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iOS Mobile App for Cellar Ventures — Wine Marketplace

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Website Development • API Development

Industry

E-commerce & Retail

Duration

79 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 January 2020

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Cellar Ventures

Newport Beach, United States of America

Project Summary

Cellar Ventures engaged Inmost to design and build an iOS mobile app from the ground up to connect consumers and cellar owners for wine sales and trading. The app includes inventory and wishlist tracking, browsing by producer/vintage/region, a trading platform for cellar owners, and a data migration API. The client praises Inmost for team stability, strong communication, and an efficient sprint cadence; the engagement began in January 2020 and is ongoing.

Key Challenges

Connect consumers directly to wine sales
Build a consumer-friendly iOS app from the ground up
Enable cellar owners to buy, trade, and migrate data from other platforms
Implement identity and age verification for users

Project Deliverables

iOS mobile application
Inventory and wishlist tracking features
Search and filtering by producer, vintage, and region
Peer-to-peer trading platform for cellar owners
Data migration API for importing wines
Identity and age verification integration (INTELEtrack)
Website redesign and relaunch

Project Solution

Inmost designed and built the iOS app from the ground up, delivering user features to track wine inventory, manage wishlists, and browse items by producer, vintage, or region. They developed a peer-to-peer trading platform that lets cellar owners buy, trade, and transact with one another, and created an API to migrate data from other platforms. The team integrated INTELEtrack for identity and age verification and is also managing a redesign and relaunch of the client's website. Development is organized in short sprints with active collaboration between developers, project management, and QA.

Project Outcome

Efficient sprint workflow with 2–3 week sprints
Stable team with low turnover leading to continuity
High level of communication with daily email and weekly stand-ups
Continued, ongoing partnership with strong execution and delivery

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

iOS
REST API

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The client has been highly pleased with their partnership with Inmost, citing the diversity of their team and the stability of their development process as their most impressive strengths. The team maintains a high level of communication, as they continue to be committed and engaged to the project.”
Jeffrey Ishmael
CEO
Date: 07/23/2021