For shops that bill the campaign, not the hour
You sell ideas. Your software shouldn’t rent you by the seat.
Campaigns run on hours, retainers, and media buys you front. owntime tracks all three, puts the buys right on the invoice, and never sends a per-seat bill. One payment. Done.
One payment. No rent. File is yours.
Advertising & Marketing — straight talk
The parts that usually go sideways.
Scope creep, but make it a campaign
Budgets hit 75%, then 90% — you see it before the client does. Not after the wrap report.
Retainers, every 30 days, forever
Set the retainer once. It drafts itself each month when you open the app. You hit send.
That stock photo you paid for? Gone.
Snap the receipt. Mark it billable. It rides onto the next invoice, line item and all.
What you’ll actually use
Just the bits you bill for.
Campaign budgets that actually warn you
Hours or a flat fee per campaign. Live bar. 75% nudge, 90% alert. No surprise.
Retainers that write themselves
Monthly, quarterly. Drafts appear on schedule. You check, you send. No extra tool.
One invoice. Time and stuff.
Hours plus expenses and buys, itemized clean. No second doc for disbursements.
And the rest of owntime
Timers, timesheets, invoices with tax, expenses with snaps, estimates, per-client currency, CSV you can hand to anyone — the full list.
What the client sees
A bill that looks like you wrote it.
| Description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign strategy — March | 12h | $150 | $1,800 |
| Media buying coordination | 6h | $120 | $720 |
| Expense: Stock photography | — | — | $250 |
| Social retainer (recurring) | — | — | $2,000 |
| Total | $2,000 | ||
Plain lines, your letterhead, your numbers. PDF, made locally. No server in the middle.
Test it on a real week.
14 days, full app. If it doesn’t survive your busy week, don’t pay. Simple.
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