Presta

Introduce your business and what you do there.

NOA is a brand consulting agency that consults mostly with FMCG brands like Coca Cola and others. We are building the brand strategy, and in some cases, we oversee the execution when it comes to the agency to develop campaigns. We also source partners with who we collaborate with them on different things such as design, campaigns, or digital.

What challenge were you trying to address with Presta?

We hired Presta for tasks related to digital execution.

What was the scope of their involvement?

They have done multiple projects with us. Presta is really good at understanding the objectives that we want to reach. It is always before any work is started, and then we go into the brainstorming, mostly with our customers and our team to define the objectives better, and maybe to understand also how digital works better if we plan something that is completely new or innovative, which we do in most cases.

The work that they do can be for an eCommerce website for a fashion company or just an online game, and it can be an app. We also have time-limited apps that we did for some promotions for clients. They are able to offer us services from a UI/UX and art direction from time to time.

When it comes to the execution, of course, they provide everything they can do on the backend and frontend, and then the adaption of all of that in any app for iOS or Android. They can customize anything or build a desktop version of it. I know they are developing in PHP or JavaScript as well as some other languages depending on what they are building.

What is the team composition?

I mostly work with Vladeta (CEO & Founder) and the CTO.

How did you come to work with Presta?

Another agency recommended them to us.

How much have you invested in them?

We spend between $200,000–$300,000 a year.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started with them in the summer of 2015, and the relationship is still ongoing.

We have a request for a new project for a big retail chain in Europe and we are waiting for the client to respond.  

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

If we had any problems that we shared with them, they always solved it. Our clients are super happy.

How did Presta perform from a project management standpoint?

It was great. They communicate very effectively, and even in the middle of the night they still respond within a couple of hours. Everything works smoothly. We mostly use Slack, where we set up a group for the project or campaign, and we invited them to the Slack group. If clients are also part of the group, we use email to communicate. For one special project, we also used Trello.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They adapt to the circumstances and bring us solutions.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Not now. If they could maybe have a product owner so that we don’t have to outsource, that would be nice, but it isn’t necessary for all the projects.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If they are looking for a digital execution agency, Presta is the right fit. They don’t have a huge team of 100 people; they are a small team of about 15, and you have to consider the timings that the team can execute these things in.

The projects could be mid-sized and not huge. I would recommend the client always discusses the type of projects with them and the availability of Presta, and whether they are available to execute it in the timeframe and budget the client wants.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder and CEO of Pandora Technologies

For what projects/services did your company hire Presta?

We hired Presta for web development of our consumer review portal for fast moving consumer goods market (FMCG).

What were your goals for this project?

To launch a fully functional, responsive, smooth working and easy to use portal which will allow users to make reviews of their experience with FMCG products.

How did you select this vendor?

They were recommended to us by a trusted business contact

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We started with our brief which was made by non-technical persons who are experienced in retail and marketing, but not in IT. Presta helped us draw the precise project model, data flow and user experience walkthrough, which was very helpful. They were in complete charge for web design, web development and also data scraping. Also, they were leading the process of project management.

What was the team composition?

Project manager, UI/UX designer, frontend and backend developers

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

They helped us launch our service and start monetizing of it

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

I have had an opportunity to work on many projects that involved product and/or service development in my 15 years of experience, and it always gets stuck when team of experts in a field need to take over a big Chunk of the product/service development. In most cases, we get stuck because we don’t know what’s going on behind the walls of experts’ offices.

But that was not the case with Presta! They kept us involved in the whole process, we knew what they were doing and how far they are ahead in the whole process the whole time. That helped us a lot of having trust that everything was in line with our expectations during the project.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Being professional: the workflow we had demonstrated a lot of experience they already had with all subjects. They made us feel like we were in good hands.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not that I can think of at the moment

Please describe your company and your position there.

The company offers canadian legal immigration services to the MENA region.

For what projects/services did your company hire Presta?

The project was to build a sales funnel (landing pages) and back-end and redo the front-end website, to help generate and funnel leads to the company.

What were your goals for this project?

Building the funnel in a timely manner, bug-free, and being able to handle tens of thousands of leads.

How did you select this vendor?

Vladeta & his team were the obvious choice, they were affordable, reliable, professional and very qualified.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They helped design the user experience of the landing pages, front-end site and back-end site, as well as programmed all of it. They fixed any bugs. One of the landing pages was a complex multi-step application form.

What was the team composition?

A UX, a developer and a project manager were involved.

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

The company was able to funnel through close to 50,000 qualified leads in a matter of a few months, and the back-end was able to handle that amount of information.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Tasks were organized and managed in Asana.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The quality of their work and the speed of delivery were impressive. Also, how "solid" the end-result was. It worked perfectly.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not that I can think of. It was a great experience.

Please describe your company and your position there.

CTO at Gotham Web Services

For what projects/services did your company hire Presta?

We hired Presta for our web needs along with that of Arizona Beverages corporate and business site.

What were your goals for this project?

Needed reliable development team to manage existing projects on Wordpress and Woofcommerce

How did you select this vendor?

Vendor was referred to us by one of partners.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They took over an existing project for client, worked on addressing security and performance issues that were on the platform. They then have continued to manage and update the platform

What was the team composition?

Two to three

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

Because of Presta's exceptional experience and ongoing support, we were able to focus on other aspects of our business as Presta focused on the web platform.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Really impressive and responsive. In all these years we never had any issues with Presta.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They consistently impress with their ability to think outside of the box to find creative solutions to problems.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not really, they met and exceeded all expectations.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Im the owner of the agency that contracted Presta. This is a whitelabel contract so I would also like to make sure this information is confidential for you and not published.

For what projects/services did your company hire Presta?

Building a custom Shopify e-commerce that we have designed for one of our clients.

What were your goals for this project?

Translate our complex user experience and design into an accessible, performant, well built e-commerce website making sure the original client expectations and timeline were met.

How did you select this vendor?

It has been recommended by a partner of ours.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Technical direction, frontend development, technical pm. Building a custom Shopify template and launching the store.

What was the team composition?

Myself as creative director, a digital designer and on their end two developers.

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

Sorry but I cant.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management for this project was pretty simple. Presta organized the development tasks into github issues and on google spreadsheets and kept track of the completion status.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their technical knowledge and flexibility in execution stood out. Also, their ability to adapt new tasks and scope, speed, reliability.

Are there any areas for improvement?

They should work on the communication side of things especially on project management and language barriers.