A collaborative SMB growth platform

Happy vendor.
Happy client.
Ever after.

CoVended was a curated platform for small and medium businesses to grow together — one place to find reliable vendors, manage projects, get tight delivery and pay with security. Vendors win. Clients win. We just kept the flywheel turning.

SMB-first Curated vendor network 20% refundable advance Quality-checked delivery

Why CoVended existed.

Small & medium businesses wanted to grow online — but day-to-day complexity got in the way. Finding reliable resources was hard. Freelancers were cheap but tough to manage. New vendors were unknown quantities. Clients had no easy way to release payment with confidence, and vendors had no easy way to get paid.

Pain · Vendors

Will I get paid?

Resource overload, payment uncertainty and trust gaps with new clients made cash-flow painful.

Pain · Clients

Will it ship on time?

Managing freelancers, hitting deadlines and protecting budgets — all at once — was a full-time job.

Solution

One curated platform

Many projects, many companies, easy sharing, fast & accurate delivery, guaranteed payment, scale.

What CoVended delivered.

A holistic stack — across web, mobile, eCommerce, product engineering, testing and brand — sourced through a single accountable platform.

Web

Web Design & Development

Open-source CMS, proprietary frameworks, templates and custom builds — tailored for SMB requirements.

Commerce

eCommerce & mCommerce

Magento, OpenCart and custom storefronts — moving inventory faster, on web and mobile.

Apps

Application Development

Flexible delivery built around how the product will actually be used — not just specs.

Sustain

Application Maintenance

Stability, upgrades and continuous improvements so customers never feel "left behind".

Mobility

Cross-platform Mobility

Rapid app development with PhoneGap and SDKs — iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry, Symbian.

QA

Software Testing

Pool of expert testers, defect-free output — quality assurance at every layer.

Hardware

Product Engineering

Global hardware & software product engineering — turning ideas into shippable reality.

Brand

Graphic Design & Branding

Minimalistic UX, identity and visuals that make customers feel something.

Plus

Marketing & SEO

Digital marketing, content, SEO, security audits, brand & usability reviews on demand.

The CoVended way.

A clean six-step flow that gave both sides what they wanted: certainty.

Step 1

Client RFP

Client requests a proposal through CoVended.

Step 2

CoVended analysis

We scope the brief and matchmake the right curated vendors.

Step 3

Vendor proposals

Vendors submit proposals — including a free sample of their work.

Step 4

20% advance · refundable

Client releases an advance held in escrow by CoVended — refundable on dispute.

Step 5

Sprint delivery

Work is delivered in sprints / milestones with our QA layer on every release.

Step 6

Payment release

On delivery, payment flows to vendor. CoVended never charges clients separately.

CoVended never charges clients separately. The 20% advance is fully refundable. We're accountable for the final delivery.

Why CoVended worked.

USP

One platform, many vendors

Single point of contact for the full digital + product stack — no juggling 8 freelancers.

USP

Quality assured

Every deliverable went through CoVended QA before reaching the client.

USP

Refundable escrow

Clients paid with confidence. Vendors got paid on real, verified delivery.

USP

Reachable price

Curated vendor network kept costs lower than agency rates without freelancer chaos.

USP

Agile by default

Sprint-based delivery, close client interaction, course-correct as you build.

USP

Comic-book simple

The pitch fit on a napkin. SMBs got it on first read — and signed up.

Founders & team.

Co-founder · Business strategy

Dibyajyoti Pal

Business developer and business-strategy designer — responsible for internal & external affairs at CoVended.

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Co-founder · BD & QC

Anantha Gururaj

Business development and quality control — the gatekeeper of CoVended's delivery promise.

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IT Leader · Infrastructure

Subhankar Patnaik

MS Windows & VMware Administration · System administration · VoIP, web hosting, web design and Windows networking — IT backbone of CoVended.

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Architecture

Shiju Sasi

High-level system & solution architecture decisions across the platform.

Engineering

Shihabudheen PK

SDLC expertise — designed and developed complex applications end-to-end.

iOS & UX

Saifudheen Abdussalam

iPhone evangelist — iOS development, video encoding, UX components.

Brand & design

Kuntal Chakroborty

High-end graphic design, branding and advertising for CoVended clients.

Creative

Ankur Banerjee

Design that makes sense — meticulously crafted alongside Kuntal.

Product

Shankarababu Jagannathan

Headed the product wing across CoVended's portfolio.

Give us a try.

Want to chat about a project, a partnership, or just relive the story? Drop us a line.

covended@gmail.com → +91 97390 95181

Skype: CoVended · Alt: +91 99025 04475