Consecutive Bytes

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm founder & BDM of OWNER GROUP, a curated network of company owners, decision makers and self-employed professionals from around the world to connect and trade.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed some additional features to enhance our platform functionality, overall, related to back-end stuff such as analytics and security, database, etc. Also, we needed to fix some specific bugs, which was causing us some headaches...

SOLUTION

How did you select Consecutive Bytes and what were the deciding factors?

We discovered Consecutive Bytes team through a web search and, after we saw their incredible work and affordable prices, in the field we needed, we decided to go ahead with them.

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

We purchased some RTU plugins, which should enhance our platform according our needs. Couple of them required minimal adjustments to work at their best, and after few iterations, the team successfully improved their plugin, without any objections and at a surprising speed.

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

I've been in touch mainly with the CEO & founder, very kind, serious and respectful person. Also, I've been in touch with some of the development guys for some technical topics.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Although we are not done yet, the improvements on our site are visible and we are very happy to be working with them.

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

We are just using a ticket system and emails to keep track of every thread.

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

They show deep knowledge, impressive speed, and a high sense of responsibility.

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

So far, absolutely nothing.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of simpliLiberty, a network platform developed to provide an uplifting social media experience in the spirit of liberty and freedom… all without the unnecessary censorship and fake fact checkers looking over your shoulder.

A platform where Yahweh can be glorified and shared, evil exposed, the lost reached, where truth-and-fiction can be divided and discussed in a manner that's respectful, enlightening and uplifting.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The development of a crypto payment gateway plugin for SE.

SOLUTION

How did you select Consecutive Bytes and what were the deciding factors?

1. Accepts all crypto available at the exchange
2. Customer able to select crypto payment for premium membership
3. Customer ease of use
4. Updated regularly with SE
5. Overall payment security

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

Consecutive Bytes - in one capacity or another - has done a lot of excellent work for me over the last couple years and there isn't anyone I trust more.

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

Accepts all crypto available at the exchange

Customer able to select crypto payment for premium membership

Customer ease of use

Updated regularly with SE

Overall payment security

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was completed sooner than expected and the overall quality exceeded my expectations yet again.

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

Excellent communication giving regular consistent updates as to the status of the project.

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

Consecutive Bytes provides quality work in a timely manner that's hard to beat.

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

I am unable to see any areas needed for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of a lending platform that allows customers to compare different lending options. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Consecutive Bytes?

We hired Consecutive Bytes to help with designing and developing our platform.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement? 

They’ve done everything for us, from designing our platform’s home page and search functionality to the overall navigation. Customers can use our platform to browse through lending options, select a lender, and then apply for a loan.

What is the team composition? 

I work with a single point of contact.

How did you come to work with Consecutive Bytes?

I found them through Upwork.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working with them since 2017.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The quality of work has been great.

How did Consecutive Bytes perform from a project management standpoint?

The project management is fantastic. We provide the scope, and they produce the results. The team is always on time and communicative through phone, email, and Skype.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The ease of communication is one of their strong suits. I also like that I can provide what needs to be done, and they’ll complete the task.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s a big time difference between our locations, which can be a challenge.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

The best thing you can do is communicate with them.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a founder and partner at Sussto. We specialize in creating websites for startups in the peer-to-peer space.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Consecutive Bytes?

We’ve relied on Consecutive Bytes to support us in our web development efforts for third-party clients.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Consecutive Bytes provide around 60–70% of our development work. In most projects, we provide them with the UX/UI and they work on the backend.

They recently took our design and development requirements to create a lottery or auctioning feature. It allows users to list various items for sale or auction. The feature is customized, so it’s integrated into multiple websites in different ways. They do a lot of PHP and jQuery work within SocialEngine.

What is the team composition?

I have a primary point of contact, but they’ve provided us with a number of developers, depending on the project.

How did you come to work with Consecutive Bytes?

We found our primary developer on a website for finding contracted developers.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve probably spent under $5,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in late 2015 and it’s an ongoing partnership.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I’ve really enjoyed working with them. I’ll change my design requirements based on their expanding skillset. They often give me suggestions that improve upon my original ideas, which I appreciate.

How did Consecutive Bytes perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re fairly efficient. There have been a couple of times where we’ve experienced some delays, but since we didn’t have critical timelines, it wasn’t a problem for us. It might be a problem for less flexible clients or projects.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They take a very detail-oriented approach to understand our needs. They ask the right questions to be able to deliver exactly what we want, instead of just going forward with a vague idea. Since I’ve worked with a lot of developers where there’s a communication gap, I appreciate that they take extra care to make sure that my needs are met.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They’re experienced in certain languages, but they could increase their JavaScript capabilities. Having said that, it hasn’t been an issue for what we’re requiring.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be very clear about what you want, and ask them if they have any questions. They usually have very good questions for you.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Social network for professionals, I'm the founder

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Consecutive Bytes?

I needed someone that specialized in SocialEngine that could help customize code and debug any problems for any new functionality added

What were your goals for this project?

To build out the site functionality, customize it to how I wanted everything on the site.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Searched extensively and talked to 5 different developers before making a decision, based on expertise and pricing

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Started the site from scratch, many 3rd party plugins that needed further integration and may source code changes to make it work properly. I created a log of issues that we worked through together.

What was the team composition?

Primary contact and presume help with their team depending on level of difficulty

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Everything worked as expected, most impressed that they were able to understand my requirements and build out the functionality as requested. Having someone I could go to and get things fixed was very valuable to me.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Based on written requirements and many conversations, flow diagrams and maintaining a priority list of need to get done vs nice to have

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Expertise and fair pricing without padding. If they said it would take 2 hours of development time, I knew that they were charging me fairly. Many other vendors that I was considering were not chosen because part of my selection process was asking for estimates on several development items and had a rough idea of what it would take to get them done.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not really, I'm still actively using them on projects and have a solid relationship to this day

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of The PEP Pager. It is a messaging app that allows people to notify their social media following across all platforms without having to contend with algorithms and marginalization.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Consecutive Bytes?

The PEP and Life Management Tribe.

What were your goals for this project?

Enable small business owners to communicate directly with their audiences with no marginalization or censorship.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I came across this vendor on Fiverr.

Describe the project in detail.

If you’ve built a following, you deserve access to 100% of your audience. No more algorithms to contend with and no censorship. You’ll never have to wonder if your audience is seeing your posts. The PEP™ Pager gives entrepreneurs, philanthropists, activists and influencers ownership of their leads and social media following. - Use The PEP™ Pager to communicate directly with your audience. - No advertisements. No tracking. No data mining. - Notify your audience instantly of your social media posts. - Include direct links in your messages. ADDITIONAL FEATURES INCLUDE: - Schedule messages - Message open rate tracking BUILT IN ANALYTICS: -Message Opens -URL Clicks -Non-responsive -Unfollows -Message Open Rate -URL Click Ratio -Nonresponse Rate -Top locations by opens

What was the team composition?

Myself (Founder/Manager) Consecutive Bytes (Designer)

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

So far Consecutive Bytes has been incredibly helpful, thorough and accommodating. My app is currently in Google Play and undergoing some updates.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Workflow has been very effective. Mubasher at Consecutive Bytes has been consistent and diligent.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

What's most impressive is that Consecutive Bytes can create whatever I think up.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There are always areas for improvement but for the most part I have no complaints.