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# Buying a company? Know what's under the hood Full-stack audit before you sign — code, infrastructure, security, licences — with a priority-fixed defect list.  data Technical Due Diligence (M&A) "technical due diligence before buying a company" flat $9,000 48-hour delivery no fix, no fee   $9,000 flat · 48 hours Need it in 12h? **$18,000 — double the speed, double the price, decided before you pay.  Collector pack No fix, no fee One senior engineer Rescue log included    Add to cart · $9,000 Start via email instead   Rush my fix — 12 hours  Replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week. Price locked before work starts.   Copy link   Print   Share  Know someone with this exact problem? Pass it on — no email gate.        Part of the **Buying, Selling & Diligence](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/services/data/index.html) family — 3 tickets, one flat price each ***     data rescue · how it gets fixed in 48 hours   01  **Audit backups & integrity Read-only, first 12 hours  02  **Restore or cleanse The flat-rate fix on the 48h clock  03  **Verify end-to-end Proof, log & handover — you keep it   **48hflat       The gold difference

## Why this is the top ticket in the catalog Most tickets run $2k–$4k. The collector packs are the $7.5k+ flat prices for the biggest single fires — here is what the step up actually buys.

### The whole problem, not a slice Full-stack audit before you sign — code, infrastructure, security, licences — with a priority-fixed defect list. This ticket is delivered against its full written scope — the whole fire out in one locked price, not a symptom-shaped repair with a follow-up invoice.

### Priority lane for the whole run Premium tickets jump the queue: the engineer callback lands inside 2 hours, the 48-hour clock starts with a person — not a ticket number — and every phase keeps one senior engineer on the fire end to end.

### One flat price, everything inside The rescue log, the plain-English handover doc, the before/after proof and every key staying in your name — all included at $9,000 flat, within 48 hours, or 12-hour express at $18,000 if you pick it before payment.   **Flat $9,000 · 48-hour delivery · one senior engineer · proof in the handover      The showdown

## Same 48 hours. Two very different leagues. Every ticket is flat-rate, 48 hours, one senior engineer. What changes between a $3,000 ticket and a $15,000 one is depth, priority, and what actually survives the handover. Watch the difference — then decide where your business belongs.     Standard $2,000–$4,900  VS  Gold $7,500–$25,000     How fast someone answers  Next business day *   Inside 2 hours*engineer callback *   What gets fixed  The reported symptom *   The whole problem, root to rim*full depth *   Who works on it  An engineer on rotation *   One senior engineer, start to finish*same face *   Proof you can use  A fix that works *   Rescue log + before/after + handover doc*usable proof *   When it can arrive  48h flat *   48h flat — or 12h express at 2×, before payment*faster by choice *      Round two — who answers first, on the 48-hour clock    **0h **12h **24h **48h  *Gold*answers at 2h   *Standard*answers at 24h     **Standard gets you fixed. Quietly, correctly, at a flat price you approved first. **Gold gets you fixed like you are the only client in the queue — then hands you the how and the why, so you don't call us twice.   **If you picked standard while knowing the problem is bigger — that little pinch is real. It's not an upsell; it's your own business telling you it's worth more than one symptom at a time. Gold exists so that pinch has somewhere to go: one flat price, the whole problem, proof in the handover — and the kind of client who comes back because the fix simply stuck.   See the gold shelf ★](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/pricing/#price-packs)         From symptom to fixed — the 48-hour clock  0hYou send the symptom 12hEngineer replies with flat-rate ticket 48hFixed, tested, handed over  See the full delivery step-by-step →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/process/index.html)      Your rescue, hour by hour

## Exactly what happens in your 48 hours Forget vague "the team will be in touch". Here is this ticket's plan on a literal clock.    Live demo You are at **hour 0 of 48   **0h   This strip plays the exact clock you get the second you book: same phases, same hourly steps, same 48h deadline. Nothing here is invented after the sale.   **0h **12h **24h **48h

