Using a Curated Network
Our Approach
eCommerce Platform Evaluations
We’ll evaluate your existing platform, compared to the challenges you’re experiencing to determine if it’s still right for you.
Our Experts Are An Extension of Your Team
Identifying, qualifying, hiring, and managing a team of super-talented designers, developers, and engineers is an expensive, daunting, and exhausting endeavor that only the largest companies can even think about justifying. Add to this the current climate of a remote and global workforce, having access to proven talent is a matter of survival these days. This is where the importance of a curated network comes into play.
The reality is that in today’s environment, talented resources can pick and choose what projects, companies, and teams they want to work on. The power dynamics have completely flipped from companies to talented resources.
In order to enable our clients to have the best possible product at the best possible price and timeline, Friends of Commerce has embraced leveraging the curated network that we have built over the last two decades of working in the eCommerce space.
What is a Curated Network?
At Friends of Commerce, we’ve spent the last two decades working with some of the most talented resources in the ecommerce industry. We have come to learn that no two developers are alike. Every person has a knack for something specific. A particular interest in one subject, or an innate knowledge of a certain platform.
We are able to provide our clients with the best resources for the unique needs of their specific project. We utilize specially curated networks of people to work on each individual project. We search our network for the talent your project requires, and staff accordingly. No two teams are the same, because no two projects are the same.
What is a Curated Network?
At Friends of Commerce, we’ve spent the last several years working with some of the most talented resources in the ecommerce industry. We have come to learn that no two developers are alike. Every person has a knack for something specific. A particular interest in one subject, or an innate knowledge of a certain platform.
In our quest to ensure that we are able to provide our clients with the best of the best, we utilize specially curated networks of people to work on each individual project. We search our network for the talent your project requires, and staff accordingly. No two teams are the same, because no two projects are the same.
Why Our Curated Network?
Fractional staffing is not a new concept, but is now becoming the preferred way progressive companies are winning in this market. A lot of small companies utilize gig websites to find developers, designers, writers, because they’ve heard they can find cheap labor on those sites. While that may be true, that’s not what we’re doing here. Our approach allows you the chance to have your project completed by some of the top talent in the industry, without having to pay a full-time salary, taxes, and benefits, without having to manage the project, or assume the risk of hiring an unknown developer.
You cannot outbid the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, or super-funded start-ups for top talent. Some smaller companies have resorted to gig websites like Upwork to find resources. Though that could appear to address the cost side, it comes with substantial risk. How is that developer going gel with your team, who is going to manage them, are they really any good, what other projects are they working on at the same time, and on and on.
Friends of Commerce gives you the best of fractional staffing, access to great talent at a very reasonable cost, plus we only work with people we know, and trust and we manage to the final product. So even if we have to switch out a resource, there won’t even be a bump in the road for your project.
Ready. Set. Let’s Grow.
Learning & Discovering
First things first, we’ll give you a chance to tell us what you’ve been up to. What makes you unique? What’s your vision for the future? What solutions have you been struggling to bring to life?
Then, we’ll work with you to clearly define the requirements necessary to make your vision a reality. We’ll dig deep to get aligned with your goals and determine the solutions you need to meet and exceed those goals.
From complex B2B2C hybrid enterprises all the way down to newly funded start ups, we have a wide range of experience in just about every industry you could imagine. We’ll use this experience to show you what you can expect from a partnership with us.
Planning & Creating
Leveraging all the details we’ve gathered, in this stage, you’ll get a roadmap of what your future will look like as well as what we’d recommend and why.
We’ll put together a blueprint for exactly how your new web store or application will work. We’ll think through all the functionality, integrations, and tiny details together to ensure a flawless product.
We’ll focus on your users’ experience so that your customers are happy to convert time and time again. It’s no secret that when your customers are happy, your bottom line is happy.
You will also have a timeline of how long each phase will take. We leave out no details when we create our project plans so you know exactly what to expect.
Building & Growing
Now, it’s time to get to get to work!
We utilize industry leading tools and time tracking methodology so that you know where we stand at any point in the project. We’ll also stay in frequent communication to track progress, budget, and any challenges that have arisen so we can talk through solutions with you.
You’ll have the opportunity to test each phase of the project and make sure you love it before we move on to the next. You get to see all the pieces come together throughout the duration of the project, so there won’t be any surprises at the end. Except for maybe just how much you love it.
Our work doesn’t end there. We’re with you for the long haul to support you and cheer you on as you grow.
Honest consulting for e-commerce businesses.