HIRE VETTED AND AFFORDABLE SALESFORCE CPQ DEVELOPER

Transformyze is a platform that connects people with affordable and talented Salesforce CPQ developers, architects, and other specialists. Whether you're a startup founder, SMB, or leader of a larger organizations, Transformyze can help you achieve your business goals by augmenting your development team for Salesforce cpq implementation.

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Looking for a Salesforce CPQ developer who is both affordable and vetted?

Easier said than done

Salesforce CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) is a cloud-based software solution developed by Salesforce that helps companies streamline and automate their sales quoting and proposal processes. CPQ enables sales teams to quickly and accurately configure complex product offerings, determine accurate pricing, generate quotes, and deliver professional-looking proposals to customers.

Here are some key features and benefits of Salesforce CPQ:

  1. Product Configuration
  2. Pricing and Discount Management
  3. Quote Generation
  4. Approval Workflows
  5. Contract Management
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Three questions

The only three questions you need to answer first are:
  • How much does it cost to hire a Salesforce CPQ developer?
  • Where to find Salesforce CPQ developers with decent experience and a customer success-oriented mindset?
  • How to hire a Salesforce CPQ specialist who knows his craft?

For answers, just read on.

First option: Hire a Salesforce CPQ Developer as an employee

Hiring a Salesforce CPQ consultant developer can be a wise decision for some businesses, but it’s crucial to carefully consider the significant implications involved.

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Pros:

More project engagement

Collaborators on a project can increase their engagement by having frequent face-to-face conversations. This helps to keep the project moving forward and gives them the opportunity to discuss it regularly.

A more robust level of employee loyalty.

By providing opportunities for growth and a consistent salary for your in-house developers, they are more likely to remain with your company for the long term.

Easier to keep company information secret

Keeping company information confidential is easier when you can have in-house developers sign an agreement to prevent them from sharing your product ideas with competitors if they leave the company.

Cons:

High Salary

At least $130,750 for a yearly salary for a US Salesforce CPQ developer. 

Company-Paid Benefits

Lots of startups, companies, and businesses are offering special benefits such as unlimited paid leave, unlimited coffee, free gym memberships, and much more to attract top talents. These are all costs that should be factored into hiring full-time developers. First, let’s take a look at some of the most basic company-paid benefits according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

  • Legally required benefits (Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance): 8.5%
  • Insurance (medical, dental, life): 7.6%
  • Paid Leave: 6.7%
  • Retirement and savings: 4.3%
  • Annual Bonus: 3.5%
  • Supplemental pay (overtime and premium): 2.6%
  • Employment training tax: 0.1% on first $7,000

Indirect Costs

What exactly are indirect costs? They’re overhead costs that contribute to the company’s day-to-day operations. Indirect costs can be divided into three broad categories: fringe benefits, overhead, and general & administrative (G&A). Companies spend an average of 25% and 18% of employees’ salaries on overhead and G&A.

In other words, a Salesforce CPQ consultant hired as a full-time employee would cost, in reality, $188,264.

In the United Kingdom, seniors take up to £79,5K a year. This is $95K annually. More affordable but still too expensive for many startups and SMBs.

Office Rent

A small reference point for you: renting an office in a city like New York costs, on average, $15K per employee and year.

 

Unstable Workloads

When working with in-house developers, you have to pay them even when there is no work to do.

 

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Second option: Hire a Salesforce integration company

Software integration companies can be generalists or Salesforce Pure Player. They exist in different sizes, Salesforce “Clouds’” specialties, and offer end-to-end Salesforce CPQ implementation services.

Pros:

Versatility

Can work on projects of any size and complexity

Internal pool of talents

 can assemble a team of experts with diverse skills, including Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, and QA specialists, who will work hard to fulfill your needs.

Market verticals specialization

They have expertise in multiple market sectors.

Project management office

Actively manage the project and ensure that deadlines are met.

Point of contacts

Have various contact persons available to assist you in resolving any issues, including a Project Manager, Solution Specialists, and an Account Manager.

