JRPass.com Website & Backend Enhancements
Services Covered:

Industry
Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Duration
2 months
Budget
50K - 199K
Start Date
1 November 2017
Team Size
1-5
Engagement Model
Nearshore
Project Capability Score (PCS)
69/100
Good
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Client
JRPass.com
Project Summary
Ideamotive provided Ruby on Rails backend development and focused frontend work for JRPass.com, expanding payment methods, creating a mobile website, and adding regional rail-pass offerings. The engagement included backend upgrades and shipping-provider changes, and resulted in substantially improved conversions. The client praised Ideamotive’s proactivity, technical ability, and project management.
Key Challenges
- Lack of progress from previous developers on the website
- Need for a reliable partner to get the project back on track
Project Deliverables
- Backend upgrade using Ruby on Rails
- Payment methods expansion/integration
- Mobile website
- Regional rail-pass feature (nearly 30 regional passes)
- Shipping-provider integration (moved from FedEx to UPS)
- Narrowly scoped frontend design
Project Solution
They used Ruby on Rails for backend development and performed narrowly scoped frontend design. The vendor upgraded the backend to expand payment methods (beyond Visa and MasterCard) to support European market preferences, implemented new regional rail-pass functionality (adding nearly 30 passes for different regions), changed the shipping provider from FedEx to UPS, and created a mobile website. The work included a small cross-functional team (product manager, frontend designer, and developers) and individual projects took approximately six to eight weeks.
Project Outcome
- Conversions increased nearly four-fold across multiple channels
- Greater user adoption of diverse payment and product options
- Positive project management experience with daily reports and timely responses
Platforms
Web
Mobile
Tech Stack
Ruby on Rails
HTML
Client Endorsement
Overall Review Rating
5
5 out of 5 stars
Timeliness
Cost Rating
Willing to Refer
Quality of Deliverables
Our conversions have gone up almost four-fold, and most of our users are taking advantage of the wider range of options. Ideamotive has broad expertise, so they come up with creative approaches and solutions. They're proactive and really take ownership of their work.
Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.
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