We help our clients create successful products
Five is an organization that has the know-how and experience to lead product strategy, product design, software development and growth marketing and user engagement optimization. We use a holistic approach to build award-winning digital products that generate returns for our clients. Major brands trust us with their core digital products and strategies, including Rosetta Stone, Marriott International, Penguin Random House, Napster, PIMCO, McAfee, and many others.
Five started as a mobile app design and development shop in 2007. In 15+ years, we’ve launched hundreds of digital products, expanded to building scalable backend and web solutions, and accumulated enormous knowledge and perfected the way we think about digital products. Our product and growth marketing teams across our offices in New York and Croatia offer world-class product and growth strategy, design, development, quality assurance, and customer service and support.
Today, Five is part of Endava, a public-listed software development company (NYSE: DAVA), founded in 2000 in London, UK, providing digital transformation consulting and agile software development services. Together with Five, Endava has over 11,000 employees across 25 countries and 55 cities.
In a nutshell, we take great pride in building successful products that evolve our client’s business. We set the growth strategy, deliver the product, and continually track, analyze and optimize engagement, retention, and all the revenue funnels.
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Portfolio
Rosetta Stone, Marriott International, Crestron, AccuWeather, Napster, Choice Hotels, Penguin Random House, Nanit, Illumina, Squarespace, Verve Mobile, erecruit, Web Summit, Vizzario
Penguin Random House - Game of Thrones mobile app update
Five is behind one of the biggest additions to the app "A World of Ice and Fire — A Game of Thrones Guide" a robust content management system that enables Penguin Random House team to share new content on a regular basis. The app is now supported by a single code base for both iOS and Android platforms and has many added stability and overall enhancements, such as support for larger screens among many others.
Rosetta Stone
Five redesigned and developed the world's leading language-learning software, which led to a significant increase in both user registration and engagement, app ranking and overall revenue.
From 2016-2017:
+82% revenue, +49% DAU's, 95% reduction in crashes
Featured in the Google Play store as Editors' Choice for Excellence
Marriott International - Product Design
The Marriott Careers chatbot, MC, is the hospitality industry’s first virtual assistant for job seekers and is powered by data and specialized algorithms. Marriott International launched the bot to create a more personalized and efficient job search and application experience. MC “converses” with job seekers, guides them to apply for open jobs based on discipline and location, and provides education on the company culture and values. Additionally, a brief quiz within the conversation offers job seekers a way to learn which of the 30 Marriott hotel brands may align more closely with their interests.
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Five's work:
- Chatbot strategy
- UX design
- conversation design
- copywriting
- development
- job search algorithm
- NLP integration
Moonlite - Product Design & Growth Marketing
Moonlite is an easy-to-use storybook projector for your mobile phone, that turns your child's favorite storybooks into an immersive and magical experience.
Five's work
- product design and development
- growth marketing focusing on UA and LTV increase.
Nanit - Product design
Product design for the AI-powered baby monitor. Five provided mobile strategy, user-research, UX/UI design, usability testing and web development.
Napster
Napster’s leading streaming music services give millions of members ad-free access to more than 32 million songs. Whether they're listening on their phone, at home, at work, or in the car, Napster goes where they go.
Rosetta Stone - Growth marketing
#1 challenge: Engagement
Inactive customers failed to return to the Rosetta Stone language learning products. We changed this.
Results
- 25% revenue increase through Demo Users Upsell campaign
- 19% Android revenue increase by targeting inactive users
- 12% retention rate increase through Android Inactive campaigns
- 20% increase in opt-ins from iOS Push notifications
#2 challenge: User acquisition
Existing acquisition channels were not optimized: cost per install was high and acquired users weren’t purchasing the product which led to low return on advertising spend.
Results:
- 280% higher return on advertising spend (ROAS)
- 190% higher revenue from acquired users
- 75% lower cost per install (CPI)
- 75% higher click-through rate (CTR)
Five's services:
- Braze management - canvas and campaign set up, execution and optimization
- Ads design and copywriting
- Campaign evaluation and reporting
Reviews
the project
App Development and Design for The Ministry of Sound
"Their developers are incredibly talented and you can tell they have great team fusion throughout the company."
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
the project
App Design and Development for e-Commerce Company
“It was great working with [Five] on the design, so we went ahead and signed a new contract to do the development.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please describe your organization.
Farmigo is an online farmer’s market. It’s a traditional e-commerce shopping experience. We sell a whole range of products that you can find in the grocery store, all sourced locally. Customers can now order through our website or mobile app.
What is your position?
I am the director of design. I focus on all the user-experience and any design component around our digital products which are our website and mobile app as well as the offline experience - the pickup experience and packaging of the food.
What business challenge were you trying to address with Five?
We had a specific product challenge. Our web experience had hit a glass ceiling and we needed a native mobile app that would allow us to break out and leverage that technology. We have a particular model that requires ordering food in advance. There’s a lot about the native mobile experience, particularly push notifications and location-based items that would improve our overall user experience.
Please describe the scope of their involvement in greater detail.
Five was initially contracted to provide the app design and wire framing. After successful completion of that, we brought them on for the development of the app. We started the project with design sprints. It was meant to be a user experience contract. It was great working with them on the design, so we went ahead and signed a new contract to do the development.
