Codup

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & CEO of Breez

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Manufacturer/Distributor

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Codup to accomplish?

• E-Commerce Development
• Internal Tooling

SOLUTION

How did you find Codup?

Online Search

Why did you select Codup over others?

I gave them a trial project

How many teammates from Codup were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Project details are confidential but it was a large-scale project with multiple interconnected applications.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Market launch with market fit, ongoing improvements.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

"On time" is a slippery term in complex projects but they deliver efficiently and with a high degree of visibility.

What was your primary form of communication with Codup?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Excellent planning and architecture, high level of responsiveness to our unique needs, solid code, high integrity in their billing and quality of work.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Codup could have done differently?

They periodically ask me that, which makes me feel like the answer is - not really. I appreciate that they work earnestly for our projects.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Manager of an Promotional Products & Apparel Comapny

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Decorate and produce promotional products and apparel.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Codup to accomplish?

• Update all plugins
• Upgrade some functions on the site

SOLUTION

How did you find Codup?

Online Search

Why did you select Codup over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost

What was the size of Codup’s team?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Scope of Work ---SECTION # 1 – B2B Store (Promo Store)—

1. Staging Website – Update of Plugins & Database Version

2. Category Level Products Visibility Control for the “Customer Role”

3. Price Visibility for the non-logged in user

4. Custom WooCommerce Reports:

--- SECTION # 2 – B2C Store (Associate Store) —

1. Staging Website – Update of Plugins & Database Version

2. Adding Signature Required Shipping option:

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• There was constant communication and solutions being offered to facilitate the work that needed to be done

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They delivered well. Every time I had a question or needed clarity, they communicated great!

What was your primary form of communication with Codup?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They worked hard and helped create solutions that met our needs.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Codup could have done differently?

Advise when there is a delay so that we can plan better with clients.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of Slant Six

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Manufacturer of Custom Apparel

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Codup to accomplish?

• Set up B2B backend web functionality
• Build out now website

SOLUTION

How did you find Codup?

Online Search

Why did you select Codup over others?

• High ratings
• Other

What was the size of Codup’s team?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Built out a custom website with a B2b backend.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Output of the actual product

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Team was very responsive and worked hard to accomplish our goals

What was your primary form of communication with Codup?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were able to find a way to achieve everything we required even though many were not standard at all and required a lot of outside the box thinking

Are there any areas for improvement or something Codup could have done differently?

Timeline was a little longer than initially planned but we are happy with the outcome.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of a marketing firm in Atlanta GA.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.co, and what were your goals?

We needed a team that was an expert in Shopify and who could handle custom integrations with the platform.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Their level of experience and our past projects we've worked with them on.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They custom designed a Shopify theme, modified some of the core functionality and integrated with several different platforms.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

3

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

They provide great communication and fast turnarounds.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Great

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The breadth of their knowledge

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Managing Director.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.co, and what were your goals?

Create a loyalty/rewards website for B2B travel site.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Posted on Codeable and shortlisted from there then interviewed final 2

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Build a website to enable travel agents to log bookings and be rewarded for those bookings in cash or points. Enable suppliers to create incentives to attract agents.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Approximately six.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Not yet, we havent launched to market yet.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They were quick, polite, and helpful. Some deadlines were missed but it wasnt too late.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Robust build.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

They sometimes went a bit quiet and I didn't know if anything was being worked on (but it was), bugs lists were not always completely dealt with so had to re-add old bugs to new bug lists, several mobile rendering issues were missed during their QA but this was fixed soon after.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

FOGA is a plant based wellness business, offering a wide range of natural health boosting shakes on a subscription.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.co, and what were your goals?

We hired Codup to build a subscription build-a-box plaform that enables customers to build a custom selection of shakes for a regular delivery & to manage their subscription from their account area.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We spoke with a number of vendors, and Codup's portfolio, efficiency & communication helped us opt to work with them.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Wordpress / Woocommerce plugin development.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

After briefing with a sales team, we were intro'd to the project manager who was our point of contact throughout. Developers & QA guys supported him, but we weren't in touch with them directly.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We're satisfied with the work & will continue to work with Codup.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Clear comms through a single point of contact. Reliably stick to timelines set out.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They're easy to work with! They give great outputs with good value.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Minor bugs were fixed quickly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Self employed dermatologist.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.co?

To design a website in digital health and education in the field of dermatology.

What were your goals for this project?

website creation

SOLUTION

How did you select Codup.co?

Recommendation by a coder.

Describe the project in detail.

A content website on Telemedicine in Dermatology:

• About us
• 3 topics to categorize:
  • Teledermatology
  •  Health Data,
  • Artificial Intelligence in Health + Forum option
• Events page
• Content (pages) migrated from another website: no need to categorize them
• Many engagement plugins to similar pages integrated on the template: example YARPP and social media post embedding (instagram, facebook, linkedin)
• Plugin on most recent articles on template
• Strong search engine -fast loading time

What was the team composition?

project manager and developer team

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

I cannot express with stars how satisfied I am with this website design. It's exactly what was asked for. For me it was a new thing deigning a website from scratch (the others were off the shelf such as self-builders). The team was responsive and patient....and went the extra mile to make it work. Thumbs up :)

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

100%

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Responsiveness

Are there any areas for improvement?

There always is, but the product is exactly what was asked and "very happy" is the bottom line

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Owner - this project was for my Virtual assistant service

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.co?

I needed a metered billing option hooked up to Stripe

What were your goals for this project?

To have the option to charge clients an amount based on the VA's monthly hours

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

From Codeup...they reached out and seemed knowledgable

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

I needed the option to charge clients an amount based on the VA's monthly hours. Stripe has that ability but it needs to be "tuned on" and hooked up to a system where my team can enter those hours in and charge the customer.

What was the team composition?

Honestly not sure

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

With Covid 19 happening we haven't launched this feature yet

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Their team did a great job. The project was on time.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They checked in at various points and and were easy to get in touch with when needed

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Business Owner of a provider of business services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.co?

Custom development of supports for e-commerce

What were your goals for this project?

Linkage between a pricing tool and a vendor marketplace.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I have worked with them multiple times.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They helped us link the two online marketplace tools in order to achieve our goal of a vendor marketplace that allowed for various pricing options. They understood our communications about what our goals were. They communicated clearly with us. They completed the project in a timely way. The goals were achieved exactly as desired.

What was the team composition?

We communicated with a project manager and a developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Our clients were very happy with the results.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Great communications and achieved exactly what we desired in a timely manner.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Good Communication. They clearly understood what I needed done. Completed the project to my satisfaction.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nothing comes to mind at the moment, except for the % markup fee, but as I am happy with the results this is not really an issue.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I own a digital publishing business and operate several websites.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codup.io?

Lazy load images and ad units in an infinite scroll layout based on traffic sources.

What were your goals for this project?

Create a better user experience and increase revenue.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I had worked with two vendors prior to this that were not able to complete the project to our specifications.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They modified the Wordpress theme and worked with our header bidding wrapper vendor to implement the ad units per their specs.

What was the team composition?

One account manager as our main contact, but several members of the team jumped in as needed to ask and answer questions.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Speedy work, met all our technical requirements and great customer service.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Only one phone call. Most was through the project management system.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The customer service is great. They took the time to understand the scope before accepting the project.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None, I look forward to working with them in the future.