For makers, studios & by-appointment businesses

Custom orders & bookings without the chaos ꥟

I build the systems behind made-to-order and by-appointment businesses (ordering, booking, e-commerce, and team workflows) so you can stop being the bottleneck.

Sound Familiar?

Requests live in your DMS

Texts, Instagram messages, emails, voicemails, sticky notes. Every custom order or appointment request starts in a different place.

Only you know where things stand

Deposits, deadlines, design changes: it's all in your head, so you can never fully step away or take a rest.

Your team needs you for everything

Every question turns into a check-in, and your day disappears into “quick” meetings.

Your website can't take a custom order or booking

People love your work, but there's no simple way for them to start an order or book a time online.

You know it needs fixing ꥟ You just don't have the bandwidth .

When you're already stretched to the max, a systems project is work on top of the work, so it keeps getting pushed to "someday."

And it's near impossible to see your own blind spots. When you're inside the business every day, the workarounds start to feel normal.

That's the part I take off your plate. I do the heavy lifting of finding what's broken or bottlenecked. Then I build the fix for you.

Improving your business doesn't have to cost you time you don't have.

Built for businesses that run on custom orders, consultations & appointments ꥟

What I build ꥟

Custom order systems

Intake forms, quotes, deposits, production timelines, and client updates, all in one place.

website & e-commerce

A site that sells your ready-made pieces and makes starting a custom order easy.

booking Workflows

Online booking for consults and appointments, with intake forms, deposits, reminders, and rescheduling, without the back-and-forth emails.

Email & newsletters

Keep past customers coming back, with emails that sound like you.

Team Guides & Workflows

Clear SOPs and processes so your staff can handle orders without a meeting for every question.

photography systems

A simple, repeatable setup so new work gets photographed and listed fast.

Free Checklist ꥟


Where are your orders & bookings leaking?

A 15-minute checklist to find the gaps costing you time and money, from first inquiry to rebooking.

꥟ 42 quick yes-or-no checks across 7 key areas
꥟ A simple score that shows you the leaks
꥟ Know exactly which area to fix first

Two ways to work together ꥟

Pick the path that sounds most like you.

Path 1

I know where the knot is, I just need it untangled. Fast.

Pick a fixed-price project. We start with a quick scoping call to confirm the fix.

$750 
Booking Tune up                 

We tune your booking flow together so it brings in more bookings and repeat visits, and quietly grows your email list, referrals and reviews along the way.

custom order tune up                 
$850 

Together, we shape your custom order process around how you actually work, from the first request to the final payment with an emphasize on efficiency, positive cash-flow, and reliable and timely results that convert into positive reviews, referrals and repeat buyers.

$165 
Deep Untangle Sesh                 

90 minutes with a thought partner for that one tricky problem that won't budge. We work through it live on screen share, and you leave ready to finish it yourself. Book Here ꥟

Path 2

Something's off, but I'm not sure what. Help.

We find the leaks first, then fix them in the right order.

Step 1

Untangle sesh
Free

20 minutes to talk through what feels stuck.


Step 2

Systems Audit
$1200

I look at your business as a flywheel and review every part that keeps it spinning: ordering, booking, website, email, reviews, referrals, cash flow and how you track your numbers. Interviews with you, your team and a client fill in the gaps. Your plan ranks every fix by impact and effort, so you start with the changes that pay off most for the least work.


Step 3

 From $750
Project Build

I build the fixes from your plan. Defined scope, clear timeline.

where both paths can lead

Ongoing Ops Partner

Keep me on call as your part-time right hand: troubleshooting when things come up, and building out the next piece of your business together.

From $1100 / month

Hi, I’m Kate ꥟ Fractional Business Manager

I ran a luxury made-to-order business for 14 years.

Now I'm the part-time systems person for makers, studios and by-appointment businesses, without the cost of hiring someone full time.

My Brand, Crown Nine, was named

꥟ Best Jeweler, SF Bay Area · 7x7 Magazine

꥟ Top 100 Shops · San Francisco Chronicle

꥟ Best Jewelry Store · Time Out Magazine

I’ve been in your shoes

I founded Crown Nine, a custom fine jewelry studio in Oakland and Sebastopol, and built every system behind it: custom orders, consultations, our online shop, photography, staff training, and a gallery of 30+ rotating artists. I know what it's like to be the person everything runs through 𓃵

Built for ADHD Brains

I have late in life diagnosed ADHD, and so do a lot of the owners I work with. My trauma-informed approach builds systems for an interest-based nervous system, so they keep working on low-focus days instead of depending on willpower 。𖦹°‧

Systems Thinker

As a permaculture designer, I study the whole system before changing any part: keep what's thriving, cut what drains you, and set things up to tend themselves. Off the clock, I'm a mom, musician, and herbalist nerd in Sonoma County 𓅪

Credentials ꥟

From people I’ve worked with ꥟

Bookings Filled

Within a few weeks, I had tripled my client load and filled my practice. She is a coach and ally in getting your gifts and offerings into the world.

Coby Leibman ꥟ Somatic Counselor, Trauma & grief worker

100 subs per week

Working with Kate to redesign my website was one of the most empowering and inspiring experiences of my life. I learned so much about myself through the process. We streamlined my bookings, designed email systems, and created a lead funnel that has been adding over 100 new segmented subscribers to my email list each week.

Abbey Joy ꥟ Ayurvedic wellness for breast, womb & hormonal body

Did the part we couldn’t

I've described it to people as a spiritual experience. Kate wrote all our copy, put together our packages, gave us the pricing — she did the parts we couldn't quite do ourselves. Her process includes these beautiful questions about our values, who we want to work with, who we don't. It was profound.

Katie Phillips ꥟ SUPERNOVA where extraordinary songs begin

Questions owners ask me ꥟

Don't see yours?
Book a free call and ask me directly.

Got a knot in your business? Let’s untangle it ꥟

free 20-minute call. You'll leave with at least one thing you can fix this week.