Saeedreza Abbaspour

Saeedreza Abbaspour

Saeedreza Abbaspour is the CEO of Refact, where he works across product, engineering, and sales. He sets the studio’s direction while staying closely involved in the work itself, from shaping product strategy and UX architecture to helping define the technical systems behind Refact’s projects. His role connects business thinking with hands-on product execution, giving him a practical view of how software should be planned, built, launched, and improved. At Refact, Saeedreza focuses on building a studio that can move quickly, solve real client problems, and turn ideas into reliable digital products.

Operations manager mapping workflows on a whiteboard before custom ERP development begins
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Custom ERP Development: A Practical Guide

Most custom ERP systems do not make it past the planning stages. The 2024 Panorama Consulting report on ERP outcomes approximates abandonment, delays, or cost overruns at between 50% and 75% of all implementations. When surveyed, practitioners tend to point to the same phenomena found when project failures are examined post-mortem. In most cases, the […]

Owner reviewing a written workflow before deciding to hire virtual assistants
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

How to Hire Virtual Assistants in 2026

Most owners mistakenly assume that hiring a virtual assistant is a sign of business growth. In reality, most businesses are far from ready to take on additional support. Long past the midnight hour and still answering support requests? Chasing after an unpaid invoice you chased last week and promised to have an active product update […]

Two developers reviewing Shopify Plus admin and code on a monitor
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Hiring Shopify Plus Developers in 2026

A public company spent roughly six months and approximately one million dollars developing a single Shopify store with finance back-end integration. Another team placed nine mostly senior engineers on a single shop migration and took almost a year to do it. Neither of these projects was doomed because of Shopify. Both of these projects failed […]

Operator reviewing an ecommerce website development cost proposal at a desk
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Ecommerce Website Development Cost in 2026

Three groups can quote the same ecommerce site for $4,000, $28,000, and $140,000. None of them are lying. Each is offering a unique product and calling it a store. Per Digital Applied 2026, the median cost of a small business site is between $8,000 and $25,000, while a custom ecommerce site is likely to cost […]

Product team planning a digital product development project on a whiteboard
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Digital Product Development: A Practical Guide

According to Tenet’s product development statistics, only 24% of digital products make it to launch, and just 22% reach their target adoption. Consider the two statistics together. Shipping is hard. Being used is even harder. The gap between a product’s launch and a product’s incorporation into someone’s everyday routine is where most digital product development […]

Developers reviewing Next.js ecommerce product page layouts on studio monitors
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Next.js Ecommerce: When It Actually Pays Off

Most Next.js eCommerce projects don’t fail because of the framework. They fail on everything the framework doesn’t take care of. A team will choose Next.js because of how quickly they can build a product page, only to find themselves spending 6 months building the state of carts, tax rules, and order status. They spend more […]

Person signing into a secure client portal on a laptop
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Secure Portal for Clients: A Buyer’s Guide

Your company has reached the limit of using email. One contract was sent to the wrong recipient. An NDA was signed, but has sat in an unchecked shared inbox for the last two years. A client asked how you protect their data. You can sense the problem even before you are able to name it. […]

Ghost vs WordPress comparison on two laptops on a publisher's desk
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Ghost vs WordPress: How to Choose in 2026

Most comparisons of Ghost and WordPress kick off with a feature matrix, but this is an approach that should be avoided. The correct question is, which platform is your team capable of operating effectively for the next two to three years without losing editorial hours learning to use the CMS? A publication’s audience can grow […]

Engineer diagramming Node.js development services architecture on a whiteboard
by Saeedreza Abbaspour

Node.js Development Services: A Buyer’s Guide

Most Node.js proposals begin with the wrong question. A vendor asks for the run time preference with a blank space for the product description, the intended customer, and the supply/demand of resources in production. You are ultimately asked to choose between Node.js, Python, Go, Bun, and Deno and it ultimately feels like picking from a […]

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