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Entrepreneur.Developer.Visionary.

Cort Phoenix at night in a black suit and white open-collared shirt, hands in his pockets, beside a graffiti-covered wall.

I see where New Zealand business is heading, then build the software that gets it there.

Founder of Aurenox Software, NZ Web Services and TradeFlare. Twenty-plus apps live, used by thousands of people every day.

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Cort Phoenix

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Three products I’ve designed and built, from field-service software to finding a plumber.

Aurenox Software homepage: “Software that fits your business,” beside a photo of a caliper measuring a turned wooden part.

Aurenox Software

Custom software studio

Software that fits your business.

Custom software for New Zealand businesses, shaped around how each one already works. Trades, hospitality, clinics, makers and growers.

What I built

  • A field-service platform with 20+ modules and role-based access
  • A companion mobile app with consent-based, geofenced clock-on
  • Customer quote portal with Stripe billing
  • Integrations with Xero, MYOB, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365
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NZ Web Services homepage in black and acid yellow: “Get found. Get called.” with prices of $1,000 one-off and $75 a month.

NZ Web Services

Websites for trade businesses

Get found. Get called.

Websites, hosting and search for New Zealand tradies. The site gets built before the client pays anything, usually within 24 hours.

What I built

  • A build-first model: $1,000 once the client approves, then $75 a month
  • Hosting, search setup and Google Business Profile management
  • Live sites for builders, landscapers, earthworks crews and a sawmill
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TradeFlare homepage: “Good trades, close to home,” over a photo of timber house framing, with a job search bar.

TradeFlare

Trades marketplace

Good trades, close to home.

Connects homeowners with local tradespeople in 16 regions. Describe the job once and nearby businesses get in touch. Free for homeowners.

What I built

  • Job posting that keeps the homeowner’s number private until they share it
  • A directory of dozens of trades across 16 regions
  • A cost guide with GST-inclusive ballpark estimates
  • Business listings from $50 a month, with no per-lead fees
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Websites for trade businesses

Built through NZ Web Services for builders, landscapers, earthmovers and a sawmill. All of them are live.

“We are extremely happy with the new website that Phoenix designed for us. From the outset, he was professional, approachable, and always available to answer our questions or provide support throughout the process.”

Sharon, Landscaping Mangawhai

“Communication was excellent, everything was explained clearly, and nothing ever felt like too much trouble.”

HeadRock Construction, Builders, Mangawhai

Five years.Twenty-plus apps.Thousands of daily users.

I’m Cort Phoenix, an entrepreneur and software developer in New Zealand. I start companies and write the software they run on. Most of it is for businesses that work on site and on the tools: builders, landscapers, sawmills, mechanics, foresters and field crews.

I design it, build it, launch it and look after it, and I build for where a business is going, not just where it is today. The aim is always software that fits how people already work, so they use it instead of working around it.

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How I work

  1. We talk

    A free chat about what’s slowing you down. If an app you can already buy would do the job, I’ll tell you.

  2. You get a fixed price

    An agreed price before any work starts. If the scope changes, the change is quoted first.

  3. I build where you can see it

    Working software early, so you can try it and steer it while it takes shape.

  4. It launches, and I look after it

    Data moved across, your team shown the ropes, hosting and support sorted. You own the code and the data.

What I work with

Interfaces
React, Next.js, TypeScript, iOS and Android apps
Services
Node.js, Python, Go, GraphQL, WebSockets
Data
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, LiDAR point clouds
Infrastructure
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Linux
Payments and accounting
Stripe, Xero, MYOB
Workplace tools
Google Workspace, Microsoft 365

Got something to build?

Tell me what’s slowing your business down. I reply within a day.