How We Turned 9 Hours of Manual Work Into
2-Minute Automated Exports

SupplierHQ - World’s Largest Database of Suppliers & Distributors

  • Solved manual supplier research taking 3-7 minutes per record with instant database exports
  • Built production-grade platform with sub-2 second load times in 8 weeks from wireframes to launch
  • Delivered 20x speed improvement and ROI within 1 month for thousands of users

1,000+

Paying Users

<1 month

ROI

8

Weeks to MVP

20x

Speed Improvement

🤔  Problem

One of the cofounders of SupplierHQ runs a large high-ticket ecommerce coaching program where the majority of students face a common roadblock: finding, evaluating, and reaching out to suppliers to become authorized resellers of products.

This is typically an excruciating, tedious, and manual process of guessing, googling, and shortlisting every supplier one by one, then finding their contact details by hand. Every record easily takes 3-7 minutes each, with hours and days spent on this manual research process. Students were stuck in time-consuming workflows that prevented them from focusing on actually building their ecommerce businesses.

“From idea to launch to answer the key question of 'is this a business or should we shut this down' in under 8-9 weeks is amazing.”

Greg Warner
Founder & CEO - Supplier HQ

💡Solution

We designed and built SupplierHQ - the world's first, best, largest, and only database of high-ticket suppliers for store owners building high-ticket ecommerce shops. Ionio designed, developed, and launched the SaaS MVP from scratch in 8 weeks in late-2023, scaling until it crossed several thousand paying users before transferring it to the in-house tech team.

We built a robust production-grade system to support large influx of users during launch with intelligent caching for sub-2 second load times on search and database lookups. The team provided 24/7 availability and responsive support during the critical launch and beta period with rapid and continuous improvements and feature additions based on ongoing customer feedback every week after launch. The technical foundation used Express, ReactJS, JavaScript, AWS, Redis, Docker and more.

SupplierHQ Demo

🎯 Result

For users, the platform delivers over 20x faster results than manual labor, automating hours and days of manual work down to a few minutes. Students can now export hundreds of suppliers, distributors, and their contact details with a few clicks.

For the clients, we delivered a profitable SaaS product in under 8 weeks without hiring several in-house developers, QA, and PMs - covering everything from idea and development to product-market fit validation and profitable paying users. The platform achieved ROI on development within less than 1 month of launch, monetized the existing audience, increased LTV, and built a recurring revenue stream that created a sellable asset for the founders.

Client's Prespective

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"From idea to launch to answer the key question of 'is this a business or should we shut this down' in under 8-9 weeks is amazing."
"This is probably the fastest that I've ever gotten out a very honest MVP... you're essentially getting the brain of a co-founder on board."

I'm Brad, co-founder of SupplierHQ, the world's first database of high-ticket suppliers for e-commerce store owners. We came up with the idea because my colleague runs a large ecommerce coaching program, and his students were all facing similar blocks - finding suppliers, evaluating them, and becoming authorized resellers.

We had about 6 ideas and wanted to prove product-market fit as quickly as possible. We needed something built in 6-8 weeks to launch by Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The idea was floating around in rough wireframe form in September, and we pushed really hard to get first users on board November 22nd, reaching over a thousand paying users by Christmas.

When scouting agencies and developers,
what was great working with Ionio was that we could get started with rough wireframes, knowing you would help fill in the gaps along the way. The ability to think on your feet, work through somewhat vague requirements, but still have the flexibility and dedication to get something out on that timeline - this is probably the fastest I've ever gotten out a very honest MVP.

I've gone from hiring way-too-big development shops that want to take forever documenting every single step, to hiring single developers on contract.
The differentiator is someone who can help you envision the product - you're essentially getting the brain of a co-founder on board while you think through critical details you don't have answers to.

We launched on the busiest day of the year - Black Friday and Cyber Monday - and your team was there to support the launch. For anyone building software, you know that regardless of what you build, a thousand things are about to break as soon as you launch. Your team really stepped up and helped us get through that crazy period to actually have a stable application.

The communication was great - all via Slack. I could post "hey this broke" and someone from your team would answer "acknowledged, I'm looking at it." It just makes it so much easier because it's really stressful when something launches and breaks with your first paying users. You had great availability - the entire team was there for us with almost any hour of the day coverage.

We definitely got the ROI
- not just financially, but more importantly regarding time and opportunity cost. The key question was: should we be spending the next few years on this application? Getting that answer from idea to launch in under 8-9 weeks is amazing. When we needed to bring this in-house, Ionio provided very professional levels of documentation and support for the handoff. Having clear documentation, professional standards, and keeping communication lines open - that's not a small thing when building an MVP that develops into a company.

Case Review

Ionio delivered a complete supplier database SaaS platform that went from rough wireframes to over 1,000 paying users by Christmas. The MVP launched successfully on Black Friday with professional documentation and 24/7 support, proving product-market fit in record time.

Case Timeline

8 weeks (MVP delivery)

Industry

E-commerce & Supplier Management

How we helped

  • Product Strategy & Requirements
  • Full-Stack Development
  • Cloud Deployment
  • AI Integration

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Demo Video

From 3 Hours to 5 Minutes: Watch Dex AI Create a Personalized Sales Deck

This demo showcases every e-commerce entrepreneur's pain - hours spent manually researching suppliers, googling contact details, and shortlisting prospects one by one. Watch how SupplierHQ eliminates this bottleneck entirely. See the platform instantly export hundreds of high-ticket suppliers with contact details in just a few clicks.

What you'll see in this demo

  • Live supplier database search with advanced filtering across thousands of high-ticket suppliers
  • Instant export of supplier contact details, distributors, and product information with one-click
  • Real-time database performance showing sub-2 second load times for complex searches
  • Complete workflow from manual research pain to automated supplier discovery in minutes
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I approached Rohan for his suggestion regarding an issue I was trying to resolve. He has responded pretty soon and suggested few changes in the code which worked out in resolving the issue. He has good knowledge of various aspects of Web frameworks in Python. Thank you for your response and suggestions.

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