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Custom systems for small businesses

Built for your small business.Priced for your small business.

Don’t force a fit. Obital. builds custom systems that fit the way you already work — bookings, customers, staff and the everyday admin — with a website out front to match. Proper software, without the big-company price tag.

Start with what you need now. Add the rest as you grow.

Sound familiar?

Most small businesses run on a patchwork.

A website here, a booking app there, a spreadsheet for the regulars, an inbox full of “can I change my booking?” and a WhatsApp group holding it all together. None of it was built for your business — so you’ve been forcing a fit.

Today

  • Website
    “Our website doesn’t talk to our booking system.”
  • Booking app
    “It doesn’t quite work the way we do.”
  • Spreadsheet
    “We keep this bit in a spreadsheet.”
  • Inbox
    “Customers keep emailing for updates.”
  • WhatsApp
    “Staff check the group chat for changes.”
  • Paper diary
    “We still do this part by hand.”

With

One system, shaped around your business.

Your website, bookings, customers and admin designed together, around the way you already work — so information goes in once and ends up everywhere it’s needed.

  1. Website

    A customer books a session on their phone.

  2. Bookings

    It lands in the diary, within your capacity rules.

  3. Customers

    Their record updates: visits, preferences, consent.

  4. Staff

    The team sees it on today’s screen.

  5. Admin

    Confirmations, reminders and reports — done.

Pricing

Priced for your small business.

Custom software shouldn’t need a big-company budget. We build what your business actually needs — and nothing it doesn’t.

  1. 01

    A clear quote first

    Once we understand what you need, you’ll get a clear quote before any work starts. No surprises halfway through.

  2. 02

    Start small, grow it later

    Begin with the piece that will make the biggest difference. Add the next one when you’re ready — it’s built to fit with the rest.

  3. 03

    Only what you’ll use

    No paying for a hundred features you’ll never touch. Your system does your jobs, your way, and nothing else.

Custom booking systems

Your booking rules, not the software’s.

Off-the-shelf booking apps make you work their way. Don’t force a fit: we start with how your business actually takes bookings — then build exactly that, and nothing you don’t need.

A café books tables. A play venue books sessions with capacity. A cattery books rooms by the night. A salon books people and time. They shouldn’t all have to squeeze into the same app.

  • Books sessions with capacity

    Play venue

    • Sessions close when the room reaches its child limit
    • Adults and children priced separately
  • Books tables

    Café

    • Tables for 2, 4 and 6 that join for larger groups
    • 90-minute sittings at weekends, open-ended on weekdays
  • Books spaces per class

    Classes

    • A set number of spaces per class
    • Waiting list that offers spaces automatically

If you can explain how it works, we can build it.

Example projects

The website out front. The system behind it.

Four sectors, four very different ways of running a business. Each example pairs a customer-facing website with the software that runs the day behind it.

All work

01Family leisure

Soft Play Centre Website & Booking Platform

A booking-led website for a busy soft play business.

View the example

02Hospitality

Neighbourhood Cafe Website & Customer System

A hospitality website paired with lightweight customer management.

View the example

03Franchising · B2B

Franchise CRM & Growth Platform

A custom CRM to manage prospective franchisees and the wider franchise network.

View the example

04Fitness & sport

Martial Arts Studio Booking & Member System

A class-led website and booking system for a martial arts studio.

View the example

How we work

Clear stages, no surprises.

You don’t need to speak software. We’ll talk about your business, give you a clear quote before any work starts, show you how things will work before we build them, and keep you posted at every stage.

  1. Stage 1

    Talk

    We start with your business, not technology. What do you do, how do customers find you, and what’s frustrating right now?

  2. Stage 2

    Map

    Together we map how customers, bookings, staff and admin flow today — including the workarounds nobody likes to admit to.

  3. Stage 3

    Design

    We design the website and the system behind it around that map, so you can see exactly how it will work before we build it.

  4. Stage 4

    Build

    We build in clear stages. You’ll see real progress along the way, not just a big reveal at the end.

  5. Stage 5

    Test

    We test with real-world scenarios — the busy Saturday, the last-minute change, the customer who books on their phone in a queue.

  6. Stage 6

    Launch

    We launch, make sure you and your team are comfortable, and stay around for support and improvements.

Tell us what isn’t working.

No jargon, no pressure and no big-company price tag. Tell us how your business runs today and what you’d like to work better — we’ll come back with honest thoughts on what would help, and what it would cost.