Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 18 segments
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Ashish RoyGuestCord CookHost
Shannon LathamHost
Chris DoddGuestYeah, and it's what the builders themselves really care about.
I mean, to your point, right? Like, they want it rendered down to that.
I mean, it's craftsmanship, which, you know, obviously there's a craft in metal buildings and everything as well, but the pride that these builders have.
you know, in the portable building industry take in their design and the way that they lay it out, you know, and it does matter.
It matters stylistically.
It matters for, you know, who your buyer is and whether or not you make that sale.
So certainly understandable.
Shannon had mentioned, you know, some of those holdups to actually adopting, you know, 3D builder technology or maybe technology in general sometimes.
Yeah.
One of which being just a religious inability to adopt some of that technology or needing that kind of official exemption.
But the other obviously then is just what the budgets of the builders or the dealers or whoever is the person who is actually investing in.
you know, in these technology options and, you know, where do you, in what part of the stack do you invest and, you know, what do you start with and what comes second? I guess probably the thing that, that those listening, um, would want to know is, you know, just how do you approach the pricing side of this? Because I think that's really where the rubber meets the road for a lot of people when it does come down to adopting these technologies.

We have tried to, like I said, we have invested over these years building upon the expertise that we have gained by working with these manufacturers.

And I think one of the things alongside pricing card that is very important is how quickly can you get someone set up Because time is money, right? Nobody wants to wait six months to get a configurator, three months for that matter.

Obviously, there has to be a... a kind of a balancing act that we have to do as to how accurate do we want to make the configurator versus how quickly can we really launch it because in the details lie everything, right? And most of the times what we have seen is between three to eight weeks get us where We need to now, and with every subsequent addition that we do to our tool, I think the time will go down.

And the fee is so lucrative that if you are able to sell eight to 10 buildings throughout the month, even five buildings throughout the month, the configurator will pay for itself.

And most of the people find it so much more reasonable compared to doing it on pen and paper because everything is at your fingertips right now.

And then we have a maintenance package as well where people can, you know, till the time that Configurator is on your website, attached to your website, we will continue updating your prices, we will add new components, because that's one thing that you can't overlook, right? Manufacturers are constantly evolving, the materials, like greenhouses, things like those are constantly being added to the sheds.

So as a shed manufacturer, not just paying for a configurator, what you are paying for technology expertise that keeps up with the changes in the industry, making sure that, you know, it's updated in terms of pricing, in terms of your RTO options, and then enhancements, any other enhancements that come like, you know, in technology like AR, we spoke about user experience improvements, you know, that's always available to you.
Yeah, and it's what the builders themselves really care about.
I mean, to your point, right? Like, they want it rendered down to that.
I mean, it's craftsmanship, which, you know, obviously there's a craft in metal buildings and everything as well, but the pride that these builders have.
you know, in the portable building industry take in their design and the way that they lay it out, you know, and it does matter.
It matters stylistically.
It matters for, you know, who your buyer is and whether or not you make that sale.
So certainly understandable.
Shannon had mentioned, you know, some of those holdups to actually adopting, you know, 3D builder technology or maybe technology in general sometimes.
Yeah.
One of which being just a religious inability to adopt some of that technology or needing that kind of official exemption.
But the other obviously then is just what the budgets of the builders or the dealers or whoever is the person who is actually investing in.
you know, in these technology options and, you know, where do you, in what part of the stack do you invest and, you know, what do you start with and what comes second? I guess probably the thing that, that those listening, um, would want to know is, you know, just how do you approach the pricing side of this? Because I think that's really where the rubber meets the road for a lot of people when it does come down to adopting these technologies.

We have tried to, like I said, we have invested over these years building upon the expertise that we have gained by working with these manufacturers.

And I think one of the things alongside pricing card that is very important is how quickly can you get someone set up Because time is money, right? Nobody wants to wait six months to get a configurator, three months for that matter.

Obviously, there has to be a... a kind of a balancing act that we have to do as to how accurate do we want to make the configurator versus how quickly can we really launch it because in the details lie everything, right? And most of the times what we have seen is between three to eight weeks get us where We need to now, and with every subsequent addition that we do to our tool, I think the time will go down.

And the fee is so lucrative that if you are able to sell eight to 10 buildings throughout the month, even five buildings throughout the month, the configurator will pay for itself.

And most of the people find it so much more reasonable compared to doing it on pen and paper because everything is at your fingertips right now.

And then we have a maintenance package as well where people can, you know, till the time that Configurator is on your website, attached to your website, we will continue updating your prices, we will add new components, because that's one thing that you can't overlook, right? Manufacturers are constantly evolving, the materials, like greenhouses, things like those are constantly being added to the sheds.

So as a shed manufacturer, not just paying for a configurator, what you are paying for technology expertise that keeps up with the changes in the industry, making sure that, you know, it's updated in terms of pricing, in terms of your RTO options, and then enhancements, any other enhancements that come like, you know, in technology like AR, we spoke about user experience improvements, you know, that's always available to you.
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