VinTwin: Mobile Application with VIN-Scanner for Car Retail

Created a mobile version of a car retail service. The app can scan VIN-codes, extract the car info from the database and calculate the approximate price range.

VinTwin

VinTwin is an innovative purely Internet-based car dealer, founded in 2015 in Largo, Florida. VinTwin offers an online, pre-owned car buying experience. A special service finds the quality car of selected model and specifications without the overhead of a dealership, offering much lower prices than car stores and car auctions.

PROJECT ANALYSIS

VinTwin turned to Waverley for our expertise in developing mobile apps. They had already had a web-based service, which they wanted to make available for mobile devices. Besides, they needed to add a new functionality. Their requirements:

the app should support a large database of car models and other car information
the ability to make calculations of the car price based on all information available
VIN-code scanner, to scan and recognize each car’s individual number

WAVERLEY SOLUTION

A team of engineers at Waverley in close cooperation with the client developed a fast and responsive mobile solution to help VinTwin achieve their business objectives.

Leveraging the possibilities of React Native Redux, the app integrates with the phone camera to scan the VIN-code and produce the car model based on it.
The app allows users to select the quality of the car they are looking for as well as make, model, year, etc.
By means of Javascript and Node.js we’ve built a complex and reliable back-end, supporting an extensive database with car models, photos and other information.
We used API to enable data parcel and list formation.

Challenge: In order to enable the app to analyse available data and based on the results, calculate the approximate car price, Waverley engineers created a specific mathematical model. It processed all filled parameters and parceled the data to calculate the possible price range.

UI/UX

UI/UX specialists at Waverley suggested a colorful and responsive app design prototype, which was later extended and improved. Driven by easy navigation, simplicity and elegance, an exceptional user experience came out as a result.

Process

Waverley team had weekly meetings with the client, discussing operational results. All bugs were found and fixed in a timely fashion, our QA engineer has rigorously tested each app unit.