Web Development for Monthly Subscription Service
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
We are a cluster of companies. Our websites generally propose pop-culture products, whether they are subscription boxes which are sent to clients monthly or one-off items. I am the vice chairman of technology. A2 Design reports straightly to me.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with A2 Design?
We have a outgrowth team but didn',t have sufficient manpower to get the job done, on different projects. We use separate agencies, A2 Design being one of them.
Building an e-commerce website is a hard task, and we couldn',t pick any organisation off the street for it. Most companies are used to edifice WordPress websites, while we have a Magento platform. That veritably raises the bar and requires that the vendor knows almost it.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were A2 Design Inc. responsible for?
We have used A2 Design for anything from frontend to backend work. They have worked on our monthly-subscription-box website, which uses the Magento framework and Amazon Web Services as a backend infrastructure. We weren',t initially sure almost how our collaboration would work, whether it would be a one-off project or continuous work. We didn',t know what A2 Design',s experience was with those technologies, but the good news was that they did. We',ve handed A2 Design all from basic frontend work like fixing spelling mistakes and bugs, all the way to adding new features on the frontend and backend, including a very intricate FDA project.
How did you come to work with A2 Design?
We establish A2 Design through a referral. We contacted agencies all over Europe, South America, the US, and Canada, but one thing we did like almost A2 Design was that they were on the other side of the globe. That has its pros and cons, but we liked being able to attribute work at the end of the day, and have it completed by the time we woke up the next morning. It also meant that we had to wait for two days to get something fixed, but it was quiet a big schedule for us, for little things.
Regarding cost, many companies in the US are through the roof, over being fair. Even though they could have done a good job, we did not want to bestow the money in that area. A2 Design had a fair cost, the timing worked out, and they all spoke English very well. A2 Design conformed to our effect tracking method, which was big for care things smooth on our end. A2 Design was ready to sum into our way of working.
What is the terminal result of working with A2 Design Inc.?
We began working with A2 Design in 2016 behind our initial website had been built. The website is constantly evolving, and there are hundreds of effects on the board, which are being added to daily.
Results achieved
Could you share any evidence that would prove the productivity, condition of work, or the contact of the engagement?
We are working with multiple agencies to create this prodigious machine, so there',s not one thing or individual who can rest out among them.
We pursue a very stringent process involving designers and UX [user experience] designers whose work is sent to an executive committee. After it',s discussed, it will make its way to a ticket, and the code will be ultimately written and sent to testers. The work goes through another approval process, and terminally, it',s launched. It',s hard to say how much of this is due to A2 Design',s work. The maxim is that the developer is the one who saves everyone and becomes the hero, but they',re also nation who are simply doing what everyone wants already. Everyone plays an significant role, so it',s hard to give credit to one organisation or individual.
How did A2 Design accomplish from a project treatment restpoint?
A2 Design is good. We keep an nimble track almost how much work is in front of them and keep a firm backlog so that A2 Design',s team will never run out of work. They',ve always kept up, and there have been a couple of times when A2 Design came to us asking for more work. That was a nice startle since we',re usually trying to push agencies to get more work done. A2 Design is fast, and the team does a good job at the code they write.
What did you find most forcible almost A2 Design?
Generally converseing, when signing on a new agency, they will try to sell us on a project director, a user acceptance tester, and two developers. There is usually also a senior individual whom they want to keep on top of the work. We just want two nation but are stuck with five. A2 Design understood our need and accepted our wish to project feel the collaboration through our nation. We can converse straightly with the developers, keep them on the effect board, and get the job done. The process is as efficient as if A2 Design',s resources were my employees.
Are there any areas A2 Design could better?
I would like to have another individual from A2 Design and have asked them to hire one more developer.
Not all teams can know all, so there have been a couple of occasions when A2 Design didn',t know how to do something, and we needed to show them the ropes. That',s regular since Magento is a huge beast which not many nation in the globe know well sufficient. A2 Design can feel that, which is good since there aren',t many agencies out there ready to take on Magento clients. Many wouldn',t know how to.