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Dropout Studio is a digital studio for AI & Automation, Custom Software, Prototype → Production, Websites, and E-commerce.

We work with founders, startups, SMEs and growing teams. The strongest fit is a defined business problem: a repeatable workflow, an internal process, a product that needs hardening, or a website with a clear visitor action.

No discovery call is required. Start with the online brief and describe the problem in writing; the scope, questions and quote are handled from there.

The active catalog is AI & Automation, Custom Software, Prototype → Production, Websites, and E-commerce. Video editing, graphics, motion design and general marketing are not active services.

Dropout Studio is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh and works with local and international clients. New-project communication is online and async-first.

Yes. We can own a project, work alongside your team, connect the tools you already use, or assess an inherited codebase before changing it. The current systems, access and responsibilities are part of the scope.

Email support@dropoutstudio.co for general questions or support on an existing project. For a new project, the online brief is the clearest starting point.

A builder or existing tool may be the right choice for a simple, low-cost need. Custom work becomes useful when the standard product cannot support an important workflow, integration, ownership requirement or user experience. We can help compare that trade-off rather than assuming custom is always better.

Send a plain-language brief through the onboarding form. Choose the service, describe the business problem and desired outcome, answer the service questions, and provide contact, budget and timeline information.

Share the business context, the problem to solve, who will use the result, what exists today, important tools or integrations, your desired outcome, budget ceiling and timing. References, links and known constraints are useful too.

No. Tell us what is ready, what is missing and what you are unsure about. Existing copy, brand assets, access and technical constraints help, but the brief can start from the business problem.

Yes. Explain the process, people and outcome in ordinary language. You do not need to choose a framework or design the technical solution before submitting a brief.

We review the problem and scope, then send a written quote with the relevant deliverables, dependencies and timeline. Work starts only after the project is approved under a written agreement and the required payment arrangement is in place.

No. A brief gives us the information needed to assess fit and prepare a quote. The engagement begins only if you accept the written project terms.

Submit what you know and mark the unknowns clearly. Missing information may keep the quote provisional or require clarification before the scope can be fixed; it is better than inventing requirements.

Communication is async-first through written channels and shared project material. The agreement or project plan sets the relevant checkpoints; a daily meeting is not the default.

You provide the content, access, business decisions, approvals and other dependencies listed in the scope. Delayed inputs or decisions can move the delivery date.

We explain the effect on scope, fees and timing in writing before doing the additional work. The signed project terms control revision rounds and change requests.

Brief → scope review → written quote → approval, agreement and payment arrangement → build or audit → agreed review points → handoff or launch. The exact stages vary by service and are set in the project scope.

For international agency work, AI & Automation starts at $1,500; Custom Software at $3,500; the Prototype → Production audit at $500 with implementation starting separately at $1,500; Campaign / Landing at $1,000; Complete Website at $2,000; and a custom Shopify storefront at $4,000. These are starting points, not automatic quotes.

For Bangladesh agency work, AI & Automation starts at ৳60,000; Custom Software at ৳120,000; the Prototype → Production audit at ৳20,000 with implementation starting separately at ৳60,000; Campaign / Landing at ৳45,000; and Complete Website at ৳90,000. E-commerce uses Horcrux plans rather than an agency quote.

A custom Shopify storefront starts at $4,000. The final quote follows the scope.

Horcrux Starter is free and Essential is ৳3,690/month.

It is the floor for a focused version of that offer. Scope such as users, pages, workflows, integrations, migration, content and review needs can move the price up. The written quote is the project-specific price.

The written project agreement sets the fee, deposit or milestone schedule, invoice due dates and accepted payment method. There is no single deposit percentage that applies to every project.

The quote lists the included deliverables, review or revision terms, dependencies, timeline and handoff. Work outside that scope, third-party charges and any optional ongoing work are separate unless the written terms say otherwise.

The quote or agreement will say what is included. Unless stated otherwise, applicable taxes, domains, platform fees and third-party service charges remain separate from the agency fee.

The signed project terms define included revisions. A request outside that scope is reviewed first and may change the fee or timeline; it is not started as an unpriced overage.

Operate & Improve is optional monthly work starting at $500/month or ৳25,000/month, quoted to scope. It can cover maintenance, monitoring, bug fixes, performance work, incremental features and integrations.

Good candidates are repeatable tasks that consume staff time or cause avoidable handoffs: follow-ups, document handling, reporting, intake, data transfer or routine decisions with clear rules. We start with the cost and risk of the current process, not with a preferred tool.

