software and platformsReports that are produced every week and opened by nobody
An assistant sitting on top of your own operational data, so the question gets asked in plain language and answered from the numbers rather than compiled into a document first.
AI systems and agents
Commerce & Consumer
A single control room for a distributed vending estate
Unattended retail across a network of machines, run from one dashboard: live status per unit, stock and low-stock alerts, restock trip planning, and the revenue and profit-and-loss underneath it. Designed and shipped by us end to end.
Read the case study- 01Live machine map and telemetry
- 02Real-time sales and profit and loss
- 03Inventory and low stock alerts
How the work runs
Tell us what you need
A short written brief is enough to start: what you are building, the stack it has to live in, and the problem behind it. Someone technical reads it, not a sales rep.
passed when we reply with questions and a proposed shape
Scope and quote
We agree what the first release contains and what it costs before anything is built. Anything we cannot estimate honestly gets scoped on its own rather than padded into the total.
passed when the scope and the quote are agreed
Build in the open
Working software arrives in increments, in your repository, with our commits visible from the first week. Progress is something you can open and run, not a status report.
passed when a real user is doing a real job in it
Iterate, then hand over
What the first release teaches sets the priority for the next one. When you want it in house, documentation and a handover period are part of the engagement rather than an extra.
passed when your team can run it without us
How pricing works
Fixed price per milestone
You approve each milestone and its price before it starts, so the cost is known before the work is rather than after. Milestones are sized to be worth reviewing on their own.
Monthly rate for a dedicated team
A set team at a set monthly cost, with notice rather than a minimum term. Priorities move between sprints without renegotiating anything.
Scoping first, quote after
We work out what it should be with you before quoting it. There is no charge for that conversation and no obligation to go ahead.
Frequently asked questions
What we handle in retail
The parts of a retail operation we build software for, whether that is one site or a network of machines spread across a city.
