I got tired of the messy part between “proposal sent” and “deal closed” — so I built DealClose
Hey Indie Hackers,
I've been building DealClose.co, and today I finally put it on Product Hunt.
The idea came from something that feels strangely normal in service sales.
You talk to a prospect.
They’re interested.
Then comes the proposal.
You write something in Google Docs or Word, turn it into a PDF, send it through email… and then basically lose visibility.
Did they open it?
Did they actually read it?
Should I follow up today or wait?
If they say yes, now I need a signature.
Then I need to send a payment link.
Then I’m jumping between email, PDFs, Stripe, spreadsheets, a CRM, and whatever else I was using.
It felt like there were plenty of tools for creating proposals, but the actual workflow between:
“the client is interested” → “the deal is closed”
was still pretty fragmented.
So I started building DealClose around that.
The basic flow is:
rough sales info → AI-generated quote/proposal → live client link → activity tracking → e-signature → payment → follow-up
You can also export the quote as a PDF if the client prefers the traditional route.
One thing building this taught me is that generating some nice-looking text with AI is the easy part.
The harder part is making the whole thing trustworthy.
Pricing needs to stay exactly what the seller entered. Payment terms can't magically change. The proposal has to look professional. Signing needs to be simple. And all the activity after sending needs to actually help you decide what to do next—not just create another dashboard you never open.
That changed how I thought about the product.
I started thinking less about "AI proposal generator" and more about:
How do I remove as much friction as possible after a prospect says they're interested?
There’s still a lot I want to improve, which is partly why I'm launching now instead of hiding behind another month of polishing.
DealClose is now live on Product Hunt.
I'm definitely interested in people checking it out, but what would help me more than a drive-by "looks cool" is feedback from people who actually sell services.
If you're a freelancer, consultant, agency owner, or run sales:
What part of the proposal → signature → payment process is still annoyingly manual for you?
And if you've tried fixing it with other tools, what still doesn't work?
I'll be reading everything.
Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/dealclose-co?utm_source=other&utm_medium=social
DealClose: DealClose.co
Curious how you’re scoping support around the workflow. We’ve found it helps to keep the core path self-serve, reserve email for process questions, and not silently turn each customer edge case into a custom build. A small explicit state list plus one owner per transition kept the ops side manageable. Wondering if you drew a similar line.
We definitely drew a similar line, especially since quote and proposal workflows can easily spiral into endless edge cases. Keeping the core path strictly self-serve is crucial to avoid turning every single customer request into a custom build. We also lean heavily on a tight list of explicit states to keep the ops side manageable. It’s always tempting to over-accommodate early on, but holding firm on those boundaries is the only way to scale cleanly.
The fragmented workflow is clear, but the strongest validation seems downstream: are sellers actually closing more deals or shortening time-to-close after moving proposal, follow-up, signature, and payment into DealClose?
Exactly, that’s the real test. Right now I’m focused on getting early users in and measuring whether DealClose actually helps shorten the time from proposal sent to deal closed. That data will be a big part of what I improve next.
Have any early users actually reported a deal moving faster through DealClose yet, or is it still too early for that signal?