About the Project
Probid is an online job board for the Australian construction market where clients post project requests and contractors respond. The platform combines features similar to job boards like Indeed with marketplace functionalities like Avito — including chat, portfolios, project galleries, and smart filtering by specialization.
Mission
Create a simple and user-friendly marketplace to enable effective communication between clients and contractors, ensuring:
- Easy bidding on projects
- Portfolio viewing
- Seamless in-platform messaging
Challenges
- Developing a custom filtering and search system based on location, specialization, and budget
- Integrating a two-way chat with file sharing and notifications
- Implementing an automated subscription and notification system based on company or job type subscriptions
Integrations and plugins
- Stripe: payments and subscriptions
- SendGrid: email campaigns and verification
- Twilio: SMS/messaging notifications
- ABN Lookup: Australian business number verification to build market trust
Development stages
- UX/UI Design: created wireframes, prototypes, and a consistent visual style
- Job Posting Form: built a user-friendly interface for uploading requirements, photos, and parameters
- Profile Setup: added features for portfolio uploads, specialization details, and contact information
- Bidding Mechanism: enabled contractors to apply for jobs with client notifications
- In-platform Chat: developed integrated messaging with file sharing
- Stripe Integration: configured user subscriptions and internal payments
- Notification System: built complex notifications via email, SMS, and push, depending on interaction type
- Native App Launch: wrapped the web app into a mobile application and deployed it to production
