WordSmith Systems
WordSmith Systems · Market Research

How does your
business actually run?

We're building software for independent business owners — and we want to get it right. No sales pitch. No follow-up unless you want one. Just honest questions about how your business actually works today.

~10 min
Your time
5 sections
Grouped by topic
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About You

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Three fast dropdowns — just enough context to make your answers useful.

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01

Operations

How work actually moves through your business day-to-day.

When an order comes in, how many places do you have to touch before it ships — and which step do you dread the most?

Have you ever missed an order, sent the wrong item, or had something fall through the cracks? Walk me through what happened.

When you're away from your computer, how do you know if something urgent needs your attention?

What are you using today to manage operations? (e.g. Shopify, spreadsheets, notes app, pen and paper, nothing)

02

Money

Visibility into what you're making and where it's going.

At the end of the week, do you actually know if you made money — or does that only become clear at the end of the month?

Where does revenue disappear that you can't fully explain? (Refunds, fees, lost inventory, discount overuse, etc.)

03

Customers

How you communicate with the people who pay you.

When a customer reaches out, where does that message land — and how often does it get dropped or delayed?

Do you know who your best customers are by name? Could you reach just them right now if you needed to?

Select all that apply.

04

Products & Store

Managing inventory and getting products in front of people.

Have you ever run out of something you didn't expect to run out of — or held too much of something that didn't sell?

How long does it take you to update your store or launch a new product? What slows that down?

05

Big Picture

Where you want to go and what's in the way.

If you could eliminate one daily task that currently eats your time, what would it be?

What does your business look like in two years — and what's the one thing standing between here and there?

Overall, how well do your current tools actually serve your business?

1 = terrible · 10 = love it

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