Calendew's founder drops in one video of the new serum.
Filmed on her phone, the way she films today. That's the only thing she does in this step.
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Get back to running your storewhile the busywork runs itself.
Get hours back every week for the work only you can do. We take the repetitive work off your team's plate, from making ads and posting content to orders and support, and set it up to run on its own.
Show me how much time I can save
This is a free 30-minute call. You speak directly to the people who do the work on your business.
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customer leads captured for merchants
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merchants saving time with Prehook
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Show me how much time I can saveThe way to succeed with your online store is changing quickly.
AI and automation arrived fast. Businesses of every size are now handing their repetitive work to software, and shoppers expect a steady stream of fresh content from the brands they follow.
It's splitting stores into winners and losers, and the winners will be the ones who can keep putting out content without burning out.
Stores that automate
- Post fresh content every day
- Answer customers in minutes
- Spend their time on products and growth
- Grow without hiring for admin
Stores that wait
- Post when they find the time
- Leave customers waiting
- Lose evenings to busywork
- Fall behind faster competitors
The stores that win will be the ones that automate.
Here's what your week looks like when the busywork runs itself.
The same money or more, for less work. And we keep the human touch: anything that goes out in your name is approved by you first.
This week's to-do0 of 4 done
- ✓Cut this week's video for TikTok, Reels and ShortsDone automatically
- ✓Post to Instagram, TikTok and FacebookScheduled automatically
- ✓Send today's orders to the warehouseDone automatically
- ✓Answer "where is my order?" ×14Answered automatically
Now
With Prehook
✕
NowYou make new ads and product visuals from scratch, every week
✓
With PrehookFresh ad and social ideas drafted from your products and best performers, ready for you to pick
✕
NowYou spend hours editing every video
✓
With PrehookFirst cuts, captions and versions made for you; you give the final yes
✕
NowYou re-cut the same video for every platform
✓
With PrehookYour one video becomes every size: TikTok, Reels, Shorts, stories, ads
✕
NowYou log in to each platform to post
✓
With PrehookYour posts go out to every channel from one calendar
✕
NowYour website, emails and socials each look a little different
✓
With PrehookOne set of brand rules every post, email and page follows, so it all looks like you
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NowYour ad numbers are scattered across Meta, Google and TikTok
✓
With PrehookYou get one plain weekly summary: what's working, what's wasting money, what to try next
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NowYou find and message influencers one by one
✓
With PrehookA shortlist of creators who fit your brand, with personal first messages drafted for you to send
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NowYou copy every order to the warehouse by hand
✓
With PrehookYour orders go to your warehouse on their own; only the odd ones come to you
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NowYou find out about low stock too late
✓
With PrehookYou get a heads-up before a best-seller runs out, with your supplier order drafted
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NowYour team answers "where is my order?" all day
✓
With PrehookSimple questions are answered on their own; your team gets the ones that need a person
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NowYour Monday morning goes on reports and bookkeeping
✓
With PrehookSales, stock and fees land in your inbox and your books on their own
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NowYour team's work is lost in chats and inboxes, across too many apps
✓
With PrehookYou pay for fewer tools, and your team sees who's doing what on one simple board
These are examples. On our call, we'll get to the bottom of what's really holding your business back and build you a custom plan. We're here for you.
Example of how this works with a skincare business
Your automations run on a loop.
Meet Calendew, a skincare brand with a team of three. Here's one of the automations we'd set up for them: turning one product video into a week of content that keeps getting better. Don't worry if you're not tech savvy: we take care of everything for you.
Every automation improves on itself.
One video becomes every size.
TikTok, Reels, Shorts, YouTube, stories and ads, each trimmed to the best moments for that platform.
Captions and ads written the way Calendew talks.
From their brand rules, product names and the words their customers use. No generic copy.
Nothing goes out until they say yes.
The drafts wait in one place. One click approves them, or they say what to change in plain words.
Out on every channel, and every result tracked.
Posted on schedule to each platform, then views, saves and sales come back into one plain summary.
What worked feeds the next round.
Every approval, correction and result goes back into step one, so next week's videos start from what Calendew's customers actually responded to. Then the loop goes around again.
You run your business. We make you faster.
You already know how to run your business better than anyone: your processes, your customers, and the tasks that eat your week. We set you up to do what you already do, better.
- ✓You know what needs doing
We start from how you work today, not from a template.
- ✓You choose how much to automate
One task or your whole week. Go as far as feels right for your business.
- ✓You keep control
Every task stays as hands-on as you want it to be. Turn anything back to manual at any time.
How much do you want to automate?
An example. Scroll or tap a level to see what runs on its own. You can change it any time.
Content production
YouTube
TikTok
Reels
ShortsOrders to the warehouse
#1042#1043#1044Warehouse"Where is my order?"
Where is my order?Out for delivery, arriving Thursday.
