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Collections handled by a workflow engine, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at construction estimators, finding what the inspector would find, first.
In short: Collections Chaser Built for Estimators is a workflow engine aimed at construction estimators, covering collections. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (84) and held back by open field (57). Typical pricing is $6.3k–$126k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $14k–$33k.
Construction teams lose receivables aging past 90 days because nobody chased. Every construction team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
A workflow engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes collections. Revenue is take-rate, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 20% |
| Annual contract value | $6.3k – $126k |
| Pricing model | Take-rate |
| Time to first revenue | 56 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $14k – $33k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Connectors exist for systems that were closed five years ago. Construction is growing at roughly 20% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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