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Frank Darling - D2C Fine Jewelry Brand

Frank Darling is a modern jewelery brand focused on transparent diamond buying and custom engagement rings. Its platform makes it easy to compare diamonds, design rings, understand pricing clearly, and complete purchases with confidence through a simple, guided shopping experience for modern couples.

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Industry

E-commerce

Business Type

D2C Fine Jewelery + Custom Ring Design

Key Features

Diamond Inventory System, Advanced Search, Filters, Ring Builder & 360 Diamond Viewer.

Impact & Results

Measurable improvements in customer experience, conversion quality, and operational efficiency.

Challenges

Building a modern fine jewelry platform meant managing complex diamond data while delivering a high-trust shopping experience. Frequent inventory and pricing changes, detailed comparisons, and real-time availability made it difficult to maintain accuracy, speed, and customer confidence at scale.

Complex Diamond Data

Complex Diamond Data

Managing 2000+ diamonds with detailed grading attributes. Ensuring consistent normalization and validation across feeds.

Volatile Availability and Pricing

Volatile Availability and Pricing

Frequent inventory and price changes. Need for real-time updates and reliable synchronization.

High-Intent Shoppers

High-Intent Shoppers

Customers expect fast, high-trust experiences. Clear comparisons, certifications, and visuals are essential.

Buyer Trust Assurance

Buyer Trust Assurance

Customers needed confidence in authenticity, pricing, and certifications. Inconsistent trust signals caused hesitation in high-value purchases.

How Frank Darling Reimagines Diamond Buying

Frank Darling reimagines diamond buying by removing industry opacity and replacing it with clarity, trust, and control. The platform combines ethical sourcing, real-time inventory accuracy, and guided customization, helping customers understand value, compare diamonds confidently, and design rings without pressure, confusion, or hidden markups.

Our Approach

F22 Labs partnered with Frank Darling to build a scalable inventory system and refined shopping experience, aligning complex diamond data, real-time pricing, and customer journeys into a reliable, high-performance e-commerce platform.

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Discovery & Mapping

Mapped diamond attributes, grading standards, and pricing rules
Analyzed customer journeys across discovery, comparison, and customization
Defined workflows for ingestion, validation, and merchandising

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Development

Built APIs optimized for fast page rendering and large catalogs
Developed the web experience with performance, SEO, and trust signals in mind
Implemented scalable architecture to support real-time inventory and pricing

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Deployment

Delivered scalable infrastructure with monitoring and data integrity checks
Enabled safe, continuous updates to the diamond catalog
Ensured reliable performance under high traffic and large inventory loads
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Solutions - A Few Key Features that we built

Frank Darling’s platform solves these challenges by unifying inventory, discovery, and customization into a single system that delivers accuracy, transparency, and confident diamond buying at scale.

1. Diamond Inventory System

Centralized diamond data ingestion ensures accurate attributes, real-time availability, and consistent pricing across the entire shopping experience.

Unified ingestion, normalization, and validation of diamond feeds
Reliable availability and pricing updates across the shopping experience

2. Advanced Discovery Experience

Powerful filters and comparisons help shoppers quickly evaluate diamonds and make confident purchase decisions.

High-performance search and filtering by shape, carat, cut, color, and clarity
Side-by-side comparison tools to simplify decision-making

3. Custom Ring Builder

Guided ring customization with clear pricing and visuals helps customers design rings confidently.

Guided flows to pair diamonds with settings and metal options
Transparent pricing and detailed imagery at every step

4. Trust & Transparency Layer

Clear certifications, imagery, and pricing details build buyer confidence and reduce uncertainty throughout the purchase journey.

Certified diamonds with grading details and documentation
360° imagery, clear pricing, and consistent trust signals

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Connect with our Co-founders

Murtuza Kutub

Murtuza Kutub

murtuza@f22labs.com

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Hariharasudhan

Hariharasudhan

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Ankur Chaudhary

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