Not every workflow needs AI. We may use rules and ordinary integrations for predictable steps, and AI for tasks such as classification, extraction or drafting where judgment is useful. The simpler dependable option wins.

Usually, if the systems provide a usable integration path and the necessary access. Tell us about your CRM, spreadsheets, inboxes, databases, APIs or other tools; the quote will identify access and data constraints.

Important or high-risk actions can include a human approval step. We do not treat unsupervised execution as the default, especially where an error could affect money, customers, access or irreversible data.

The scope can include validation, guardrails, failure handling, retries and escalation to a person. AI output still needs appropriate review; no model is a guarantee of correct results.

We define what data the workflow needs, who can access it and what should be excluded. Share the systems and data categories during scoping, but do not send passwords or unnecessary confidential data through the public chatbot.

Usage-based services and other third-party charges are separate from our project fee unless the written quote says otherwise. We scope the required services and ongoing operation so those costs are visible before implementation.

We need the current workflow, examples of inputs and outputs, frequency, the tools involved, the people who approve or own decisions, and what failure looks like. Those details help us avoid automating the wrong step.

It can make sense when spreadsheets, disconnected systems or off-the-shelf software repeatedly block an important operation, and the cost of that friction justifies a tool built around your process. A smaller configuration or integration may be the better answer.

Examples include dashboards, intake and approval systems, reporting tools, staff or partner portals, operational workflows and integrations. The users, decisions and business outcome determine the scope.

Yes, when the process is understood well enough to preserve the important rules and exceptions. We map what the spreadsheet or manual steps do today, then decide what should be kept, simplified or automated.

We can scope integrations and data migration where the systems and access support it. The plan should identify data quality, field mapping, records to move, testing and cutover; moving everything is not assumed.

Users, roles and permissions are part of the scope. We define who can view, change, approve or export information instead of treating every staff member as an administrator.

Client-provided materials and business data remain the client's. Subject to the written agreement and required payment, project-specific deliverables transfer as agreed; the quote and handoff identify the repository, hosting, domain, analytics, CMS, provider accounts, access and documentation. Pre-existing or reusable technology and third-party components remain subject to their owners' rights and licences.

The handoff includes the documentation and access agreed in scope. Future features, workflow changes, training or ongoing maintenance can be scoped separately through Operate & Improve or a new project.

Yes. A demo that now has real users, real data or real business risk is a good reason to review what exists before adding more features.

The audit examines the product or codebase, critical user flows, data handling, authentication and permissions, reliability, performance, security risks, tests, error handling and deployment readiness.

It delivers a risk and scope review, prioritized hardening plan and implementation recommendation. It is meant to make the next investment understandable, not to promise that every issue will be fixed in the audit.

An inherited or AI-generated product can hide risks and unknown dependencies. The paid audit creates an evidence-based scope; implementation is separately quoted after the review rather than guessed from a short description.

That is a finding of the audit. We can retain a sound foundation, replace fragile parts, or recommend a sensible rebuild when the current structure makes reliable change more expensive or risky.

A full rebuild is not the default. The implementation can target a fragile workflow, security issue, performance problem, test gap, error path or deployment blocker when that is the responsible scope.

The paid audit starts at $500 internationally or ৳20,000 in Bangladesh. Implementation starts separately at $1,500 or ৳60,000 after the audit; the final scope follows the findings.

A focused conversion engagement includes the page strategy, copy and visual direction, responsive development, forms, analytics and SEO foundations. It starts at $1,000; the quote sets the exact scope.

A focused conversion engagement includes the page strategy, copy and visual direction, responsive development, forms, analytics and SEO foundations. It starts at ৳45,000; the quote sets the exact scope.

Choose a landing page when one campaign, product, lead or signup action is the priority. Choose a complete website when the business needs a broader company, brand or product presence with more structure and content.

Yes. Share the current site, what is not working and the action visitors should take. We can assess whether to improve, restructure or rebuild it rather than assuming the existing assets should all be discarded.

Conversion-focused copy and visual direction are part of the Websites scope. We can work from your existing material or help shape the message; missing brand assets and content affect the scope and inputs needed.

Relevant business integrations can be scoped, including lead forms, CRM, booking and newsletter connections. Tell us which systems, accounts and data flow are required; availability and third-party limits affect the quote.

The service includes analytics and SEO foundations such as structure, metadata and related launch setup where relevant. We do not guarantee a ranking, traffic volume, conversion rate or sales result.

