Services / 01 · Ship a Product
Product development, from idea to release
Booking conversations
Ship a Product is a monthly product-development service from Spectrum Web Co, a Sydney Software Engineering Collective. It takes new or stalled products of any kind to launch, then keeps releasing every month.
You bring the problem; we ship the product. Discovery, build, launch and a steady release rhythm, run as one monthly service with you.
Outcome
What does Ship a Product deliver?
Ship a Product delivers a live product on a real domain, visible releases every month, and a roadmap you steer.
What you get
- Discovery → build → launch
- Iterative releases you can see
- Operator owns the roadmap with us
01 — The problem
Half-built doesn’t pay.
Most products stall somewhere between the idea and the first real release. Scope creeps, contractors rotate, and nobody owns what happens after launch day. Ship a Product exists for exactly that gap.
02 — Discovery
Scope the outcome first.
We start by agreeing what “done” looks like: who the users are, the one job the product has to do, the smallest release that proves it, and how we’ll know it worked. You get a written scope before any build starts.
- Problem and user definition
- A first shippable slice, not a wishlist
- Stack and architecture choices explained
03 — Build
Senior hands, visible cycles.
We build in short, visible cycles, not one big reveal at the end.
- Short, visible build cycles
- Progress you can see in each cycle
- Stack and architecture choices explained
04 — Launch
Live, not “nearly done”.
Launch means real users on a real domain. We handle deployment and the hand-over. Ownership terms are set out in your written agreement.
- Production deployment and domains
05 — Cadence
A release rhythm, not a hand-off.
After launch the service keeps running: each month we plan together, ship releases you can see, and adjust the roadmap you steer. Scale the scope up or down as the product earns it.
- Monthly planning with the operator
- Visible releases every cycle
- Scope that flexes month to month
06 — Proof
Proven on our own shelf.
Our own products are listed on the Products page. They’re live or in early access, and you can see each one.
Who it’s for
Who is Ship a Product for?
Ship a Product is for founders, teams and businesses that need a product live: new ideas, stalled builds and products that need to keep shipping.
- Founders with an idea and a deadline
- Teams with a half-built product that stalled
- Businesses with a product that needs to launch
- Companies that need a release rhythm after launch
FAQ
Ship a Product, answered.
01What is included in Ship a Product?
Ship a Product covers discovery, build, launch and an ongoing monthly release rhythm, run as one service with you. Discovery produces a written scope covering the users, the one job the product must do, the first shippable slice and the stack and architecture choices, with the reasoning explained. Build runs in short, visible cycles so you see progress. Launch means real users on a real domain, with production deployment. After launch, the service keeps planning and releasing each month.
02Does Ship a Product work on stalled products as well as new ones?
Yes. Ship a Product is for new or stalled products of any kind. For a stalled product, discovery comes first: agree who the users are, the one job the product has to do and the first shippable slice, in a written scope, before any new build starts. That slice is then launched on a real domain, and the product moves into a monthly release rhythm.
03Which products does Ship a Product cover?
Ship a Product is a general product-building service. It covers new or stalled products of any kind. Stack and architecture choices are explained during discovery, so your team knows why each choice was made, not just what was chosen.
04How is Ship a Product priced and contracted?
Ship a Product is a monthly service sold against a written scope, and Spectrum Web Co does not publish a price list. Each product is scoped individually: what is included, what ships that month and what it costs. Paid work starts only once that scope or agreement is in writing, and scope can be scaled up or down month to month. To get a number, describe what needs to ship through the contact page or on an intro call.
05What happens after launch with Ship a Product?
After launch, Ship a Product keeps running as a monthly release rhythm rather than ending in a hand-off. Each month we plan together, ship releases you can see, and adjust the roadmap you steer. Ownership terms are set out in your written agreement.
How it works
One monthly service.
Every engagement starts with a conversation and a clear monthly scope. No pricing games on this site — tell us what needs to ship and we’ll reply with what a month looks like.
- 01Talk to us
- 02Get a written monthly scope
- 03Start the first cycle