Baby Gear Rental Marketplace – BQ: A Case Study

This service is a marketplace business model like Airbnb, Rover, or Uber, where people can rent baby equipment from each other. It allows people to rent baby gear from a variety of providers, making it easy and convenient to find the right gear for your needs.

Features

• Rent gear: Customers can easily get their needed gear, find the closest partners in the area, and complete their orders. Customers can feel free to contact partners.
• Partners Management: Our partners have their own websites that can set up their sites, manage their gears, and make their money.
• Cleaning service: BQ also offers an on-demand, exceptional cleaning service for baby gear including car seats, strollers, high chairs, and more.

Technologies

• AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a cloud computing platform that offers a broad set of global computing, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services that help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale applications. Learn more about our AWS Consultation & Development.
• MongoDB is a NoSQL database that is designed to be scalable and flexible. It is a popular choice for storing large amounts of data, such as e-commerce data.
• MySQL is a relational database that is widely used for storing structured data. It is a popular choice for developing web applications, and it is especially useful for storing customer data.
• Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that can be used to create both server-side and client-side applications. It is a popular choice for developing real-time applications, such as chat applications and streaming applications. Learn more about our leading Node Development Services.
• PHP is a general-purpose scripting language that is widely used for developing web applications. It is a popular choice for developing e-commerce websites, and it is especially useful for integrating with payment processors and shipping providers. Learn more about our top-rating PHP Development Services.
• CakePHP is a PHP framework that is designed to be simple, flexible, and extensible. It is a popular choice for developing web applications, especially e-commerce websites.
• React Native is a JavaScript framework that is used to develop native mobile applications. It is a popular choice for developing e-commerce applications, and it is especially useful for creating cross-platform applications that can be run on both iOS and Android devices.
• jQuery is a JavaScript library that makes it easier to interact with HTML elements. It is a popular choice for developing web applications, and it is especially useful for animating and manipulating elements on a web page. JavaScript Development is the foundation of any software development company.
• Vue.js is a JavaScript framework that is used to develop web applications. It is a popular choice for developing single-page applications, and it is especially useful for creating dynamic and interactive user interfaces. HDWEBSOFT is in the top 1% of Vue development companies.

Challenges

• Business concepts often change quickly.
• Two main websites (Rentals – Cleaning) are built on different frameworks (CakePHP – Laravel), but some features in both sites use data in rental db (promotions, gift cards,…). It causes conflicts, and it is hard to extend our ideas.

Solutions

• Having to review business ideas carefully with designers and team before starting to work.
• Finding new business plans to extend platforms and apply new technologies.

Business outcomes

• We grow very fast. We made $3 million in gross revenue in 2019, an 85% increase from 2018.
• This BQ was invited to the Shark Tank show and aired in 2019.
• Partners with many big platforms, like Destination Hotels, Guesty, and Booking.com.