Curbshop

2021

Devpost

GitHub

Platforms

Web

Mobile

Languages

JavaScript

Dart

Technologies

Overview

Curbshop is a web & mobile app that lets small businesses create online storefronts for local sales and curbside pickup. Built with Vue and Firebase during a hackathon to support local retailers through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Collaborators

Omar

Andres

Benjamin

Inspiration

While many large companies are able to operate through COVID-19, many small businesses are struggling to stay afloat. We thought that they need support and innovative options to stay competitive, without any crazy fees or monthly costs.

What it does

It is a centralized platform that allows small businesses to set up their store to be, so customers can browse between multiple shops and their items. When placing an order, customers will be asked to select a time slot for curbside pickup.

How we built it

Back-end: Node.js, Express, CockroachDB, SequelizeFront-end: Vue.js & VuetifyMobile App: Flutter (Dart)We utilized the Vonage SMS API to send notifications to customers when their orders are confirmed & ready. We have plans to do more Vonage integration as we feel it’s necessary for our platform like ours.To deploy our platform, we used Google Cloud Platform, specifically Google Cloud Storage to host the images for products/business-related images and App Engine to host both our front-end and back-end API.

Challenges we ran into

Even though we were able to finish a workable version of our app, we faced some setbacks when our database service went offline early in the morning and we had to rebuild some of our infrastructure. As well, we faced a lot of difficulties hosting the app online. Fortunately, we had a solid work ethic and sense of humour about dealing with these challenges.

Accomplishments that we’re proud of

From brainstorming to developing a unique idea in less than 36 hours, we developed an idea that we believe can help small businesses. Through collaboration, we were able to brainstorm multiple sessions which allowed us to achieve an interactive demo.

Devpost

GitHub - Team-Sydney/shop-backend

GitHub - Team-Sydney/curbshop_mobile_customer

GitHub - Team-Sydney/curbshop-frontend