Develtio

Turning traditional services into digital products

Develtio is a software company in Poland that describes itself as a service productisation firm. Its work is to help businesses take a service they have always delivered in person or on paper and turn it into a digital product that can be sold, used and scaled. The firm brings together three kinds of work, software development, consultancy and workshops, and it presents them as one route from an idea to a finished product.

The company says it cares about the people it works for and wants to act as a partner rather than a supplier that simply carries out instructions. It states a standard of quality that it applies at every stage of product development, and it says a project that cannot be delivered to that standard will not be accepted.

Web and mobile applications

Develtio builds web platforms and mobile applications, including native apps for iOS and Android. Some projects start from a design produced by a partner agency and are then built by the Develtio team. The firm lists several products among its recent work, which show the range of what it has been asked to build.

WordPress websites and plugins

The firm has a long record with WordPress. It says it has developed more than 150 WordPress websites for clients, as well as dozens of plugins, and that some of those plugins are in use on hundreds of different web pages. This side of the business shows the firm's practice of building reusable components that can serve many clients.

Platforms for businesses and their partners

One of the larger projects is an extranet for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning branch of Hitachi, a multinational corporation. The platform works as a documentation hub for distributors, wholesalers and installation companies that cooperate with the branch, and it was integrated with an automated loyalty programme that distributes rewards to partners. The firm also built a real-time media audit tool called MAP, which is listed among its business platforms.

Marketplaces and ticketing

Develtio has built online marketplaces, including Kiddoways, a website where parents can buy and sell children's clothing and toys. The site is described as the first children-focused marketplace of its kind in Europe, initially open to customers in the Netherlands and Belgium, and it takes payments through Stripe. A second marketplace, Playstrict, is aimed at mobile game developers and small and medium-sized studios.

The firm also developed a mobile app for Biletyna, an online event booking and ticketing service, which the firm says sells tickets to around 32,000 events a year. The app lets attendees search for events, manage bookings, buy and present tickets, and share them with friends. Mortgage Wallet, an app built for mortgage brokers, is another product in the same portfolio.

Consultancy and workshops

The consultancy side of the firm helps companies package a service as software, which is the basis of its productisation approach. Its specialists also run workshops, and the firm says its team gives lectures at technology and innovation conferences. The company publishes newsletters as well, which it describes as reaching a large readership.