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Cons:

Very expensive

The cost of hiring Salesforce CPQ developers from these companies can be high due to their expenses to run their business, such as employing staff, providing training, adhering to taxes and regulations, marketing, insurance, and renting office space.

No interest in small projects

Generally not interested in small projects.

Cannot start immediately

Cannot start a  project immediately: Need lead time to get ready.

Lack of flexibility

  • you cannot quickly start/pause/restart a project according to your needs.
  • Changes to projects’ scope or tasks sometimes take days to be enacted and sometimes result in extra “penalty” costs for you.
  • It is hard to stop doing business with them due to legal terms clients have to accept first to work with them.

Staff more people than needed

Tend to staff more people than needed for projects.

Rely themselves on freelancers

They rely on freelancers for many projects as they often lack senior and expert profiles in their team, leading to a more expensive bill for you to pay with sometimes difficulties integrating these freelancers with their teams.

Low expertise offshore talents

Some integrators sometimes offer offshore developers,  but although they are cheaper than their western colleagues, the quality of their expertise is (way) lower.

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Third option: Salesforce recruitment firm

In recent years, companies have increasingly turned to them to hire freelance Salesforce CPQ developers instead of relying on integrators to avoid draining business relationships.

Pros:

Existing database

They already have a database of contactable freelances

Faster

They will find candidates faster than you can.

Pre-screening

They pre-screen the candidates for you.
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Cons:

Limited screening

They generally don’t have Salesforce CPQ necessary proficiency to screen the candidates seriously.

Not cheap

Not cheap: They apply a 10-30% markup on average on top of the already expensive western developers’ rate.

Limited pool of talents

Limited pool of available talents: Even if their addressable database of freelances might be significant, in reality, they offer you a limited set of candidates for your needs. Indeed all headhunting firms fight for the same freelances available on the national. Making the available ones more expensive.

Hard to get the best talents

Most sought-after freelances do not like working with headhunting firms as they consider they commoditize their expertise and reduce their rate.

No backup developer

Because of the business model, they cannot offer you a backup developer with the same skill set in case of a problem.

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Fourth option: hire yourself through online freelancing platforms

A company looking for a Salesforce CPQ developer often turns to online freelancing platforms such as Upwork, People Per Hour, Truelancer, Guru, and Hubstaff.

Pros:

Large pool of talents

These platforms have hundreds of qualified Salesforce contractors registered, giving you a wide range of freelancers to choose from when searching for the perfect professional.

Easy to use

Using these platforms is simple. All you need to do is register and provide a detailed job description, including order specifics, estimated budget, and deadlines. Once you do that, freelancers will apply to your order, and you can review their profiles to find the best candidate for the job.

Cheap

Low hourly rates and fixed prices.

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Cons:

Low prices do not equate to a high quality

It’s important to note that low prices often do not indicate high-quality work. Therefore, it’s common to come across beginners or underskilled Salesforce CPQ developers when hiring through these platforms.

Time consuming

Searching for the ideal contractor, interviewing them, etc., is highly time-consuming.

Lack of responsiveness

Sometimes, contractors don’t respond to job requests, which can be frustrating.

No talent vetting

The contractors listed on these platforms have not undergone any vetting process.

Scam risks

It is possible for fraudulent contractors to deceive businesses seeking freelancers on these platforms, although this occurrence is not very common.

No support

If you are dissatisfied with the contractors you have hired, their customer support will not provide any assistance. Your only option is to repeat the lengthy hiring process to find a more suitable candidate.

Then how to find talented, affordable, and reliable Salesforce CPQ developers?

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HIRE VETTED AND AFFORDABLE SALESFORCE SALES CLOUD DEVELOPER

Our recommendation: Transformyze

Transformyze is a platform that helps you find trustworthy and skilled Salesforce CPQ developers.

With Transformyze, you can save time and money on inexperienced, dishonest, or unqualified developers.

Hiring your next Salesforce CPQ developer is easy and secure with Transformyze – just a few clicks away. In addition, you can trust that you will receive high-quality work at an affordable price, as Transformyze works with developers from 14 different countries.

