Kirana Friends

We built a mobile app to bring 12 million Kirana owners  into a modern, technologically enabled, customer-friendly environment.

CLIENT

Leading Retailer

/// App Purpose

Assisting Kirana’s (small grocery shops in India) in their growth journey through digital tools.

/// Specific Requirements

  • System should be scalable with zero down time and with low latency.
  • App should work smoothly in low internet network and low configuration devices.

/// Business Features

KEY FEATURES INCLUDED:
  • User Registration capturing there interests as well
  • Reels, Article and Courses for the users and ability to bookmark them
  • Rating the Articles, Courses
  • Ability to add Daily sales
  • Sale & Stock Budget Calculator
  • Global Search
  • Live Webinar With Recording & Live Chat
  • Group , One on One Chat, Send , Accept /Reject Connection Request.
  • Vendor Information
  • Compliance - Kirana related Certifications
  • Survey forms to get feedback from the Kirana Owners
  • Quiz & Rewards

/// Technologies

  • Frontend: Android
  • Backend: Laravel
  • Database: MongoDB
  • Cloud Services: AWS S3/ AWS Lambda

/// Technical Solution

  • Setting up auto scalable architecture to scale to large number of users
  • Securing the system using AWS security features
  • Automated daily backup of both database and server instance
  • Integrated Agora for Webinar solution
  • Realtime Live Chat using Firebase
  • Analytics using Firebase and Clever Tap
  • WhatsApp integration for regular updates, notifications for Kirana’s Store owners
  • Deep Linking to track and allow user to access the functionality easily