-  0h

### You send the symptomOne sentence, a screenshot, a link — any format works. It becomes the letter of the ticket.
-  ≤12h

### The ticket is lockedA senior engineer replies with a written flat-rate quote: **$9,000, all-in, no hourly meter. Nothing starts and nothing is billed until you approve it and pay.
-  12h×2

### Prefer speed? 12-hour expressAny ticket, decided before payment, becomes a **12-hour delivery at **$18,000. The rush is a fixed, published option — not a meter ticking next to the flat price.
-  0–48h

### The work, hour by hour This ticket is delivered through its own named sequence. The exact depth depends on what the diagnosis finds — but the sequence is the one below.

-  0–12h 1 **Review
-  12–24h 2 **Probe
-  24–36h 3 **Score
-  36–48h 4 **Report  At **24h you get a mid-run check-in: what is done, what is left, and — if anything outside scope shows up — a separate flat-rate quote for your approval before any extra work.
-  48h

### The handoverFixed, tested, and proven done. You receive the fix verified within the agreed scope, the rescue log, the plain-English handover document, the before/after proof, every key still under your control — and one locked invoice.

- ✓Defects ranked by risk
- ✓Estimated dollars to fix each
- ✓48-hour report, prior to close    See the full delivery step-by-step →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/process/index.html)    RV From the engineer — Buying, Selling & Diligence

> “Migrations die on details: encoding, foreign keys, permissions, a table nobody mentioned. We move your database — Where your site stores its content and user data; overloaded or corrupted, it throws errors instead of pages. without breaking the applications that trust it, then verify the result against checksums — not hope.”      Before you sign for a company, its website and code can hide the most expensive surprises of the deal. This rescue is a fast, independent technical due-diligence audit — code, infrastructure, security, licenses, and key-person risk — delivered as a 48-hour report that ranks every found defect by risk and tells you what each one costs to fix.

## What an M&A team needs before closing Negotiators need three things: what is broken, how bad, and what it costs to make right. The report delivers exactly that — from obvious land mines like a single dependency, a compromised server, or licenses that do not transfer, down to the quiet issues that affect the valuation a year later.

## Independent eyes, investor-friendly format The audit is written to be read by non-technical decision makers: risk levels, dollar-fix estimates, and deal implications, without the jargon. It is built to sit beside your legal and financial work, not to replace it — and to put a number on the technical risk you are inheriting.

### What your $$9,000 actually buys you  **Clean, verified siteMalware removed, breach sealed, doors locked. **Forensics reportPlain English explanation of what happened. **Hardening logEvery lock we added, documented step by step. **60-day guaranteeIf it comes back, we re-clean free. **Locked invoiceUSD flat rate. No hidden fees. Ever. **Every key stays yoursAccess, credentials, accounts — always.

- Defects ranked by risk
- Estimated dollars to fix each
- 48-hour report, prior to close

### The 48-hour plan

- **01Review
- **02Probe
- **03Score
- **04Report   Priority ticket — jumps the queue; engineer callback inside 2 hours.

### The flat-rate promise

- Price locked before work starts
- Delivered in 48 hours
- 12-hour express at $18,000, if you pick it before payment
- No fix, no fee
- Proof in every handover
- Plain English — no code knowledge needed  **Out of scope unless quoted: ongoing maintenance, new features, content writing. If the real cause lives outside this ticket, you'll hear it straight in the diagnosis — with a new flat quote only if you approve. Add to cart · $9,000 Book the Technical Due Diligence (M&A) via email Online payment processed by **Lemon Squeezy All prices on one page →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/pricing/index.html)

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## From deal risk to documented confidenceFour phases. Every finding priced. A report the buyer's team can act on.01Review02Probe03Score04Report $500K+**disaster avoided on a $2M deal. One inherited misconfigured server, one undocumented dependency, one surprise migration — and the valuation collapses. This report names every risk before you sign. The $5,000 diligence fee is 0.25% of a $2M deal. It is the cheapest insurance you will ever buy.     What it delivers

## What lands in your inbox at hour 48 Every rescue ends with the same handover standard — plus the pieces specific to this data ticket.

