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EST. 2024 · EASTON, PA · BUILT BY A FILMMAKER WHO NEEDED IT

Between
spreadsheet
madness.

And "fuck, I need QuickBooks."

Daygig is the financial operating system for makers, landlords, and small operators who just need to know if their thing is actually making money.

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One-time payment Yours forever Your data never leaves your computer No subscription
The Real Problem
01

Generic software doesn't speak your language.

QuickBooks was built for an office with a staff. It has no concept of raw materials, bill of materials, or finished goods. Getting it to understand your button stock or print run COGS requires workarounds that break constantly.

02

Inventory apps don't do your books.

They'll track what you have, but not what you spent, what the event cost, or whether the project made money. You end up with two apps, two logins, two monthly fees, and numbers that don't match.

03

Subscription software charges whether you made anything or not.

$35/month is $420/year, every year, forever. Lean months hit doubly hard when the software bill doesn't flex with your income.

04

Nobody's answering the real question.

Your bank balance isn't the answer. Stripe isn't the answer. A spreadsheet that tracks revenue but not the full cost of making, shipping, and selling definitely isn't. The real answer needs all of it together. That's what Daygig does.

The Story
Origin

I made a film.

Then I needed merch. Then I found out every print shop wanted me to order 500 of something I wasn't sure anyone wanted. So I built a print shop. Then the print shop created an accounting problem. Receipts in my pocket. Notes written in shitty lighting on set. A spreadsheet that tracked what I spent but couldn't answer the one question that actually mattered:

Is any of this worth it?

I looked for software that could tell me. QuickBooks wanted $420 a year and was built for an office with a staff. Everything else tracked one piece — inventory or accounting or expenses — never the whole picture. Nothing understood that I was buying blank shirts on Monday, selling at a craft fair Saturday, and trying to figure out if the whole operation was profitable or just busy.

So I built my own. I called it the BS Machine — because that's what it dealt with. The BS that comes with running your own thing. Taxes. Sales tax. State filings. Deductions. LLC paperwork. Inventory. The endless administrative avalanche that has nothing to do with the actual work but will sink you if you ignore it.

Turns out a lot of other people had the same BS.

So I set about taking my BS to the masses. Apparently the business community doesn't love being called BS. So I renamed it Daygig. Same app. Same attitude. Slightly more palatable to people who didn't grow up on a film set.

Then I started talking to other small operators — landlords, Airbnb hosts, people managing a rental property with a shoebox and a prayer. Different books, identical question:

Am I making money or just staying busy?

Daygig answers that. For both.

Makers & Creators

Your Studio.
Your Books.

Artists, makers, filmmakers, bands, crafters, indie sellers. You need inventory, COGS, bill of materials, orders, events, campaigns, receipt parsing, and a tax packet your accountant won't throw back at you.

Landlords & Property Owners

Your Property.
Your Numbers.

Small landlords, Airbnb hosts, people figuring out if a rental property is worth the headache. Know what it costs, what it makes, and whether you're actually cash flow positive after all the fees nobody warns you about.

What's Inside

Everything.
One Price.

Not a feature list built for a pitch deck. This is what's running right now, ready to use on day one.

Accounting

Double-Entry Bookkeeping That Actually Makes Sense

Real books. Real ledger. Chart of accounts pre-built for your type of operation — not a consulting firm, not a restaurant chain. You. Every transaction posts correctly, every time.

Inventory

Materials + Products + Bill of Materials

Track raw materials, finished goods, and the recipe connecting them. Weighted-average costing. Stock movements. Low-stock alerts. COGS posts automatically when something sells.

AI

Receipt Parsing With AI

Photo your receipt. Daygig reads the vendor, date, line items, and total, then pre-fills your books. Bring your own Anthropic API key. Costs about two cents a receipt.

Events

Events & Conventions as Real Business Operations

A craft fair isn't just a calendar item. It's a mini business operation with its own expenses, sales, and P&L. Daygig tracks it that way — booth fees, travel, sales, and all.

Reports

Reports Your Accountant Will Actually Love

P&L. Balance sheet. Schedule C. Schedule E for rental income. Year-end export package. Hand them a ZIP file instead of a shoebox and watch the relationship improve.

