Aumbre

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Sudarshan Deka, one of the Founder Direct of our company, Deroi Innovations Private Limited which is a Guwahati(India) based startup where we have developed our own proprietary drying technology for drying green tea leaves. We have also launched our brand, Deroi Tea to market the same produce from the mentioned technology. Our products include - Whole leaf green tea and Whole leaf black tea, both of which are all natural and without any nature or nature identical flavourings.

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

We hired Aumbre to develop our brand website for Deroi Tea after looking at their precious projects for well known brands and clients and their output. We wanted a clean, minimalist yet modern website which showcased every necessary information in a non-cluttered way and was pleasing to view at. They have done a very good job at the website.

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

The deciding factor for selecting Aumbre was their past work and also because they were approachable and were very keen to understand our requirements and work along our set guidelines. Further, Aumbre uses webflow for building the website which was a better and easier for bringing in updates and changes to the website.

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

After getting on the agreement for building our site, the team gave us a proposal which included three major steps in the website building process. There were - Discover our requirements and find a suitable design to reflect it, Web design and development and then finally testing and launching website. The website was made on webflow.

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

There were 3 people from Aumbre working om our website. They were

• Sandeep - Project Manager
• Gaurav - Lead Designer
• Prabhav - Lead Developer

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

All the deliverables according to the divided sections were on time and without any hassle. They were very professional in handling the project and overall we are satisfied with the quality of the work provided by Aumbre.

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

The detailed plan and proposal were neatly laid out in a link provided by them for us to view anytime. The communication tools were mainly a whatsapp group with people from both the parties to share regular updates and feedback. Also, Google meet for sharing insights in the progress of their work was used.

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

• Their professional attitude towards handling the requirement.
• Sharing of updates on a regular basis.
• Explanation of the stages of the build process.
• Skillful people engaged in the project.

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

The website is just launched. We will have to see how the bugs if any found are handled by the team.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO and co-founder of The Qrious Box, a marketing company. We deal with clients trying to scale up their products using performance marketing. Our team has a technology arm where we focus more on R&D. Moreover, we consult with startups who don’t have efficient funding or technical know-how to scale up or make their prototype or proof of concept a reality.

What challenge were you trying to address with Aumbre?

We had a platform handled by an entire development team, but we needed to cater it to a national level. Our company didn’t have sufficient resources in-house for the UI/UX of the platform. As a result, we sought the help of Aumbre.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Aumbre handled the design of the prototype using Figma. They designed the user flow and UI of the platform. For context, we wanted to cater to at least 15 states throughout the country, and we had to resolve the design philosophy behind the platform. Given that, Aumbre suggested creating clusters just for the UI. They said that the UI itself could be completely dynamic to cater to different parts of the country. 

What is the team composition?

My main point of contact was their founder, though I was also in contact with their designers. 

How did you come to work with Aumbre?

I heard about Aumbre from a couple of friends. I liked some of the work they had in their portfolio, too.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent over $10,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement lasted from July–October 2022. 

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

The design that Aumbre showcased was minimal and clean. It wasn’t cluttered, and I liked it a lot. It solved my roadblock at that point, so I was happy with the results. 

How did Aumbre perform from a project management standpoint?

I had a pleasant experience when it came to managing the project. I didn’t have any headaches communicating with Aumbre. The founder used to travel here, so it was easy for me to communicate with him in person. 

Moreover, they had an elaborate onboarding process, which was initially a little hectic. Later on, when the requests and volume of iterations increased from our side, the process paid off. Most of our review meetings were done on Notion; we also used Trello for project management. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

The platform’s entire design stood out to me in the end. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

It would be nice if Aumbre had multi-faceted pricing.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Carbon constructions is a real estate company, that builds premium residential buildings and also looks into commercial spaces

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

We hired them for Web development and Design. Have a visually appealing site made on Webflow. Use of high-end design and illustrations. Have the site look premium, in order to attract a certain set of clientle

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

We selected this vendor as a reference from one of the industry leaders in real estate. The deciding factors were

1. Their experience of handling high end projects
2. Transparency with us
3. Attention to detail
4. The fact that they kept us forward on everything and was very informative with decisions and discussions

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

We had 3 set-off meetings to finalize the project. From there, Aumbre devised a plan of how to move forward. There were different steps and processes to the work. The process included Discovery, Design, Build, and Test+ Release phase.

They did in-depth research and analysis for our market, built research for the design and user approach. Wireframes and UX flows were built, and Design concepts were shown based on the designs we like the entire design process started. Post-design was final, the project development took place and the website was developed for us in Webflow just like we wanted.

Things that I liked:

• They were organized with their work and approach
• Timely meetings and calls for reviews and feedback
• Their use of Notion for documentation and transparency
• The founder and the team members were always approachable for any kind of questions and doubts

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

There were 4 people working with us. 1 UI/UX designer, 2 Webflow Developers, 1 Project Manager. The Project Manager was our POC, and the team members were always available from 1 message away

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

A huge facelift from a design and development side of purview. The new look of the website has increased our brand value drastically. The website now looks more professional, luxurious, and high-end and essentially adds enough brand value to our business

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

• Very detail-oriented approach.
• Highly Experienced team who has an upper hand with their skils
• Communication was always active on Emails and Slack
• They used NOTION for organization and documentation
• There were review calls once every week, and the communication channels were always active to write and give any feedback or ask any questions
• The timeline they planned and shared with us, the work was completed before time
• What we liked was, we had a lot of attention from their team, our concerns were honestly heard

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

• Detail oriented
• Very organized
• Their process of work is unique
• Affluent design handling and principals
• Communication

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

They can improve their release process. The handovers once the project is completed can be tweaked

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are into retail and wholesale of garments, we have the business spread across and have different dealers network workin with us who does both B2B and B2C selling

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

We wanted to build a technically robust platform, that would support our dealers with managing and adding inventory. Appealing design and a very simple user flow with different user accounts

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

They had a very elaborate process of work. We liked their attention to detail and the fact that they were experienced with understanding our pain points and suggesting us the right things

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

The scope involved:

• Creating a dashboard accessible to all our network partners
• Userflow that was effective
• Appealing design
• Different user accounts
• Invoice and billing creations
• Products management
• Two factor login Technology used
• React, Node, Angular

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

5 People:

• Project Manager
• UI Designer
• UX Designer
• Backend Developer
• Frontend Developer

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

With the project completion, we were able to scale up our dealer network. More inflow and onboarding of dealers leading to increased business. As the dealers found everything needed within the dashboard

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

They had different steps of design, development, discovery. Notion was a primary tool used by them and there were google sheets, email communication, slack communication. Review calls with us for feedback and updates

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

Their attention to detail style. The way they work is not the typical agency style. They work more like a part of our own team, and was always there with meeting deadlines

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

Not that I can think of