-   01 **The fix, within scopeThe symptom you booked is resolved, tested, and verified working before I say "done".
-   02 **The rescue logWhat was broken, what I changed, what to watch — written down and yours to keep.
-   03 **Plain-English handover docReadable by the owner, not just the IT team: access, config, and the "what next" in one file.
-   04 **Every key stays yoursAccounts, credentials, and access stay under your control — nothing changes owner.
-   05 **One locked invoiceThe flat rate you approved, in USD, agreed in writing before work started.
-   06 **Risk-ranked defect reportEvery finding scored by risk, with an estimated dollar cost to fix.
-   07 **Investor-friendly summaryThe technical story told so a buyer, a bank, or a board can act on it.  Scope is written before work starts. Anything outside it gets its own flat-rate quote for your approval — never an open meter.      After you approve the ticket

## A secure handover of access Once the flat rate is approved, the only thing left to hand over is access — and it's handled like it's stolen property: only what's needed, over a secure channel, and deleted when it's done.

### What a data rescue typically needs

- Read-only source code access (the repo)
- Read access to the infrastructure, or a controlled handoff
- Our egress IP allowlisted, or a temporary role you revoke when done ⚠️**Don't send passwords upfront. We only ask for credentials after scoping, over a secure channel.

### How it's protected

- Passwords go by a one-time secret link, never in plain email
- IP: server-side rescues get our egress IP to allowlist — or you share the server IP + port
- Minimum access: read-only where possible, extra only when the diagnosis needs it
- Credentials are deleted or rotated the moment the rescue is done
- NDA on request; standard confidentiality is in the working agreement   No access, no charge: if we can't reach what we need, you're told honestly during diagnosis — and the no-fix, no-fee rule still holds. Full after-payment handover checklist →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/handover/index.html) · Print the Technical Due Diligence (M&A) handover card →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/handover/diligence/index.html)       Plain answers

## Questions people ask before booking Straight answers, no fine print in the sales pitch.   What does a technical due diligence cover before buying a company?Buying a business without inspecting the tech means inheriting hidden debt. This rescue reviews code, hosting, security and dependencies into a documented report you can negotiate with — flat rate in 48 hours. How much does the Technical Due Diligence (M&A) rescue cost?$9,000 flat, all-in. Price locked before work starts, delivered in 48 hours, and if it can't be delivered within scope you don't pay. No hourly meter, no surprise line items.What exactly do I receive when the rescue is done?The complete handover: the fix verified within the agreed scope, the rescue log, the plain-English handover document, the before/after proof of the work, every account and key still under your control, and one locked invoice in USD. Nothing else is ever billed — if anything outside the scope appears, you get a new flat-rate quote to approve before any work starts.What exactly gets audited?Code health and security, infrastructure and access, licensing and subscriptions, third-party dependencies, data handling, and concentration on any single person or service. All mapped to risk and cost.Can this be done under NDA?Yes — NDAs against the target or their advisor are supported, with access handled through controlled channels so the acquisition stays confidential.How is the report priced and delivered?Flat $9,000, independent of deal size, delivered within 48 hours as a PDF plus the supporting data. No hourly billing, no scope creep.  All 206 site-wide answers, in one place →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/faq/index.html)      Keep the fire under control

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## Stop losing money every hour you wait.  Email symptom → Ticket in 12h → Fixed in 48h  Every minute your data problem is live, your competitors take your customers. Send the symptom — get the flat-rate Technical Due Diligence (M&A) ticket within 12 hours. Start the Rescue

## Tell me what's on fire. Send the symptom — I'll reply within 12 hours with the flat-rate ticket that fits. rescue@fullstacksolutions.dev Emergency channel: replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week · US market · English  NDA available on request No fix, no fee Invoice in USD Secure access handover         Technical Due Diligence (M&A) $9,000  **48:00:00to handover