Web development, centralracingparts.com

"Thrive did a great job building my online store. I wasn't always sure of some of the decisions that were made in the construction process but Michael has won my trust! Recently, five suppliers I had lined up to purchase from, visited my site. Normally they require a "buy-in" for an initial order which can be upwards of $10,000. When they saw my site, they were calling ME to represent them. They waived their buy-in and are getting in line to be a supplier."

Web development project, Sedgwick County Health Department

"What does it for me when it comes to Thrive is their dedication to detail. Thrive takes the time to really listen to what I want and need and then make sure that they produce exactly what i asked for. I really appreciate their customer service, Michael and the team isn't perfect but when they make a mistake their team jumps on it to make sure any problems are resolved in a timely fashion. If you need an web-application built that works, I recommend Thrive!"

Ecommerce store & web design, devonluggage.com

“Thrive has always been there when I needed them- I call and they answer. I have been working with Thrive for nearly 5 years now and over that time their consistency has made me a committed fan. I switched away at one point but I quickly learned that was a big mistake. Now I'm back and man am I glad. I can honestly say that Thrive has made me look good to my customers and mady me money!”

Web design & development, Knollas Pizza on 13th

“Thrives customer service has really impressed me. When I call they solve whatever I throw at them right away. I have been processing credit cards and have had my website with them for three years now and the rates have always been fair. Most importantly, they have integrity. I have never had to question if Thrive is doing something with my rates or service that I should be concerned about.”

Design & online payments, True Life Marriage and Family Counseling

"Michael is not only a man of great vision, but a man who has the mind and ability to take that vision apart and see it happen one step at a time. He does so with a steadfast spirit about him in a confident but gracious manner. When you are around Michael you are caught up in the same confidence that together what has been set out to do will indeed be accomplished. I can't say enough good about this man!"

Wichita Web Development:: Web development, Design, SEO, Project Management

Understanding the complexity of web development

So you have decided that you want to take the next step and get your product or service online and out there for the world to sign up and enjoy. It should be a really simple process right? Get a couple of bids from your local web development talent pool, pick the cheapest one and 2 months later you retire and make money hand over fist while you’re sleeping. It’s that easy right? Wrong.

Interestingly enough we find that 3 projects out of 10 that we do, we were originally passed over for a cheaper company and when said company dove in and realized how difficult it is to truly produce a web development project that looks good from a web design perspective, functions well from a web development perspective, is integrated with social and mobile apps, and is secure, well, they quit. A month or two later Thrive gets a call from the customer that goes something like this, “Hey, remember me?” Just like that, we are on the job and down the road making your web development project come to life.

Why is it that web development is not as easy as just picking the cheapest web developer, snapping your fingers and making the project appear? We will attempt to take you to the ten-thousand foot view of a project and then hopefully you will begin to understand why picking your web developer isn’t [or shouldn’t] be an afterthought or the result of a low-ball bidding war.

Project management under girds the success of a web development project.

I am amazed that time and time again, either our competition does not have a project manager or if they do they are only a PM in name and not function. It is crucial to ask companies that you are interviewing what methodology they use to manage their projects in and if their project manager is certified as a project manager? What certification do they hold? Why is this important? It’s important because a typical certified PM will have six-thousand to seventy-five hundred project management hours and have passed a stringent test to make sure that they know the procedures to ensure that your project comes in on time, in scope and in budget. Make sense? Bottom line, you need a qualified project manager to make sure you don’t get taken advantage of.

Below are just a few of the things our project manager does on a web development project to make sure your dollar goes the distance!

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