Could you provide a sense of the size of this initiative in financial terms?
The completed project is in the $50,000 to $200,000 range.
Could you share any statistics or metrics from this engagement?
We have a roll out strategy for the mobile app and we initially targeted the goal out to a particular set of customers, which are the organizers. Only recently, have we released it to all of our customers. We’re still pulling in data to find out what’s working and what isn’t. What we’ve noticed is that there’s a very substantial difference in average order value. The app has been great at prompting our customers to purchase more items.
What distinguishes Five from other providers?
The team at Five is very communicative. Our internal development team is in Tel Aviv and the Five team has most of their development presence in Croatia, with some people on the ground in New York. It’s been great for us to be scattered across time zones. It feels like they’re a member of our team and less of a contracted shop. We’ve built a great relationship with Five over time. They’ve gotten to know us and we’ve gotten to know them. It’s gotten a lot more fluid. They’ve been phenomenal at building that process.
Is there anything Five could have improved or done differently?
The one thing we are looking forward to is Five having a stronger presence in New York. Everything we do utilizes remote work. Working remotely is always a challenge and the feedback loops with communication are always drawn out. I do see Five taking steps to increase their presence in New York.
the project
Team Augmentation for Rhapsody
"[Five]’ve always delivered excellent work. "
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please describe your organization.
Rhapsody Music is a music service that provides on-demand premium access to music. A user will pay us some amount of money to gain access to on-demand and downloaded content across a number of major labels and Indie labels. Users can access 30 to 35 million songs depending on the catalog they have access to around the world.
What is your position?
Vice President of engineering. I oversee client development.
What business challenge were you trying to address with Five?
We use Five as an augmented staff agency. We use them for development staff augmentation for various platforms whether it’s iOS, Android, web, development or testing. We’ve used them to some amount for design as well when needed. The problem that we had was that we’re in a very competitive space. We are always trying to achieve as many feature enhancements to our products or we’re trying to add new products. We need the ability to expand our development staff as needed. We are primarily based in Seattle. We’ve worked with Five for a number of years, whether it’s on mobile applications or web applications, they’ve always delivered excellent work.
How did you come to work with Five?
Back before Rhapsody spun out of Real Networks we had a previous relationship with Five.
the project
PPC & SMM User Acquisition for College Admissions App
"We are satisfied with their work every step of the way."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the co-founder and CTO.
For what projects/services did your company hire Five?
We hired Five for their excellent services in user acquisition across different social media channels, Google ads, and Apple search ads.
What were your goals for this project?
Our goal was to lower our cost per install below industry standards.
How did you select Five?
We selected Five after extensive research on top marketing and development firms for the ed-tech space.
Describe the scope of their work in detail.
Five manages our user acquisition campaign entirely. They optimize our different channels by testing new campaigns and changing or pausing existing ones. They also optimized our Apple Store and Google Play Store page to attract more downloads.
What was the team composition?
We worked with a growth analyst that oversaw our project, and they had designers and editors to manage and create our campaigns.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
We crushed industry standards across different acquisition statistics.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
We had weekly meetings to discuss analytics and changes to be made. They were always extremely responsive and transparent about the data that we were obtaining.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
I found most impressive their desire to see us succeed. My partner and I really felt like they were a part of our own team and that we were working together to reach our goals.
Are there any areas for improvement?
We are satisfied with their work every step of the way.
the project
Market Research for Computer Software Company
"Their openness to collaborate together for better results sets them apart."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
The company is building software products. I am part of the executive team.
For what projects/services did your company hire Five?
We had a product idea and we used the agency to help vet the product using market research.
What were your goals for this project?
To get a better understanding of the validity of our product idea.
How did you select this vendor?
We met a few vendors and did a qualification process to select the right one.
Describe the project in detail.
it is a confidential project. Overall it is an app that focuses on consumers.
What was the team composition?
The agency had 5 people involved in the project. lead creative, designer, product manager and 2 people doing the interviews and research.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
We got all the info we needed so overall good results. but the true knowledge would come in 6 months after we test the idea with real audiences.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
It was great with almost daily standups and their team was very engaged.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Their openness to collaborate together for better results sets them apart.
Are there any areas for improvement?
From the experience we had - we have no comment on this.
the project
Social Media Growth for Internet Brand Creation
"The professionalism and dedication were outstanding."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I’m the director of product and mobile development for Leaf Group, an internet brand creation company.
For what projects/services did your company hire Five?
We need user acquisition services focusing on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat for one of our apps.
What were your goals for this project?
We wanted to acquire users at a specific cost per install (CPI) and cost per subscriber (CPS).
How did you select this vendor?
They were referred to us.
Describe the scope of their work in detail.
They went through a creative optimization process involving A/B testing to deliver CPI and CPS results.
What was the team composition?
We worked with a project manager, a creative, an optimization analyst, and a client representative.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
They drove down our CPI.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
We communicated easily through weekly meetings.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
The professionalism and dedication were outstanding.
Are there any areas for improvement?
No, not that I saw.
The Ministry of Sound is extremely satisfied with their partnership with Five and expects the partnership to continue well into the future. This client highlights Five's high level of integrity when it comes to development quality in addition to dedication to staying within cost estimates. The client highly recommends Five for their team cohesion, excitement for client projects, and overall technical development skill.