Boatscribe — price aggregator for a catamaran, motorboat, and yacht rental
Finding the right yacht for your holiday has always been difficult. That’s why our client had the idea to create a project, namely a website for comparing yacht charter prices, where customers can enter their parameters and get all the information they need from numerous sources. That’s how he came up with Boatscribe, an influential price aggregator for renting catamarans, motor boats, and yachts, and decided to entrust us with the web development of this project.
Client
The Boatscribe team set out to create a unique startup price aggregator for boat charter services, online agents, and yacht charter companies in one place. This project’s concept was exceptional in Europe and globally, making it one of a kind in the yacht charter markets.
Our client’s mission was to collect information on yacht availability from various sources and make this information available to all users so that they could see many online yachts and boat charter prices on one platform.
Task
Our team was tasked with developing a startup price aggregator for boat, catamaran, motorboat, and yacht hire. We wanted to help our client collect all available yacht charter offers in one place, allowing users to compare prices and choose the most relevant offer.
Thus, we were tasked with creating the best price comparison aggregator in the boat and yacht rental market.
Solution
The decision was made to create a user‑friendly online platform that allows users to obtain complete information about yachts and boats from various websites and sellers, compare prices, and present the final results of their analysis. This approach greatly simplifies the search, eliminating the need to open numerous web pages simultaneously.
Boatscribe is a unique product in the boat rental market. It is the only platform currently bringing together multiple suppliers and collecting comprehensive information for the end customer. The platform’s system has already analyzed over 35,000 offers and developed the ability to target and combine them according to individual user preferences.
Process
Work on the project began with a detailed technical specification, after which we held a brainstorming session with the client. Solar Digital has started looking for ideas for this project.
After analyzing the market and putting everything together, the team moved on to the first stage — design. Interestingly, it was adopted from the first iteration, as we had experience working with the yacht charter company Sailica, which helped us implement all the best practices we had used before. Two specialists participated in the design development — a UI/UX designer and an art director.
Further development was carried out using the Agile methodology in sprints with constant communication with the client. During the development process, all functionalities were tested. The project was created using Laravel and Vue. js technologies. In addition, we used
- interaction with the Rest API system
- Doctrine 2Â object-relational projector
- MySQL 5.7 database
- ElasticSearch 7.9 offers storage system
- Redis 5Â data storage server
- PHP 8.1 language.Â
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This list was developed at the client’s request, allowing us to solve all business problems. We also implemented several integrations to import the necessary data from various sources. Backend and frontend specialists worked on the development. A quality control engineer and a project manager occasionally joined the process.
Such a complex project was implemented in a record three months thanks to the existing experience of our team members involved in previous projects.
Result
Even though the central technical part is ready, adding additional features to Boatscribe is ongoing. Plans to expand its reach by translating it into several languages and developing a mobile app are also in place.
It is worth noting that BoatScribe is a start-up with limited resources. Using our knowledge and experience as experienced professionals in the yacht and boat rental industry, our company, Solar Digital, continues to advise the client. We help optimize processes by providing suggestions for improving the product itself.
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