Why a pretty landing page is not enough for a serious agency
You run a freelance practice or a small agency. The work is good, the referrals are coming in. But behind the scenes, you are stitching together a fragile stack just to look professional.
Most freelancers and small agencies end up here:
- A Framer or Webflow landing page for the front door
- A Notion workspace shared with each client, with broken permissions
- Stripe Atlas or Pennylane for invoicing, with manual reminders
- Google Drive for deliverables, with messy access controls
- A Calendly for discovery calls, completely disconnected from everything else
- Endless WhatsApp and email threads to track project status
Clients feel it. The bigger the project, the more they expect a real portal: a place to see what you are working on, sign documents, pay invoices, and download deliverables. The DIY stack works at €1k projects. It cracks at €10k projects.
How RunMyStartup builds your agency site and client portal
Tell your AI team what your agency does, how you onboard clients, and what each project looks like. Your 8 agents take it from there:
- Your CEO agent turns your service offering into a clear product: services pages, lead capture forms, client onboarding flow, project status views
- Your Developer agent builds your branded site and client portal with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, with a public marketing site and an authenticated client area
- Your DevOps agent deploys it on a real server with your own domain and SSL
- Your Accountant agent sets up Stripe for proposal acceptance, deposits, recurring retainers, and invoice payments
- Your Emailing agent configures every email a client receives: proposal sent, deposit received, project milestones, invoice reminders
- Your Growth agent optimizes your service pages and case studies for search engines so prospects find you on Google
- Your Marketing agent produces social media content from your case studies to feed your inbound pipeline
You approve every step. The branding, the wording, the workflow, all stay yours.
What is included from day one
A real agency site and client portal, ready to handle paying clients from day one:
- A branded marketing site with services pages, case studies, and about section
- Lead capture forms that route inquiries directly into your portal
- A client onboarding flow with intake forms and automatic welcome emails
- A client dashboard where each client sees only their projects, files, and invoices
- Project status views so clients always know what is in progress and what is next
- Document sharing with secure per-client access (deliverables, contracts, briefs)
- Stripe payments for deposits, milestone billing, retainers, and invoices
- Real authentication for clients and team members, no shared Notion links
- Email notifications for every key event: invoice sent, status updated, document shared
- A dedicated PostgreSQL database that stores your clients, projects, and history
- Your own domain name (from the Founder plan at €39/month)
- Full source code access via GitHub (from the Studio plan at €99/month)
From idea to live client portal in 3 steps
Step 1: Describe your agency. What services do you sell? How do you onboard a new client? What does a project look like from kickoff to delivery?
Step 2: Your AI team builds the site and the portal. You review the design, adjust the client onboarding flow, and approve each milestone before it goes live.
Step 3: Your agency site is online. New prospects fill the contact form, you send proposals through the portal, clients pay with Stripe and track their project from their dashboard.
You might wonder if a real portal is overkill for a small agency. It is not. The moment you stop juggling five tools and your clients see one branded experience, your perceived value goes up. So does your closing rate on bigger contracts.
Who builds an agency site and client portal with RunMyStartup
- Freelance designers and developers who outgrew a Notion plus Stripe Atlas setup
- Small marketing, branding, or content agencies handling 5 to 30 active clients
- Consulting practices running long retainer engagements with monthly deliverables
- Production studios (video, photo, audio) that need to share large deliverables securely
- Solo operators billing €5k+ projects who want to look as professional as their work
Pricing
Start for free with the Discovery plan (1 project, 4 AI agents, 15 credits). Upgrade to Founder at €39/month for Stripe payments and your own domain. Studio at €99/month adds full source code access and the complete AI team of 8 agents.
RunMyStartup takes a 3% commission on revenue generated through your portal's payments. You keep 97%. Compared with stacking Webflow, Notion, Stripe Atlas, and Calendly, you usually spend less and your clients get a far better experience.