#getbenson

SaaS that caught and blocked browser-extension coupon leakage across 25M monthly sessions and 500+ stores.

25MSessions / mo
25M sessions a month, 500+ stores3 outcomes
Doug Silkstone

getBenson

Coupon-extension protection for ecommerce

Founder & technical lead · Built, operated and sold the platform

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getBenson helped online retailers detect coupon extensions at checkout, prevent unwanted discount-code use and measure the effect on revenue and attribution. As founder and technical lead, the role covered rebuilding the MVP for production, running the platform, technical sales and customer onboarding through to the sale of the business.

  • Built a SaaS platform that detected and blocked browser-extension coupon leakage across 25M monthly sessions and 500+ stores.
  • Rebuilt the MVP as a typed, tested production system with real-time GraphQL revenue analytics.
  • Led technical sales and onboarded 80+ ecommerce brands.
  • Operated the product for nearly three years, then sold it.
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Stack
  • GraphQL
    Real-time analytics API
  • Postgres
    Session and attribution store
  • Datadog
    Observability at scale
What shipped

The outcomes this chapter is on the CV for.

  • 180+ brands onboarded
  • 2MVP rewritten to production
  • 3Detection running in a couple of milliseconds
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Highlights

What the role actually involved day to day.

  • 1Founded and led
  • 2Technical sales
  • 3Scale engineering
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