Ads, SEO and AI visibility
Ad return 3.4xAI mentions +18%New ad ideas 3
Restock orders to suppliers
Serum stock
Serum order sent to supplier ✓Anything that goes out in your name still waits for your yes.
Keep the tools you already use.
Already have a tech setup you love? We build around your setup. No switching. Our clients often need even fewer subscriptions than before.
Shopify
WooCommerce
BigCommerce
Amazon
Etsy
eBay
Squarespace
Wix
WordPress
Stripe
PayPalShipStationGorgias
Intercom
Gmail
QuickBooks
Google Sheets
Notion
Trello
ClickUp
Zapier
Calendly
LoomKlaviyo
MailChimp
Meta AdsInstagram
FacebookTikTokYouTube
Pinterest
X (Twitter)
Google Ads
Google AnalyticsCapCut
Canva
Figma
Zendesk
WhatsApp
HubSpot
Xero
Google Drive
Slack
Asana
Airtable
Make
Typeform
Dropbox
MailChimpMeta AdsInstagramFacebookTikTokYouTubePinterestX (Twitter)Google AdsGoogle AnalyticsCapCutCanvaFigmaZendeskWhatsAppHubSpotXeroGoogle DriveSlackAsanaAirtableMakeTypeformDropboxHow it works
We take you through our signature process to automate your business.
Six months from now, what does your business look like?
Same store, same team. The difference is what you decide today.
Without Prehook
- You're still copying orders and answering the same emails
- You post when you find the time, so you post less
- Competitors who automated are posting every day
- The app bill keeps growing, and the tools still don't talk
- You're thinking about hiring someone just for admin
With Prehook
- Fresh content goes out every week, without late nights
- Orders, stock and simple support questions run in the background
- Fewer apps, and one board where everyone knows what's next
- Your team spends its time on customers and new products
- You grow without adding admin hires
Why work with Prehook?
The difference with working with us is that we have hands-on experience building dozens of our own ecommerce stores. And we build the software merchants use, so we know the business from both ends.
25yrs
Building software
A quarter of a century turning messy work into software that runs.
10yrs
Selling online ourselves
We've packed the boxes, run the ads and answered the emails.
3+yrs
Building for merchants
Making Shopify software used by stores every day.
You work directly with us.
Not with a team, and nothing is outsourced. The two of us are on your calls, and the two of us build your setup.
Luke
In ecommerce for over 10 years. Running Prehook for 3+ years.
Diego
Building software for 25+ years. Building ecommerce solutions with Prehook for 3+ years.
Is this right for you?
This is for you if
- ✓You want an automated pipeline that does the repetitive work for you
- ✓You lose hours every week to content, posting, orders or support
- ✓You know your business and want to stay in control of it
- ✓Even if you're not tech savvy and have no AI or automation skills
- ✓You want to grow without hiring more people for admin
- ✓You want fewer tools and a team that always knows what's next
This isn't for you if
- ✕Your business already runs itself. Content, orders, support and reports are automated and you're happy with them. You don't need us.
- ✕You haven't made your first sales yet. Automation speeds up work you already repeat. Until orders come in, there's nothing to automate.
- ✕You want a magic button. We build around how your business works and tune it with you over a few weeks.
- ✕You can't invest any time in the process. To automate your business, we work with you to understand how it runs and where we can help.
- ✕You want to automate the human parts too. The conversations, the creative calls and the customers who need a person stay with you.
Not sure? We'll tell you honestly on the call whether this is the best fit for you. No commitments.
Book my free callFrequently asked questions
Yes. That's exactly who we build for. You tell us how your business works in plain words, and we handle the technical side. Everything we set up comes with simple instructions, and you can always ask us.
We build on the tools you already pay for wherever we can, and we often help you drop a few. If something needs a new tool, we tell you which one and what it costs before you agree to anything. We talk through the cost of our work with you after the call, before anything starts.
It does the opposite. Automation takes the copy-paste work away, so you and your team have more time for the human parts: talking to customers, creating, and building relationships. Anything that goes out in your name is written in your voice, and you approve it first.
That's the first thing we set up. We write down your voice from your best posts, emails and product pages, and everything is checked against it. If something sounds off, tell us in plain words and it's fixed for next time too.
Say no and say why. Nothing goes out without your yes, and every correction makes the next draft better.
Everything we build lives in your own accounts, with only the access you choose to give. You can remove our access at any time.
We talk about your business: what you sell, how your marketing and orders run, and where your team's time goes. You leave with the three tasks we'd take off your plate first, and we'll both know whether working together makes sense.
Yes. No pitch and no obligation. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.
Any of them. Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon and the rest: the work is the same, and we build around the tools you already use.
No. You decide what gets automated and how far. Every task stays as hands-on as you want, and anything can go back to manual at any time.
That's usually where we start. We connect the tools worth keeping and point out the ones you could drop.
Get your week back.
Tell us how your business runs. In 30 minutes you'll know the 3 things we'd automate first, whether you work with us or not.