Using a Curated Network

Our Approach

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.

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.
ERP Platform Evaluations
Is your ERP platform built to scale? Have you outgrown, etc.
3rd Party Systems / Services Evaluations
When it comes to the systems and processes your business utilizes every day, it’s vital to ensure you’re using software that can grow and scale with you. Let’s take a look at where you’re at, where you’d like to be, and how we can make sure everything is as streamlined as possible.

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.

Access to Inaccessible Talent
We have developed a large network of extremely talented people. From designers to copy writers, project managers, developers, quality assurance specialists, and so much more. Talented people more and more prefer to work on a project by project basis rather than at a traditional 9-5. We have built strong working relationships and friendships with our network. They enjoy working with us, know that our projects are going to be managed well, and are de-risked for them as we manage the client relationships so that they can do what they do best, their work. Regardless of the circumstances, we provide the best “bang for your buck”, and we call upon this network for each project we dive into.
We Manage the Nuances
We lead and manage our teams from strategy and project kick-off through and past project launch. You will reap all the benefits of a large, experienced team without the cost and risk. There are tons of moving pieces to track, map out, organize, and execute. We stay on top of those details, and you can dive-in as deep as have bandwidth for or we will share just what is most important to you. We believe in both “an ounce of prevention” and “measure twice” sayings 🙂
We Manage the Risk
Not only have we identified and validated resources that do great work, we know they’re good people and committed to the project. But if something happens, it’s on us to ensure the work continues uninterrupted. Since life happens, unexpected circumstances do come up occasionally. In the old-school model if a team member were to drop mid-project, you’d be on the hook for finding, hiring, ramping, and managing a new person who could hopefully jump in and pick up where the previous person left off. We remove that risk because we have the elastic resources necessary to adjust to conditions as needed. We allow you to sleep well at night and just focus on your job while we take care of ensuring the project has highest level of success.

Using a Curated Network

Our Experts Are An Extension of Your Team

What is a Curated Network?

What is a Curated Network?

Why Our Curated Network?

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