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iOS and Android apps for the world',s largest online retailer of bags and accessories for all lifestyles
IdeaeBags is a mobile application designed to provide a mobile shopping experience for eBags (largest bags retailer in the world) customers. The app features cool visual product search algorythms to match products by pictures taken by customers of similar products they have seen elsewhere (on the street, online
etc.) Connected tagsfeature gives the ability to add a tag to luggage with digital owner’s contact information included. And a bag will never lose its owner!
Visual SearchWhen the perfect bag passes by, the match can be found on eBags store by snapping a picture and picking from the gallery.
Steal of the dayThere is no way to miss a great deal with the Alerts option.
eBags ObsessionAnalyzing likes and dislikes to make recommendations that help to find the perfect handbag.
DevelopmentOne of the major stumbling blocks has been UI. The design was made mostly by a web expert from the client’s side. Our job was to make it adapted to mobile with a tight schedule that the eBags team dictated.
Working with the eBags app backend, we used Go language for push notifications dispatching.
During the development process, we were using Parse for sending notifications, but it closed soon, so we had to look for an alternative.
The full technology bundle: PCSSO API, Android SDK, eBags API, iOS SDK.