ReturnDesk
A C4 Studios Original — an explainable priority inbox that tells a service business who to call back first, and why.
Overview
ReturnDesk is a C4 Studios Original that reads a service business's incoming enquiries and surfaces the ones worth answering first — with a plain-English reason for every score, so the owner is never guessing why something is at the top. It is deliberately manual-first: it scores and explains, the user stays in control, and no risky automation runs until it has earned trust. Each message gets a priority score on intent and value, plus a one-click templated reply for its category, so the best leads get answered first, every time. ReturnDesk ships inside the broader C4 suite app, where a single account unlocks the whole originals line-up.
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What I Delivered
- Complete SaaS product — concept, UX, full-stack build and deployment
- Explainable priority scoring of incoming enquiries (intent + value)
- Plain-English reason attached to every score
- One-click templated replies per message category
- Manual-first workflow — no automation until the user trusts it
- Ships inside the unified C4 suite app (one account, the whole line-up)
- Marketing + onboarding flow with early-bird pricing
Key Features
- Priority inbox that ranks the jobs worth money to the top
- Every score is explainable — a plain-English "why" on each message
- One-click templated replies for every category
- Manual-first: it scores and suggests, you stay in control
- Single account across the whole C4 originals suite
Stack & Tooling
- Next.js (App Router)
- React + TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Stripe (early-bird + lifetime plans)
- Shared C4 suite auth / account layer
- Vercel (hosting)
Integrations & Backend
- C4 suite account — one login across ReturnDesk and sibling products
- Stripe — early-bird subscription and lifetime checkout
- Multi-channel enquiry intake into a single inbox