Marketplace • Design ServicesSaaS & Product EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentMobile App DevelopmentCloud & DevOps
Overview
We developed a quick commerce mobile application for creative and design services where businesses and individuals can request UI/UX designs, social media creatives, website designs, ad creatives, and branding assets with rapid turnaround times.
The Challenge
Businesses needing quick-turnaround creative work — UI/UX, social posts, ad creatives, branding — had no fast way to hand a request to a qualified designer. The client wanted the full cycle, from request to file delivery and payment, run through one system instead of email threads and spreadsheets.
The Solution
We built native Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift) apps on top of a Node/Express and MongoDB backend, with an assignment engine that routes incoming design requests to available designers and tracks each job's timeline. A file upload and collaboration system handles asset handoff between clients and designers, Stripe covers payment, and an admin dashboard gives ops visibility into every job in flight.
Business Objectives
- Build a scalable design-on-demand marketplace
- Improve project turnaround and delivery efficiency
- Enable real-time collaboration between clients and designers
- Automate project assignment and workflow management
- Provide secure payment and file management systems
Key Features
- Design request and order management
- Multi-category creative service marketplace
- Designer assignment and workflow tracking
- File upload and collaboration system
- Timeline and turnaround management
- Real-time notifications and alerts
- Admin dashboard and analytics
- Order tracking and invoice generation
- Secure online payment integration
- Ratings and reviews management
- Customer communication system
What We Delivered
- Mobile application (Android & iOS)
- Admin & operations dashboard
- Backend APIs & data layer
- Third-party integrations & automation
- Analytics, reporting & insights
- Deployment, monitoring & operational setup
Implementation Highlights
- Automated designer-assignment engine replacing manual job routing
- In-app file collaboration system for handing off briefs, drafts, and final assets
- Native Kotlin/Swift apps rather than a cross-platform wrapper, backed by a shared REST API
- Order tracking with automatic invoice generation tied to Stripe payments
Integrations
- Push notifications (FCM)
- Stripe payments
Reliability & Security
- JWT-secured sessions across client and designer apps
- Turnaround-time tracking built into the data model rather than bolted on as reporting
- AWS EC2/S3 infrastructure fronted by Nginx and PM2 for stable uptime under concurrent jobs
Results & Impact
- Faster design delivery operations
- Improved designer productivity management
- Enhanced customer satisfaction and transparency
- Streamlined project handling workflows
- Scalable cloud-based marketplace infrastructure
Tech Stack
React.jsKotlinSwiftNode.jsExpress.jsMongoDBAWS EC2AWS S3Stripe Payment GatewayFirebase Cloud MessagingJWT AuthenticationREST APIsNginxPM2