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2026-04-07Lab· 10 min
Productized vs. Retainer: Real P&L From Three Local Service Clients
What changes when the client pays a fixed fee for the deploy, not an hourly retainer for campaigns.
Body in progress
Full draft lands in Phase 1.10.
Body content for /lab posts is gated to real Post Meta deployment data per CONTENT-RULES Rule 1 (Customer-Language) and Rule 18 (Build-in-Public). When the data lands — agent logs, P&L numbers, integration code — the post lands. Headline and meta are locked above so the URL ships now.
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