Although pioneered by great minds led by noble values, starting an e-commerce business isn’t easy. The most challenging part was creating the entire platform from scratch. Thankfully, Typeqast stepped in with their IT expertise and began working.
The partnership started with the customer giving ideas and expressing which features would be necessary for a successful operation. Then, the Typeqast teams did their due diligence and research to find exactly how everything can be seamlessly incorporated. By researching the competition and dissecting all the most important and user-friendly features, Typeqasted painted a clear picture on how the platform should look like and what options it would give to its users.
The e-commerce platform, in order to be intuitive and user-friendly, needed to include navigation options and product categories. It was also agreed that a third-party payment method would be incorporated into the platform. On top of all that, Typeqast was also to take over the UI/UX design front, making sure that everything looks appealing to the customer and completely user-friendly so that the ordering process can be finished in a matter of minutes.
With seamless communication and positive experiences on both sides, the project will be expanded even further. What we hope to accomplish together in the future is the implementation of an in-house back office, a cross-selling feature, a Favorite Shops tab, and the option for customers to make wish lists. The biggest plan is to create a mobile application to accompany the desktop version.
Working on this platform was especially interesting to the Typeqast teams because it was different from any other webshop. The ability to do what one does best while at the same time supporting green ideas and the local economy was a wonderful opportunity, and we’re looking forward to completing all of Lokaal Ideaal’s ambitions for the future!
