endorsedOngoing

Full-Stack Development & Maintenance for Experiential E-commerce Site

Services Covered:

E-commerce Development • Website Development • Software Maintenance and Support

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

118 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 October 2016

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

78/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Project Summary

Clarion Technologies provides full‑stack development, design and ongoing maintenance for a complex experiential e-commerce site. The vendor implemented backend and frontend changes, optimized mobile responsiveness and page performance, and added features such as product reviews and improved sorting. The team is praised for speed and ability to meet deadlines, though the client notes some recent frontend quality and design issues. Project management and structured communication have improved since the engagement began.

Key Challenges

Find an outsourced development partner to build up a long‑standing, complex website
Require responsiveness, a user‑friendly site experience, and emergency support for outages
Improve site performance (page loads) and mobile/desktop functionality and rendering

Project Deliverables

Full‑stack backend and frontend development
Frontend design and mobile responsiveness improvements
On‑site sort functionality enhancements
Page load and JavaScript performance optimizations
Site organization and image-size optimization
Product reviews integration on product listing pages

Project Solution

Clarion provided ongoing full‑stack development and frontend design support for the client's e‑commerce platform. Work included refining site operations (reducing page loads, JavaScript optimizations), adding on‑site functionality (sorting, product reviews), organizing site content and image sizes, and improving mobile vs. desktop experiences. The team also served as an emergency resource for site outages and continues to support planned third‑party integrations (search and payment).

Project Outcome

The site receives hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors
Many features and complex code elements were delivered quickly and met tight deadlines
Improved operational visibility and communication through logging and more structured interfacing with the vendor

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Tech Stack

SQL
.NET
JavaScript

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

3.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Clarion successfully delivered a number of complex code elements, but their frontend designs are sometimes subpar. Strengths include speed and ability to meet deadlines; project management overall has improved since the project began.”
Anonymous
Director
Date: 04/20/2017