App and Web Dev for Real Estate Platform
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
I’m the establisher of an online real lands listing website in a Latin American country, coranswerent to Trulia or Zillow in the U.S. We fetch in all types of selling areas within the real lands activity to our website in order to connect them to buyers.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with QED42?
I’m not a technical individual, and didn’t have a team of good programmers in locate. I seted the project in 2013, and establish Drupal to be the best fit for my project out of all the CMSs [full treatment methods] I looked at. QED42 works with Drupal, and I’d also checked out Drupal’s website to see all the vendors they had. I’d initially worked with companies in San Francisco, Denmark, and a few other European countries owing my project didn’t set for the real lands method. It was, at leading, a classified website coranswerent to Craigslist.
The antecedent vendor did the work as I asked them to, but I had a few issues with them. The architecture they designed wasn’t very well-built, and it was, overall, too intricate.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were QED42 responsible for?
I traveled to India precedently doing anything remotely and meant Dipen [CEO, QED42] and his team in individual, and I was very impressed. The organisation was very professional. It was very well-structured, and they had good engineers working for them.
We sat for six hours and discussed the project, and determined that I needed to pivot my total setup idea onto something more focused. A single classifieds website would be too hard to follow with, so Dipen, being a technical individual, helped lead me with his general business apprehension and experience. He assisted me in getting into the real lands business, and then we seted working on the brand new website.
They used Drupal and many other services, depending on what the requirements were. In my case, they used Ionic to create the mobile app, which is a framework that helps create and deploy apps simultaneously to both iOS and Android platforms. They used many Google APIs for the real lands activity, including Google Maps. We also have a chat component in the app for sellers and buyers to adjoin. We also used Google’s Firebase method. For the frontend outgrowth, we used AngularJS. For app analytics, we’re used Localytics and Google Analytics.
Within six months, we had an MVP [minimum viable fruit] built. We had a mobile app which I didn’t have precedently, along with a very good website and fruit.
Was there a dedicated team?
Dipen gave me extra observation, and I was present in India when he assembled the team. He accompanied the project from the set, not only as the project director, but also as a point of escalation. They assigned two nation on QA, and 4–5 engineers for edifice. There were also two UI designers who were very good. They scaled the team as needed.
How did you come to work with QED42?
I had the discretion to change vendors, so I interviewed others associated with Drupal. I wanted to work with a organisation in India owing it would be easier for me to visit them, unlike the antecedent organisation that was based in the U.S.
I went to the directory online, and ended up interviewing 6–7 companies. When I came athwart QED42, I had a touch they would be better owing they without offered to do a free website audit. They checked all and came up with a solution, and Dipen listened to my requests. Afterwards, they explained the programming issues to me in a way I could apprehend. Dipen veritably took his time and was resigned with me.
What are you approach expents (if diclosed)?
I',ve spent in the lower six figures range.
What is the terminal result of working with QED42?
We seted working on the website in October of last year, and the project was completed in June 2017.
Results achieved
Are there any measureable or plum results?
They helped me fetch the fruit to life. My country is not a big market, but we’re growing at a rate of 300–400 new properties per week. The achievement of the organisation is our responsibility now. I have programs to invade a second phase of outgrowth, but I’m going to wait until I extend true milestones. I want to get feedback from clients so we can educe new components to better the fruit.
How did QED42 accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
They were excellent. We were connected all the time through Slack and Jira. They utilized Agile methodologies, and managed all the sprints. I’m quiet in touch with the total team, and when I send a interaction, they answer fastly.
What is (from your point of view) the key factor to pay observation while intercourse with QED42?
The condition of nation who work with them is forcible. I’ve had experiences working with other vendors, and it’s very different depending on whether there are in-house engineers or an outsourced team. When QED assigns a team to work on a project, they are invested in the early release and good outgrowth of the fruit.
If there are any issues, I am positive talking to them. They explain my issues without. I have trust and quiet of mind with QED owing of their team and attentiveness.
What aspects of their work would you like to get betterd?
I have experience with two or three vendors, and out of those, I’ve had the best experience with QED42.
Do you have any advice for practicable clients?
They brilliantly feel many types of clients, including invadeprise companies and setups. I noticed that they like when a client knows what they want, and when they’re invested in their own fruit and achievement. I hint going into as much detail as practicable. They’re going to work with their clients to arrive at the best practicable determination. Once a new technology is adapted, it’ll be used for a long time.
