For bookkeepers & small accounting firms
Stop losing 12+ hours a month chasing clients for documents.
Doc Chaser sends each client their request list, nags politely and automatically until it’s complete, and gives them a magic-link portal to drop files into — no logins, no apps, no “I’ll email it tonight.”
Sound familiar?
“The client chase is the single biggest blocker in month-end close.”— industry survey — ~70% of firms agree
“Small practices lose 12–20 hours a month to document collection.”— accounting industry research
“Everything decent is $66–100 per user per month, billed years upfront.”— r/Bookkeeping, on practice suites
The tools that solve this are buried inside per-seat practice suites with 1–3-year contracts. Solo bookkeepers keep asking for the one feature, month-to-month, priced per firm. That’s Doc Chaser.
What Doc Chaser does
Request lists per client
Build a checklist once (bank statements, receipts, payroll reports…), reuse it monthly. Clients see exactly what’s missing.
Magic-link client portal
Clients click a link and drop files in. No passwords, no account creation, no app store — the reason client portals fail, removed.
Automatic nudges until done
Email (and optional SMS) reminders escalate gently until the list is complete, then stop. You never write “just checking in” again.
Month-end status board
Every client’s document status on one screen: complete, waiting, overdue — so you know who’s blocking close.
Tidy handoff to your workflow
Files land renamed and organized, exportable to QuickBooks Online attachments or a clean folder structure.
Honest pricing, decided up front
Waitlist members can reserve founder pricing: $29/mo — locked in for as long as you stay subscribed. That's $10/mo off, forever, for backing this before it exists.
No card required to reserve. No per-seat surprises later. If Doc Chaser doesn't launch, you've spent nothing and you'll get a straight answer about why.
You're on the list. One more thing —
Want to reserve founder pricing ($29/mo instead of $39/mo, locked for life)? It costs nothing now and just tells me you'd genuinely pay — which decides what gets built first.
You're in. Thank you.
I'll only email you with real progress or a launch date. If you have opinions about what Doc Chaser must get right, reply to the confirmation — I read everything.
Who's building this?
I'm Aaron — a solo developer. I found thread after thread of people describing this exact problem, and I'd rather prove demand honestly (this page) than build in a vacuum. Toolshed Software's whole model: small tools, flat prices, no per-seat games, no venture pressure to raise prices on you later.
Fair questions
- Is this a real product?
- It's in active development. This waitlist decides what ships first — enough interest and Doc Chaser gets finished and launched; not enough and I'll email you an honest "it's not happening" instead of pretending. Your signup is the vote.
- What will it cost at launch?
- $39 per month, per firm — not per seat — the price is on this page because hiding pricing until launch is how you end up with HoneyBook math. Founder reservations keep $29/mo for life.
- What happens to my email?
- It sits in a database with a timestamp and where you came from. You'll get at most a handful of progress emails and one launch email. No sharing, no selling, one-click unsubscribe.