Pros

4-step screening process

Each Salesforce CPQ specialist must pass a screening process to measure subject matter expertise, professionalism, and communication skills. These include:

Resume review

We screen all applicants and only select those who meet our requirements. The most qualified applications then move on to the following screening stage.

Step1: Resume review
Step 2: Language and soft skills

Language and soft skills evaluation

As part of our evaluation process, we assess the applicant's ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. We also consider the candidate's personality traits and motivations, as we believe that a developer's job extends beyond writing code. We are seeking individuals who can demonstrate innovation, collaboration, timeliness, and empathize with end users.

Hard skills review

Our team of experienced developers and architects evaluates each candidate's technical skills and Salesforce knowledge by conducting assessments that test their problem-solving abilities in various areas such as Apex, Ampscript, SSJS, IDE, and more.

Step 3: Hard skills review
Step 4: Continued professional excellence

Continued professional excellence

We make sure that all the professionals in our network have a proven history of delivering successful projects for their clients.

Pros:

Quick matching

At Transformyze, we understand that your time is precious and your project cannot be delayed. That’s why we ensure that you are paired with the ideal Salesforce CPQ developer in just 48 hours.

Guaranteed replacement

Guaranteed replacement of the developer (in less than 48 hours)

Flexible project terms

Flexible project terms: Full time, part-time, hourly

Direct communication

You can communicate directly with the developer to discuss project requirements, revision requests, concerns, etc.

Weekly project status

Weekly project status without even having to request it

Internal Technical Project Manager

Internal Technical Project Manager to offer an extra layer of quality to the developer’s delivery at no additional cost.

Real customer support

Strong customer support: your assigned Customer Success is at your complete service to sort out any issue you might face.

Cons

We are constantly adding new software ecosystems, but there may be some technologies that we cannot currently assist with.

To see which ecosystems we support, please check here.

Try Us Up To 14 Days For A No-Risk Trial Period

Begin working with your developer on a trial basis for two weeks. If you are not satisfied, you will not be billed.

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From $45 to $80 per hour
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  • Developer time tracking with screenshots
  • Free internal technical Project Manager
  • Full-time, part-time, hourly engagement available
  • Developer replacement guarantee
  • Dedicated customer success manager
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  • All Solo talent benefits
  • Your "Salesforce team as service" on-demand
  • Combine any kind of talents
  • Affordable blended and degressive rate according to the number of talents needed
  • Scale up or scale down at anytime your team according to your needs
  • Adapt to any kind of purpose: join existing team, autonomous team, implementation or support activities,etc.
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Frequently asked questions

What are my payment terms and options?

Payments are made via credit card or PayPal.We typically invoice our clients twice a month. Invoices are generated with Net 10 terms. For Enterprise accounts, we can issue invoicing with payment via PO, wire or cheque. Contact us here for more information.

who holds the Intellectual Property (IP) rights for the work produced by Transformyze talents?

As stipulated in our client agreement, Transformyze clients own the IP of the original work created via Transformyze, and is provided worldwide exclusive rights for publishing. Neither Transformyze nor its talent own the IP of the work created.

How Does The 14-Day No-Risk Trial Work?​

At the beginning of every engagement, we offer a trial period of up to two weeks. During this time, you can assess if the professional we matched you with will meet your expectations.

If you are happy with the results, we will bill you for the time and continue with the engagement for as long as you desire. However, we will only charge you if you are delighted. If you are not, we can stop here or connect you with another specialist who better matches your expectations (at no extra cost). Then, you will benefit from a second trial with no risk with this new professional.

Where are your talents located?

Currently, we have experts in over 15 countries, most being located in the Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Do Transformyze talents communicate in my preferred language(s)?

Transformyze’s talents are fully proficient in spoken and written English and comprise members who are fluent in other languages, including French, Spanish, and Portuguese. If your brief has specific language requirements, inform Transformyze, and we will match you accordingly.

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