Yes, if the project includes a CMS. Otherwise the site can be handed off as a more fixed experience, with future content changes scoped as needed. The CMS, editable content and permissions are confirmed in the quote.

Responsive and accessible development is part of the Websites catalog. The exact support level, content responsibilities and any special requirements should be identified in the brief and written scope.

The brief should list the domain, hosting, content, analytics, integrations and accounts that must be retained or moved. Migration and account setup are scoped explicitly; third-party accounts and charges remain separate unless the agreement says otherwise.

The written scope defines the project-specific code, design, content, assets, repository, access and documentation delivered at handoff. It should also identify the domain, hosting, analytics, CMS and provider accounts to retain or transfer. Ownership and transfer are subject to the agreement and required payment; third-party licences and reusable technology remain with their owners.

Dropout Studio designs and builds custom Shopify storefronts starting at $4,000. Start with the E-commerce brief.

Start with a Horcrux Starter store at https://horcrux.app. Essential is a post-creation upgrade after verified payment; Dropout Studio does not sell a separate custom Horcrux storefront service.

Yes. Dropout Studio's custom Shopify storefront work starts at $4,000. The platform subscription and the agency's custom storefront work are separate products.

Horcrux is a commerce platform for storefronts, catalog and inventory, orders and fulfilment. Current plan and platform details are maintained at https://horcrux.app.

Starter is free with no fixed trial expiry: 10 active products, 100 successfully placed non-test orders per store-anchored monthly usage period, 3 active members including the Primary Owner, one evidence-gated courier-connection slot and the Starter built-in theme only. Cancellation, returns and plan changes do not refund or reset order usage. The first eligible business to reach 100 orders gets a once-only buffer of up to 50 extra orders in that same period; unused buffer expires and later periods return to 100. There is no processed-sales-value cap. Essential is ৳3,690/month after store creation and verified payment; it includes unlimited products and Bangladesh orders, 15 staff accounts and four evidence-gated courier-connection slots. Both plans have a 0% Horcrux transaction fee on Bangladesh sales. Each slot remains subject to current provider release, merchant credentials, coverage and provider terms.

Starter allows exactly 1,000,000,000 retained bytes (1 GB decimal) for storefront, catalog and branding media. Active, draft and archived product media, retained originals, derivatives and reusable or unattached assets count; each physical object counts once and derivatives count by actual bytes. Core order records, internal backups and system-generated export archives do not count. At capacity, only quota-increasing uploads stop: existing media, records, checkout and exports remain available, with no silent deletion. You get 100 successful original-image uploads or replacements per monthly usage period, plus a one-time 100-upload bonus in the business's genuine first period: 200 initially, then 100, with no rollover. The per-file limit is 10 MB. Replacements count as new operations; deletion does not refund upload usage.

Each Primary Owner/business may have one active, transacting free Starter store. Paid stores and membership in another merchant's store do not use that allowance. Recreation, transfers, downgrade, reactivation or plan cycling cannot multiply the free allowance, initial upload bonus or once-only order buffer. Starter includes basic, non-priority email help for setup blockers and product problems at horcrux@dropoutstudio.co, including access, security, privacy and checkout-failure reports. It does not include done-for-you setup, customization, scheduled calls, dedicated onboarding or account management, guaranteed response or resolution times, or 24/7 staffing. Critical incidents are triaged by severity. Dropout Studio's agency services are separate. Check current applicable terms at https://horcrux.app.

Under the approved Starter policy, a storefront may enter a reversible pause after 180 consecutive days without meaningful authenticated, store-specific activity or a new order. Activity resets the clock. A pause requires at least 30 days' advance notice and clear unresolved orders, returns, refunds, disputes and required commerce obligations; warnings are planned around day 150. Records, media, dashboard, exports and required after-sales access remain available. Scoped abuse and cost protections cover image processing/storage, email sends/resends, optional AI, analytics ingestion/queries and recurring background work, using bounded retries and deduplication. They are not billing caps, provider usage is separate, and ordinary selling, checkout, security, transactional notices and exports are preserved. Affected existing merchants require at least 30 days' notice before new restrictive commercial rules, with versioned notices and effective dates. Production migrations, delivered notices and effective enforcement are not claimed complete. A future 90-day review will use genuine production usage under the policy; it has not happened and does not automatically change prices or limits.

Horcrux currently charges a 0% platform transaction fee on Bangladesh sales on both Starter and Essential. A connected payment provider may charge its own processing or settlement fees, and domains or other third-party services can cost extra. Check current platform terms at https://horcrux.app.

