Of the three things you do as a buyer via ContractIQ - Discovery, Evaluation and Engagement - Discovery happens online. The rest happen offline.

Any user of ContractIQ can tag a dev agency online and can check who else from their LinkedIn network has tagged which other agency. Users can also check out detailed agency profiles and contact them for work.

Once you tag an agency, ContractIQ reaches out to them offline and understands their business. If we find them interesting, we ask for structured reference calls with their customers. If the feedback is top notch, we include them in our listings. Conversations with agencies and their customer references happen offline.

If you are a startup that likes to work with one of these agencies, we work with you offline to guide you through the selection process. We do it for free!

Yes, but we are quite old school about how we build the marketplace. We'd like you to socialize with the agencies and understand them better before you engage. So, like in many online marketplaces we don't rush you into a transaction. We instead arrange for conversations and guide you through the engagement process. Even as we add more features to our platform, this philosophy of "socialization before engagement" will not change!

There are several factors that contribute to being elite! Right now, we talk to a representative sample of customers and get structured feedback on 20 aspects of the engagement that would matter to you! Only the ones with 90% score or above, will be called as 'validated agencies'. Agencies that have not yet been validated or agencies that score less than 90% could still be good, but don't carry a validation stamp from ContractIQ!

No. Right now they represent 8 countries. Our platform is a place for elite agencies, no matter where they are from!

Some very elite agencies do no list themselves anywhere as a matter of policy. However they find value in what we do and hence have requested to be invisible. So, there are always more agencies that we can recommend than what you see on our listings!

Typically you would find agencies that develop apps for mobile, web and social. We are yet to include design and digital marketing agencies.

No. But write to us anyway. We know some awesome freelancers and CTO-type people.

In both cases, someone from ContractIQ will reach out to you. Depending on your familiarity with the process of engaging an agency, we can either work with you on a hands-on fashion or simply validate your shortlist and leave it to you to drive the evaluation process. In both cases, our services to you are free!

That's because we need to know a little bit about your professional background, to ensure that the tagging is not gamed. Besides, it's a great way to know who amongst your professional connections have tagged which other agency.

Absolutely not. We don't post anything on your LinkedIn profile or feed without your explicit permission.

No. We dont!

Thanks! Just recommend your favorite agency here! If you have startup friends, tell them about us via Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn

No. We'd hope that your credentials will earn you the leads. We however actively recommend customers to check out certain agencies if we think they would make for a good choice!

In short, awesome engineering skills and a great work ethic. We review every registration and decide whose listings to approve. Once approved, we shall ask you to share three startup customer references. If the feedback is top notch, we move you up to "validated listing" status!

Yes. The more recommendations you get through your references, the higher up you move on our listings. We also actively recommend startups to try validated providers. While mere listing in the platform is an endorsement that you are better than most agencies in the market, your pursuit has to be towards becoming a validated agency. That's when you make the most out of the platform!

Like we said here we are not building yet another marketplace. Everyone listed here is good in a certain way and being seen in ContractIQ would have a positive rub-off on your brand. If you still decide to stay out, you could list as an invisible agency. We would go through the reference process as with any other agency and share relevant opportunities with you. You would just not be seen in the platform.

We never share individual data points about your customer (including name, contact details) with either your competitors or other prospective customers, without your explicit written permission.

No. We collect parameterized feedback based on our proprietary customer experience tracking model. So, we absolutely need to seek fresh testimonials.

Listing on ContractIQ is free. For all customers won through introductions from ContractIQ, we charge a fixed percentage of your billed revenue for all deals initiated between you and the introduced customer for a pre-determined duration. Write to us for more details.