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Aggregate the events
A small Chrome extension that pulls bookings from two booking platforms into one tidy portal, with the fields the shop actually cares about.
chrome extension
Read the story → A small workshop in Manchester Rainfall,
Rainfall,
craft software
Rainfall was founded to help small businesses grow in a time when it's harder than ever to do so. We build the bespoke, targeted tools that a small independent business needs to work better, freeing up their time to do what they love.
How Rainfall works
You tell us what's annoying you
We sit down together and you talk us through whatever's slowing you down or eating your time.
We work out the fix
We look at how you actually work, and find the smallest thing that solves it.
Point you to the right tool
If something off the shelf already does the job, we tell you, and set it up properly.
Build you one
If nothing fits, we make a small custom tool that does exactly what you need, and nothing you don't.
We stay in touch
We make sure it keeps working, and we're here if it ever needs a repair.
Why we exist.
Not too long ago, if a company wanted a bespoke piece of software it would take a team of developers at least a few months and many thousands of pounds to create it. That put it completely out of reach for small businesses.
New technology and tooling has changed that. The same kind of fix that used to take months and a small fortune can now be built in days, for a fraction of the cost.
For the first time, small independents: the self-care shop, the local co-operative grocery, that brilliant bakery down the road, can afford to fix those annoying manual processes that take up so much of their day.
Rainfall exists to make that happen, to help the small businesses we all rely on at a time when it's harder than ever for them to survive. Rainfall helps things grow.
Things we've made.
Each of these is a Rainfall-built tool that helped a small business solve a niche problem they couldn't find an off-the-shelf solution for.
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Capture the thoughts
A stream-of-consciousness app that lets a busy owner capture a thought at the touch of a button, then hands back a tidy summary at the end of the day.
personalised app
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Stay current
A small portal that pulls the news sources a business actually cares about into one place, quick to scan and easy to digest.
daily report