Onenine is a U.S.-based digital agency with 50+ employees, focused exclusively on designing, developing, and managing world-class websites. For founder Nathan Ruff, growth has always depended on one thing: access to A-level talent.

Before working with Floowi, Onenine struggled with the inefficiency and high costs of traditional recruiting models. With Floowi, hiring became faster, fairer, and scalable, allowing Nathan and his leadership team to focus on what really matters: building world-class work for their clients.

Summary

Challenge: Traditional recruiters were expensive and ineffective, charging up to $5,000 per hire while delivering inconsistent talent. Managing payroll and compliance for a growing 50+ employee team also created major headaches.

Why Onenine chose Floowi: Floowi offered a fair, transparent model—focused not only on recruiting but also on managing and paying offshore talent—making it simple, scalable, and aligned with Onenine’s needs.

Solution: Floowi streamlined the recruiting process, continuously refined talent sourcing based on feedback, and handled HR and payroll for both Floowi-sourced and Onenine-recruited employees.

Roles hired: Web Developers, Web Designers, Account Managers and WordPress Engineers.

Results:

45% cost savings vs. U.S. hires

Recruitment costs reduced by eliminating $5k-per-hire fees

Payroll and compliance centralized into a single, simple system

Expanded access to bilingual nearshore talent in the same time zone

Faster scaling: from individual hires to managing a 50+ person team seamlessly

Challenge

For Nathan, building a world-class agency meant finding world-class talent. But most recruiting firms failed to deliver. Their models were overpriced, charging thousands per hire upfront, with little accountability for quality.

Even when good candidates were sourced, managing them as contractors across multiple countries created compliance risks and endless administrative work. As Onenine grew past 50 employees, the complexity of payroll and management became unmanageable.

Solution

Floowi partnered with Onenine to change the model. Instead of upfront, high-cost recruiting fees, Floowi provided a fair structure based on a percentage of salary, aligning long-term incentives on both sides.

The relationship didn’t stop at recruiting: Floowi also managed payroll, compliance, and ongoing HR support for Onenine’s growing nearshore team. This allowed Nathan to stay focused on client acquisition and financing while Floowi handled the complexities of building and managing the workforce.

What Nathan valued most was the adaptability. Floowi consistently refined its sourcing based on feedback, ensuring better and better hires over time.

Results

Working with Floowi delivered measurable impact for Onenine:

Reduced recruiting costs: Eliminated expensive $5,000-per-hire fees, shifting to a fair and scalable model.

Streamlined operations: Payroll and compliance for 50+ employees managed centrally, removing administrative burden.‍

High-quality talent: Access to bilingual, nearshore professionals in the same time zone, with no drop in quality compared to U.S. hires.

Scalable growth: Enabled Onenine to continue expanding without sacrificing focus on client acquisition and world-class delivery.

Ready to Scale Without the Hiring Headaches? Like Onenine, you don’t have to choose between costly recruiters and low-quality offshore talent. Floowi helps agencies hire, manage, and pay world-class nearshore talent quickly and fairly. Schedule your free consultation today to start scaling with Floowi.

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