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About Cret Studio

We design systems around how businesses actually work.

Cret Studio is an India-based, remote product and technology studio helping teams replace disconnected tools, restrictive platforms, spreadsheets, and manual processes with software built around real operations.
Operating modelProduct, design, engineering, and QA working from the same business map.
  • 01Understand operations
  • 02Shape the product logic
  • 03Design and build
  • 04Launch, support, improve
Founded
2024
Based in
India
Team
5-10 specialists

Why we exist

A better way to build business software

Many businesses are forced to choose between generic software that does not fit their process and custom teams that focus only on completing features.

Cret Studio brings product thinking, system architecture, design, and engineering together from the beginning. Before writing code, we understand how the business operates, who uses the system, where information moves, and what slows the team down.

This helps us build software that feels connected to the business rather than added on top of it.

More than a development agency

We begin with the business, then shape the product

We do not begin with screens or a predefined technology stack. Once the operational logic is clear, we define the architecture, design the experience, and develop the platform as one connected product.

  • Existing workflows
  • User roles and responsibilities
  • Approval processes
  • Operational challenges
  • Data and reporting requirements
  • Customer journeys
  • Integrations
  • Future growth plans

What we bring together

Six disciplines in one product loop

Product thinking

We turn broad requirements into clear workflows, modules, priorities, and practical product roadmaps.

System architecture

We structure how users, data, permissions, integrations, and business rules work together behind the interface.

UI/UX design

We create experiences that make complex platforms easier to understand and use across desktop and mobile devices.

Full-stack engineering

We build customer-facing products, internal systems, backend services, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.

Quality assurance

We test workflows, edge cases, permissions, responsiveness, and production behaviour before and after launch.

Ongoing improvement

We continue supporting and improving platforms as users, operations, and business requirements evolve.

Who we work with

Businesses with operational complexity

Some clients come with an early idea. Others already have a live platform that needs to be redesigned, stabilized, completed, or expanded.
  • E-commerce and retail businesses
  • Distributors and suppliers
  • Marketplaces and multi-vendor businesses
  • Trade and membership associations
  • Hospitality and travel companies
  • Manufacturers
  • Service businesses
  • Startups building new digital products

Selected experience

Proof across business systems, commerce and digital platforms

01

A nationwide hospitality marketplace connecting travellers, hosts, bookings, payments, and settlements

02

A multi-branch jewellery commerce platform with unified inventory and built-in POS

03

A digital association-management system replacing paperwork and manual records

04

A licensed media marketplace supported by a custom CRM

05

Customer-facing commerce experiences connected to business requirements

Explore our work

A focused remote team

Small enough to stay close to the work

Our product managers, full-stack developers, UI/UX designers, and QA specialists stay involved from discovery through launch so decisions keep their original context.
5-10 specialistsA focused team assembled around each project.
4 core disciplinesProduct, design, engineering, and quality assurance.
End-to-end involvementFrom discovery and architecture through deployment and maintenance.
India-based, globally availableWorking with businesses in India and international markets.

How we work

A clear path from discovery to improvement

  1. 01Understand

    We study the business, users, existing tools, operational challenges, and project goals.

  2. 02Architect

    We define workflows, platform structure, roles, modules, integrations, and priorities.

  3. 03Design

    We turn system logic into a clear and responsive user experience.

  4. 04Build

    We develop and test the frontend, backend, database, integrations, and business rules.

  5. 05Launch

    We prepare production, deploy the platform, and support the initial rollout.

  6. 06Improve

    We keep maintaining and expanding the product as the business evolves.

Leadership

The people keeping product and engineering connected

The studio stays close to the work through product ownership, technical direction, delivery planning, and long-term platform support.
Badal Mandal, Founder & Product Manager
Founder & Product Manager

Badal Mandal

Badal leads product planning, business analysis, system architecture, and client collaboration at Cret Studio.

He works with clients to understand operations, identify the real problem behind the requirement, and turn complex workflows into practical digital products.

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Pritham Biswas, Managing Director & Full-Stack Developer
Managing Director & Full-Stack Developer

Pritham Biswas

Pritham leads technical execution, full-stack development, platform architecture, and delivery at Cret Studio.

He works across frontend systems, backend services, integrations, deployment, and ongoing technical improvement.

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What we value

The standards behind the work

Clarity before complexity

A well-defined workflow is more valuable than adding features without understanding their purpose.

Ownership

We take responsibility for the complete product instead of treating design, development, and deployment as disconnected tasks.

Practical design

Interfaces should look considered, but they must also help users complete real work efficiently.

Reliable engineering

The platform should remain secure, maintainable, and stable beyond the launch date.

Long-term thinking

We build foundations that can support new users, modules, integrations, locations, and business models.