DazzleBirds

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Iam the owner of a start-up social casino site, managing all aspects of the site development and games development.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire DazzleBirds, and what were your goals?

DazzleBirds has been working on backend development of my websites and integration of games onto the websites. Working on various backend projects for the site and games to integrate various tech stacks to deliver the live functioning websites.

SOLUTION

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

The team is knowledgeable in a range of web development languages and tech stacks to achieve the required outcomes for the projects. Good communication and English.

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

Various backend components required for the social casino site such as player IDs/Session/cookies work (PHP). Setting up and config work for the server and game servers using NODE JS. Intergration of Players into 3rd party APIs to communicate with game clients and the websites backend system. Customization and modifying some components of our prize wheel game and integration (JS)

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

I worked directly with Hardik and communicated with him for the entire project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Websites are now live and fully operational and functioning with real players and engagement daily.

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

Our project was a small start-up site project so around 6-8 hours per a week. Communication was good and done via Skype calls whenever required.

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

Good Knowledge of various web development areas and languages to apply solutions. Pricing is reasonable and good communication during projects.

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

provide some more detailed weekly or fortnightly work updates/completed tasks ect to help project manager keep in loop more on development timeline and details.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of TwentyFirst Real Estate

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a real estate and consultancy company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Develop an online real estate platform

SOLUTION

How did you find DazzleBirds?

Upwork

Why did you select DazzleBirds over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from DazzleBirds were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

We hired Hardik to develop a customised real estate online marketplace for east africa. The key goals where to have a light and responsive website able to handle property listings in different countries and with different currencies.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We had weekly calls where we discussed the progress in particular based on the website that was build on our staging environment

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

Delivery sometimes took longer than initially planned but I take this as a normal process. Hardik was swift in answering to our request and apply the changes or look for solutions before or next meeting.

What was your primary form of communication with DazzleBirds?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Hardik's dedication is impressive.

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

If there is anything he can improve is the attention for the final design (uniformity of fonts, sizes, icons, etc)

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-Founder of DDE

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Escort dictionary

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Improve my site’s quality
• Implement feature that is as told wasn’t possible
• Implemented a chatbot for our site and analytics

SOLUTION

How did you find DazzleBirds?

Online Search

Why did you select DazzleBirds over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from DazzleBirds were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

These guys blew my mind with how much they improved the websites appearance and quality they did more than expected they added in feature that I was told was impossible by other developers but these guys made it done I couldn't thank them enough best web developers by far might even come back with future projects

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

My website looks 10x better than before coming to these guys and preforms much better too

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

Yeah they did everything on time I should've came to these guys sooner 

What was your primary form of communication with DazzleBirds?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They made my image come to life 

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

Nothing in mind maybe work more hours or have more staff to take turns on projects so things get done quicker but not really their work is outstandingly good

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am a Consultant of Access24

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

IT Consulting

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• WordPress plugin development
• Code review and support

SOLUTION

How did you find DazzleBirds?

• Online Search
• Job Posting on Freelancing Platforms

Why did you select DazzleBirds over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Positive Feedback

How many teammates from DazzleBirds were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

The contract scope with Dazzlebird is WordPress plugin development and support. We have started several projects. One of them concerned the retrieval and displaying of financial information via API calls. The current project is an email marketing plugin on WordPress / WooCommerce platform. Project organization is based on agile methodologies (Kanban) and the delivery of new features or bug fixes is weekly.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Weekly deliveries of tested and working features 

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

Items are delivered in time, and feedback on tasks in progress is made on a daily basis

What was your primary form of communication with DazzleBirds?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They can find solutions for complex requirements

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

So far we've never had any issues and are happy in every aspect of our business relationship.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

United Designers is a women's wear platform bringing brands around the world together. As a GM, I oversee the business and make it's running smooth and being developed in the right direction

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire DazzleBirds, and what were your goals?

We wanted to switch from Magento to Shopify as we had many issue in the previous website

SOLUTION

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

Our sister companies were already working with them and were satisfied with their work

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

They used Shopify and developed the ecom platform from scratch as well as took care of the digital part and product upload

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

2 people. The owner and the developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Products and website were easier to navigate with no issues

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

Communication was through emails, zoom calls and WhatsApp

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

The team was patient, guiding us on how to use Shopify.

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

They're faster answering whatspp than emails

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are an online platform dedicated to the longevity industry, where writers are free to share their thoughts and opinions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire DazzleBirds, and what were your goals?

The plan was to create a community on our website with the personal profiles and functionality of the personal blog for every profile.

SOLUTION

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

Initially we found this team on upwork, they ensure us that their skill set is perfect fit for this project.

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

We had a kick-off meeting to discuss our goals and ideas. Every week we had task revisions and online discussions.

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

Hardik was our the main point of contact

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our website is still in progress that's why it's complicated to measure any outcomes right now.

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

We used Slack and some management tools for tasks.

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

They are easy to work with.

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

In our case, all the functionality was done great but there were some small problems with the design, so I suggest you do not forget about front part as well when working with the backend.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a Digital Marketing Manager and company is delivering marketing services to in the B2B sector.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire DazzleBirds, and what were your goals?

After a renovation of a client's website, we've found a lot of insufficient work done by the previous developer. Then I decided to start working with DazzleBirds. We needed more features, fixing of bugs, and adjusting the design of the website.

SOLUTION

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

I've researched developers by certain criteria, then conducted interview with them and choose to work with DazzleBird, as they were the ones responding to my expectations promptly and with a very respectful attitude.

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

We had several tasks/projects requiring applying different technologies and techniques. All done perfectly and within the agreed time.

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

I've worked closely with Hardik. I believe he is the founder and the main developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After the work done by DazzleBirds, my client was extremely happy and lead to very good results.

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

We've been working closely on the project. From our collaboration, as well as our chats and video meetings,  I got to know them as highly-skilled and passionate web developers with a knack for visual design.

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

The excellent work ethic demonstrated.

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

At the beginning, there were a few minor things that had to be adjusted. However, after a quick discussion, everything was rectified. I admire their professionalism.