Inbox, spreadsheets, the order system, sticky notes, and your head. Client asks about last October's run and suddenly you're Indiana Jones — whip out, torch lit, spelunking through 'RE: RE: FWD: artwork FINAL v4.'
No, not v3. That's the wrong file.
One order: quote, revised quote, virtual, 'can the logo be bigger,' proof, client on vacation, new proof, sample, 'one more tweak,' in-hands date, two near-heart-attacks, and payment finally arrives.
The CRM logged it all as 'Deal — Stage 3.'
A reorder window closes. A sample goes unchased. A quote goes cold.
The only working follow-up system is you, at 11pm, suddenly sitting up in bed.
If you didn't nod at least once, congratulations — sell us your system.
An AI-native CRM designed from scratch for promo distributors.
We're deliberately keeping the screenshots, workflows, and roadmap off the internet while we build.
If you run a distributorship and want to see it, ask.
We will show it in person.
The deal is simple: you shape what gets built and lock in founding pricing; we get the truth about whether it works.
We're Alice and Kai — husband and wife, owners of two promo distributorships between us. Alice runs Merch Pier, which serves college sororities. Kai runs Alligator Merch distributing auto care products. Every pain on this page is one we've paid for twice, unfortunately. Alligator CRM started as the tool neither of us could buy. Now we're building it, and we want a handful of fellow owners keeping it honest.
Email kai@alligatorcrm.com with what system you are on today.
It lands in Kai's actual inbox, and he answers everything.
No newsletter, no drip sequence, no AI bots.
Ironic, we know. The AI runs the product; Kai runs the inbox.
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