COD is sufficient for launch in Bangladesh. Merchant-owned SSLCommerz checkout is optional, BDT-only and settles directly to the merchant when the connection is enabled and verified. Courier availability is release-gated: a plan connection entitlement or adapter does not by itself prove that a provider is currently released, covered or fee-free. Confirm the current release and account requirements before launch.

The merchant is the seller of record: it chooses products and policies, contracts with shoppers, fulfils orders, handles customer service, refunds and disputes, and remains responsible for tax, licensing, product safety, advertising and other duties that apply to its business. The merchant connects its own approved payment and courier accounts; payments settle directly to the merchant. Horcrux provides software and is not the merchant, bank, payment institution, courier, marketplace seller or legal adviser.

Paid-plan cancellation follows the dashboard control and current Horcrux terms; Horcrux does not auto-charge or auto-renew. A missed renewal enters the published 15-day grace period with reminders; checkout is not automatically disabled by nonpayment, and a grace-expired store remains courtesy-access until explicit revocation. Cancellation is a period-end billing state under the current terms, not an immediate shutdown promise. While the store remains eligible, authorized staff can use the dashboard and request an expiring export of merchant-owned core records and original media; an export is not an archive restore. Voluntary closure is recoverable for 30 days before purge, and deletion and retention follow the current terms.

The service covers brand-specific storefront UX/UI, Shopify implementation, performance and conversion foundations, relevant integrations and production handoff. Catalog, migration, apps, payment, shipping and cutover requirements are scoped to the store.

We can assess a Shopify storefront redesign or rebuild. The quote should make products and variants, content, URLs and redirects, customer or order data, apps, integrations and cutover responsibilities explicit; a full migration is not assumed.

For a Shopify project, the client owns the storefront-specific source, repository, delivered assets and documentation after final payment under the agreement; the quote and handoff identify the domain, hosting, analytics, CMS, provider accounts, access and ongoing costs. Shopify keeps its platform runtime and third-party licences remain separate.

Merchant content and business data remain the merchant's, while Horcrux platform backend, runtime and private infrastructure remain subject to Horcrux's current terms.

Start with the catalog, payment and shipping needs, operating process, ownership expectations and ongoing budget. Custom Shopify storefronts start at $4,000 through the E-commerce brief.

The project closes against the agreed acceptance and handoff terms. We provide the deliverables, access and documentation included in scope; ongoing improvements or support are separate unless the agreement says otherwise.

Yes, as optional Operate & Improve work quoted to scope. It can cover maintenance, monitoring, bug fixes, performance work, incremental features and integrations.

The agreement should identify the hosting, CMS, content and account responsibilities. A CMS can let your team make agreed content changes; maintenance or new content work can be scoped separately. Commerce platform hosting belongs to the relevant platform.

Client-provided materials and business data remain the client's. Subject to the written agreement and required payment, project-specific designs, code, content, assets and documentation transfer as agreed; the quote and handoff identify account ownership, access and ongoing provider costs. Dropout Studio and third parties retain pre-existing, reusable or platform technology and their licences.

Tell us what changed and what is failing. We assess whether it is within the agreed project scope, a new request or an external dependency; fixes and future work are handled according to the project terms or a new quote.

Third-party outages, policy changes, feature removals and provider failures are outside our control. We can assess the impact and scope a workaround or replacement, but cannot promise a third party's availability.

Future work is assessed from the delivered system and its documentation. We can scope an incremental change where the foundation supports it; a rebuild is considered only when the existing constraints make that the responsible option.

Eligible referrals are for AI & Automation, Custom Software, Prototype → Production and Websites. The referral must become a new client under the program terms; E-commerce, Horcrux, recurring, retainer and monthly subscription fees are excluded.

The first eligible one-time project pays 20% of the one-time project fee. An eligible follow-up one-time project from the same client within 12 months pays 10%. Recurring, retainer and subscription fees remain excluded.

No. E-commerce, Horcrux subscriptions, recurring work, retainers and monthly subscription fees are excluded from this agency referral program.

Commission is paid as a single payout per eligible project after the client's payment is confirmed. The referral form collects your preferred method: bKash, bank transfer or Wise.

The attribution window is 90 days from the initial introduction. Eligible follow-up one-time projects can earn the 10% rate for up to 12 months from the first project.

No. Self-referrals are not eligible for commission.

Do not misrepresent Dropout Studio's services, pricing or capabilities. The program terms allow commission-rate changes with 30 days' notice and termination by either party with 14 days' written notice.