Wedding Supplier

Wedding Suppliers is an online platform that allows couples who are getting married to get in contact with suppliers and venues. It is made up of a number of different web and mobile sections.

Product Summary

Web based:

A front end marketplace, a couple’s dashboard, a venue dashboard, a supplier dashboard, an admin dashboard.

Mobile based:

iOS Couples App & Suppliers App, Android Couples & Suppliers App.

There is an underlying payments integration solution in the system that allows suppliers and venues to pay a recurring subscription to advertise on the platform. These payments are managed via Stripe.

Technical Description

The app is developed using PHP based on a Laravel framework. The apps that link into the platform are hybrid apps created in React Native.

There is a SendGrid integration within the app to handle off-platform communication with the platform’s users. There is Stripe Connect integration for handling the payments made to the admin. Finally, there is an intercom integration to handle user tracking and communication via a small chat widget.

Technical Setup

– PHP / Laravel based web application
– React mobile application
– Several integrations to handle different aspects of the platform

Interesting Notes:

Following the initial phase of development, we included a small section at the top of the page on the promotional site that allowed us to feature suppliers. This allowed the platform’s founder to improve retention by giving certain suppliers a premium spot on the homepage for certain time periods.

In regards to payments, as there is only one user receiving payments through the platform (the admin), we were able to use a connected account from Stripe, which ensured that PCI compliance was on Stripe’s end rather than ours. This reduced development costs and time and had no impact on the overall UX of the platform’s main users.