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Counterbook
Books, customers and staff for your WordPress business, in one phone app
- Score
- 33
- confidence 53
- Evidence
- 6
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 1
- named in sources
- First version
- 60 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2014
- Established market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Business owners review monthly books and manage customer pipeline at a desk, while staff approve time off and check data on their phone. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
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Synced 2 min ago$12,480
About this appAI proposal
Counterbook is a small-business back office that connects to your WordPress site. Orders, form entries and members flow in from the site. You keep the books, follow customers and manage your team from one installable app on your phone or desktop.
It is built for owners of WordPress sites who need basic accounting, a simple CRM and light HR, and do not want several separate tools or a full enterprise ERP. A small connector plugin sends data over; the work happens in the hosted app, not inside your WordPress admin.
The difference: nothing heavy runs on your web host, and the app is made for quick use on a phone. An invoice, a customer's history and a leave request are a tap away, all tied to one shared contact record.
- Tagline
- The back office for your WordPress business.
- Voice
- PlainSteadyPractical
- Why this name
- A counter is where a small shop does its business, and a book is where it keeps its records. Two plain words, easy to say.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
One contact record
A customer, a supplier and an employee share one record. Invoices, notes and requests all sit under the same name.
No member yet
WordPress connector
A small plugin sends orders, form entries and new users to Counterbook, so no heavy sync jobs run on your site.
No member yet
Invoices and expenses
Create invoices, log bills and receipts, and see money in and out. Site orders arrive as draft invoices.
No member yet
Simple customer pipeline
Turn form entries into leads, move them through stages and set follow-up reminders on your phone.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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The back office for your WordPress business.
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PricingAI proposal
Based on wp-erp's verified pricing page: 6 paid plans from $13 to $47 a month, plus a free plan. These four tiers are a starting point to test, not a final price list.
Free
Free
- 1 user
- Connect one WordPress site
- Invoices and contacts
Solo
$13 a month
- 1 user
- Accounting and CRM
- Monthly export for your accountant
Team
$29 a month
- Up to 10 users
- Accounting, CRM and HR
- Leave approvals
- Offline access
Business
$47 a month
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. Invoices and quotes are sent to customers as pay-and-view links with a small 'Made with Counterbook' footer on the free plan. Recipients are often other small businesses.
- Do they become customers?
- Invoice recipients are mostly customers, not buyers, and many may not run WordPress. Test how many click through and sign up, and whether the free plan footer is accepted.
- First customers
- Owners of WooCommerce shops with 2 to 10 staff, such as boutiques or course sellers, who now use spreadsheets plus separate invoicing and contact tools.
- Where to reach them
- WordPress communities: Answer questions in WooCommerce forums and Facebook groups; offer a free connector to those asking about back-office tools.
- Freelance WP agencies: Offer agencies a referral share for setting up Counterbook for their small-business clients.
- wp-erp user threads: Reach people on public forums who report wanting a lighter, mobile-friendly option; no impersonation.
- First milestone
- Ten WooCommerce shops connect a site and five pay for a plan within 60 days of launch.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 700 stars in 4310 days
- Public claimThere is a market for integrated ERP capabilities across accounting, CRM, and HR functions within WordPress environments
- AI inferenceThe open-source ERP for WordPress has garnered community adoption with 700 GitHub stars indicating interest in this solution category
- Verifiedwp-erp's pricing page lists 6 paid plans, from $13 to $47 a month, plus a free plan
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · WordPress connectorSmall PHP plugin using the WP REST API and webhooksSends orders, form entries and users to the app without running the ERP inside WordPress.
- This app · Offline syncIndexedDB with a background sync queueLets staff log expenses and view contacts without signal.
RisksAI inference
- CommercialThe free open-source wp-erp already covers accounting, CRM and HR inside WordPress. Owners may not pay for a hosted app, or may prefer to keep data on their own site.
- RegulatoryAccounting, tax and payroll rules differ by country. A first version must limit itself to simple bookkeeping and say clearly what it does not cover.
- TechnicalWordPress sites vary widely in plugins, themes and hosting. The connector must work across many setups and survive updates.
- DataStaff and customer records are sensitive. Hosting them off the owner's site needs clear privacy terms, backups and export.
- PlatformPlugin directory review and WooCommerce changes can affect the connector, and the app depends on both staying stable.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.