Fantasy Sports Solutions

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of a digital marketing and development company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Fantasy Sports Solutions?

We needed help with development.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They are the main developers for a fantasy sports platform targeting different countries around the world. We launched a beta for the World Cup.

In the app, users create their own team using different types of drafting. You take a chance as a group of people to pick one player at each time. When the league starts, you get points based on your players. For example, if you score a goal, you’ll get five points. It’s mainly a social entertainment platform for friends and family. This is for the draft game

For the prediction game, we do predictions for the World Cup and now for the Africa Cup of Nations. It’s where you need to predict their winners, number of goals, and assign what we call the confidence point to show your capability to predict the right team to win the game. That’s on the platform as well.

We had a few meetings to explain what we needed and we showed them a few samples. They did the wireframes. They created the look and feel for the site.

Our plan is to launch another game and start developing the mobile application with them. It’s only a web application now.

What is the team composition?

We started working with one of the marketing managers. Once we started development, we worked with the project manager and five other people as well. When we launched the prediction game for the World Cup, it was increased to nine people because we only had two months to develop, test, and launch. They provided testing as well. Now we have two team members working with us, along with the project manager.

How did you come to work with Fantasy Sports Solutions?

I searched online for a company and narrowed it down to two companies. We worked in parallel for the first phase to decide which company was the best fit. We found Fantasy Spots Solutions to have much more transparency when it comes to working.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested $10,000-$49,999.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in June 2017 and the work is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We launched the beta for the prediction game for the World Cup and the engagement was high. We launched another prediction game for the Africa Cup of Nations and that was really huge. When we started for the World Cup, we acquired maybe 500 users just to test the platform. Now we have 8,600 users just for the World Cup focused on a few countries. We’ve received positive feedback from the World Cup. Most of them requested the mobile application which is why we decided to develop it.

How did Fantasy Sports Solutions perform from a project management standpoint?

Their project management is good. The project manager manages the project from A-Z. English is a second language for the project manager and myself. Sometimes it was a little challenging to communicate the idea, which is why we switched to recording everything and it has improved communication. We use Redmine, Slack, email, and a sharing and recording platform that allows for screen capture.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They understand a startup’s needs. Sometimes our budget is really tight and we have to push things aside. They were very understanding when it comes to financial struggles for startups. They understand when to push and when to do a discount.

Are there any areas they could improve?

English is a second language for our project manager and for most of our team. Their communication could use a bit of improvement. It was a struggle in the beginning, but we understand each other very well now though.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

My advice is to be clear about your requirements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of our free to play sports betting contest game. We started simply as a web product and pivoted to an app based game. We don't have a full technical team and my programming knowledge is only the basics. However, I am the main point of contact for the development direction.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Fantasy Sports Solutions?

Our web based product was a marketplace with a hint of gaming. When we decided to make a pivot, we hired Fantasy Sports Solutions to execute the pivot onto an iOS app as well as making the changes on the web side. They needed to connect all systems to a central database and help execute the entire release of our iOS platform.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to develop our minimum viable product for the new pivot of our business and test our gaming to the market. As we continue to build out our business model, we continue to make changes as the market requires. Fantasy Sports Solutions helps steer the conversation to best way to execute such changes.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have had experiences with all levels of development teams from multiple different countries. Fantasy Sports Solutions was one of the first teams that we found who were able to understand our market better than others, while still providing a competitive price over the rest.

Describe the project in detail.

We started the development journey with our team creating a wireframe on paper. We provided the wireframe as well as documentation on how the app shall operate. Fantasy Sports Solutions fully understood our requests and they were off to full speed development and the project went very well.

What was the team composition?

We started with a few developers and QA team in the beginning to get our project going. Once we started running, we placed the team on support tasks only and we kept the team very lean from then on.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our app store ratings are very good and our crash free use is at 100%. We have over 3k registered users and about 2% are using the system daily, and 10% are weekly users. We are now figuring out our monetization strategy and are currently in development of that phase.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow is the best I have ever worked with. They are quick to respond and they keep track of all request quite well. Sometimes we forget what we told them, but they have everything documented so it helps us stay on track.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are very quick and very good at development. Their capability to solve problems is quite impressive. When we need something done, they can understand our needs execute without much guidance from our side.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No. We are very happy with this team and their output.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the CEO of Play Fantasy Sports Corp. We have a daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Fantasy Sports Solutions?

We needed help to develop our DFS platform for customers to play on.

What were your goals for this project?

To work with a competent company that understood what we required for our platform.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

After some nightmare experiences in the past, we researched many companies. We interviewed Serge (CTO, Fantasy Sports Solutions) and I felt very comfortable with him and his team.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They built our platform according to our specifications. They took their time and communication excellently with us. If we had a problem, we would discuss it with them, and they’d fix it.

What was the team composition?

We interacted with some of their main contacts daily, with them waiting for our approval after each step. There were around three team members daily.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Without their team, we would not be in a position to launch our platform. In fact, without their work, we wouldn’t be in business.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Every sprint had to be approved before they moved on to the next one. They’re by far the most professional development company I’ve worked with.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their honesty and the quality of their work impressed me.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None at all; they work with their customers very closely.