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Answers.

The questions people ask before they write, answered with something you can check.

Can we take the code and leave?

Yes. Every self-hosted product ships its full source with the licence. VoxelBooking and VoxelSite are open source under AGPL-3.0, with the code public on GitHub. There is no licence server and no phone-home, so an installation keeps running after you stop working with us. A partnership branch leaves our update path and becomes yours.

What happens if NowSquare stops?

The self-hosted installations keep running. They check no licence server, call no NowSquare service, and keep the data in your own database. Any PHP developer can take over the code. Stampify is the exception: it is a hosted service that NowSquare operates.

Why PHP?

Because you can hire for it. There are millions of PHP developers, and almost every hosting plan runs PHP. The products are built on Laravel, a structure most of those developers already know.

Why does it run on shared hosting?

Each self-hosted product is one PHP application and one database on Apache or Nginx, with no Docker, Kubernetes, Redis, Node.js or queue workers on your server. Made with Pepper installs without Composer, npm, Vite, Node.js or command-line access. You cannot own what you cannot operate.

Do you use AI to build?

Yes, for speed. The lead reads what it writes and decides what ships. Two products use AI while they run: VoxelSite with your own API key, and ClientStack.

Who writes the code?

The product lead who makes the architecture decisions. There are no account managers or junior hand-offs between your email and the code. The person who would do the work reads your email.

Why not hire instead?

A partnership gives you access to the developer who built the starting product. A partnership starts from a product that already runs in production, and from the lead who built it. If you hire later, the code is ordinary Laravel, and your developer can take it over.

Why start from one of your products instead of from scratch?

Because it already runs. A branch of Made with Pepper, Reward Loyalty, VoxelBooking, or VoxelSite starts from the full source and a data model built for real customers, and the people who wrote it stay on. When none fits, we start on the same Laravel foundation.

How long is a development engagement?

We agree the duration around the scope of the work. Tell us what you want to build, your budget and your timing. We need room to lead product design and technical decisions.

What does it cost?

We agree the scope, budget and duration for each development project. Include your budget and what you need built in your first email. Product licences are priced on each product's own site, not here.

Do you build native apps?

No. We build web applications, including ones made for phones: Stampify works in any browser, with no app to download. If you need native iOS or Android development, we are the wrong partner.

Is Stampify self-hosted?

No. Stampify is a hosted service that NowSquare operates. Made with Pepper, Reward Loyalty, ClientStack, VoxelBooking, and VoxelSite are self-hosted.

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