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Before you list

Find out what a buyer will find, while you can still fix it.

You are not selling this month. That is the argument for doing this now rather than the argument against it. The same report that settles a buyer's questions during a negotiation is, six months earlier, just a list of things to fix on a quiet afternoon.

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The preview is free, so finding out what you are working with costs nothing.

A grade now is a to-do list. The same grade mid-negotiation is a discount.

Nothing about the analysis changes with the timing. What changes is whether you find out while you still have the option to do something about it, and whether the number a buyer sees is the first one or the improved one.

  1. Now

    Get the grade

    Connect the repository read-only and read about a third of the findings before paying anything. No listing, no buyer, no deadline attached to it.

  2. Next

    Fix what moves it most

    The remediation list is ranked by how much each fix would move the grade, so you are not guessing which afternoon of work is worth the most.

  3. Then

    Rescan, included

    One fix-and-rescan comes with the report. You keep the better grade, and acting on the findings is free.

  4. When you list

    Attach the certificate

    The listing goes up with a public, checkable grade already on it, instead of a question you answer over email for six weeks.

Six things that cost an afternoon now and a discount later

These are ordinary findings, not exotic ones. Every one of them is cheap to deal with when nobody is waiting on an answer, and expensive to explain when someone is deciding what your product is worth.

  • A feature in the listing that is not really in the code

    Today
    Build it, or take it out of the copy. An afternoon either way.
    In a negotiation
    The single fastest way to lose a buyer's trust in everything else you told them.

  • A dependency whose licence does not permit a commercial sale

    Today
    Swap the library while nobody is watching the clock.
    In a negotiation
    A lawyer's opinion, a renegotiation, or a deal that quietly stops moving.

  • A live credential sitting in the git history

    Today
    Rotate it and rewrite the history. Nobody ever hears about it.
    In a negotiation
    A buyer who now has to price the possibility that someone else already found it.

  • No tests anywhere near billing or auth

    Today
    A handful of tests on the paths that touch money.
    In a negotiation
    Every question about whether the next owner can safely change anything.

  • A paywall enforced in the browser

    Today
    Move the check to the server. Usually a small change.
    In a negotiation
    A buyer working out that the revenue they are paying for is optional for your users.

  • A product only you know how to deploy

    Today
    Write the runbook while you still remember it.
    In a negotiation
    A transition period you are on the hook for, priced into the offer.

How early is too early

A certificate is bound to one commit. If you keep shipping for a year after it is issued, it still says something true about the code on that day, but it is no longer describing what you are selling. Buyers can see the issue date, and a stale date invites the question you bought the certificate to avoid.

So the report is worth having whenever you want it. The certificate is worth timing.

  • Within a few months of listing. Run it now, fix, and use the included rescan when you list. That is the sequence this is built for.
  • A year or more out. Still worth reading, but treat it as the to-do list rather than the artifact. The included rescan runs for 60 days from purchase, and a fresh scan when you actually list is $99.
  • Already listed. Then you are not on the right page. The certificate is the point and you want it now.
  • See the seller version

Same report, same price, same grade

There is no cheaper pre-listing tier and no early-bird discount on the truth. You get the full report, the public certificate whenever you decide to publish it, and one fix-and-rescan so acting on the findings costs nothing.

$299

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Preview first, $299 only if you want the rest

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