Import

Bank CSV & Platform Imports

Import from Etsy, Shopify, Stripe, Square, PayPal, and your bank. Map columns once. Review the queue. Post. Every row becomes a balanced ledger entry with duplicate detection.

Property

Property Income & Expense Tracking

Every property gets its own income, expenses, reserve fund, and profitability report. Know what the house is costing you. Know what it's making you. Know the real number.

STR

STR Booking Profitability

Each Airbnb or VRBO booking broken down completely — gross payout, platform fees, cleaning, supplies, utilities estimate, and reserve allocation. Real profit per stay.

Compliance

Tax & Compliance Deadlines

Estimated quarterlies. Sales tax. State filings. LLC renewals. Tracked in one place with status. No more sticky note on the monitor. No more late penalties.

For Landlords

The AC Will Die.
Be Ready.

Small landlords fool themselves by spending cash that actually belongs to the future roof, furnace, tax bill, or vacancy month. It's not irresponsibility — it's just that no tool has ever made the reserve math visible.

The CapEx Reserve Widget tells you exactly how much to set aside every month, tracks your reserve balance, and turns red when you're behind. It's the feature no personal finance app has ever built for small landlords — and it's the one that keeps you out of trouble.

SOMETHING WILL BREAK. DAYGIG TELLS YOU HOW MUCH TO SET ASIDE BEFORE IT DOES.

CapEx Reserve — Phoenix Property
Gross Airbnb income (June) $3,200.00
Platform fees −$384.00
Cleaning & turnover −$240.00
Mortgage + insurance −$1,450.00
Net operating cash $1,126.00
Reserve fund health $2,100 of $8,000 target
⚠ Reserve is $5,900 short of target. Set aside $490/mo to reach target in 12 months. Transfer funds and log as reserve deposit to update.
The Math
$420/yr
$75
once.

QuickBooks Simple Start costs $420 a year. Every year. That's what you're paying to keep your own business records in someone else's cloud — and it doesn't even include inventory or materials costing. You'd need to upgrade for that.

Daygig is $75 once. That's less than three months of the alternative, and it includes everything — accounting, inventory, BOM, orders, receipts, events, property tracking, and tax prep — without a renewal notice in your inbox every January.

Slow month? Your software bill is still $0. Because you already paid for it.

Local-First

Your Records.
Your Machine.
Full Stop.

Daygig runs locally. Your database is a single SQLite file on your computer — not in a data center, not tied to a subscription, not at risk the moment you miss a payment or a startup shuts down.

For landlords: your tenant information and financial records stay on your machine. Not in someone else's cloud.

For makers: your inventory, margins, and sales data are yours. Nobody's selling your numbers to anyone.

Runs at 127.0.0.1 (your machine)
Database SQLite · single file
Cloud account required No
Vendor lock-in None
Auto backup Before every write
AI data sharing Your key · direct to Anthropic
Export your data Any time · any format
Pricing

One price.
Own it forever.

No tiers hiding features. No renewal. No "sorry, that's the next plan up."

Solo
$75
One-time · Yours forever

The full app. Download it, set it up yourself. The docs are solid and everything works on day one.

  • Full maker or property mode (your choice)
  • Double-entry accounting + full ledger
  • Inventory, BOM, COGS automation
  • AI receipt parsing (your Anthropic key)
  • Events, projects, campaigns
  • All reports + year-end export
  • Local-first SQLite database
  • All future updates included
Get Solo — $75
Pro
$175
One-time · Yours forever

The full app plus an onboarding session with me personally. I'll set it up for your specific situation so you're running right from day one.

  • Everything in Solo
  • Live onboarding session (with me, not a bot)
  • Chart of accounts set up for your operation
  • Platform connections configured
  • API key setup for receipt parsing
  • First import reviewed together
  • 30-day follow-up support via email
Get Pro — $175
Add-Ons
À la carte
One-time per add-on

Optional extras you can bolt on to either tier.

  • Custom UI reskin — $25 (pick your colors and theme)
  • Extra onboarding session — $50
  • Data migration from spreadsheet — $50
  • More add-ons coming
Ask About Add-Ons
No subscription No cloud required No vendor lock-in No data sharing No renewal notice No upsells No monthly fee on a slow month

Stop guessing.
Start knowing.

Your thing is either making money or it isn't. Daygig tells you which.

Get Daygig — $75