Case study

Multi-purpose trading app

A trading app that lets users create supply and demand ads, showing full information about the item and its owner.

Industry

Trade

Team

8 members

Launched

2017

Country

Saudi Arabia

About a Project

A trading application that matches people who are buying products with those who are selling them.

Project idea

Help buyers find necessary products by creating demand ads, and help owners sell items fast by making supply ads. For now, the platform covers real estate but will be expanded to global trading next year.

Project challenges

A heavy focus on performance, ensuring that the app runs as fast as possible

Arabic localization (right-to-left placement of elements)

Matching system between demand and supply ads

Sophisticated filtering system

Results

We built iOS and Android apps from scratch, created two separate UI designs for English and Arabic users, developed a complex search and matching system, and built an admin panel to manage users and ads.

Planning

Input

The client initially had:

A mind map
SWOT analysis within the country
Vision on the basic features

Analysis

We did a thorough analysis:

Dedicated a Business Analyst
Documented project's requirements
Selected the tech stack

Outcomes

Our work resulted in:

Specification
Wireframes
Clickable prototype
Detailed project estimate

Main features of the project

After the planning stage, our developers started working on the features.

Creating supply and demand ads

Buyers create demand ads to find needed products, and sellers make supply ads to sell goods fast. Both parties have to fill in several details: min and max price, amount, type, usage time, and so on. Users manage their advertisements in the ‘My ads’ tab: edit details, activate/deactivate, or share them to feed.

Browsing through in-feed ads

Supply and demand ads appear in users’ feeds, including details like photo, price, size, and address. If a user wants to find out more about the item, they look through the ads page with a photo slider, detailed description, and location shown on the map.

Google Maps

In-depth searching system

There's a comprehensive filtering system helping users narrow down the options and find the most suitable ads. Users can filter advertisements by region or city, price range, area, type, and so on.

Real-time matches between ads

The system compares ads by type, location, and price. If there are similar demand and supply offers, users get a push notification about the match, and it appears in the ‘My ads’ tab.

Soket.io

Arabic localization (right-to-left)

The app was targeted at Arabic users, so we created a separate user interface with the mirrored placement of elements and text inputs, going from right to left. Users can change how elements are displayed in their profiles by switching between English and Arabic languages.

Technology stack

We used the following tools to build iOS and Android apps, backend, and admin panel.

Mobile Architecture

iOS

Swift 5

Android

Kotlin

Tools

AWS SES

bulkSMS

Google Map

Socket.io

Design

InVision

Zeplin

Sketch

Testing

Jira

Firebase

GitLab

Jenkins

Release

AWS

ES2

App Store

Google Play

Our client say

Mohareb Alshadi