We developed the initial version of Horoview's watch ad aggregation website in just one month.

Background

Horoview aggregates watch sale ads available on dozens of platforms.

The Horoview team reached out to us via Collective to execute the development of the site.

After creating the mockups, they were in search of a development collective to ensure a fast delivery, aiming to get the first version online quickly.

Since the ad scraping had already been set up, our role was to:

• Integrate into the existing database of scraped ads

• Define the data model and application architecture to develop the expected features (full-text search, filters, statistics) in a simple, efficient, and pragmatic manner to meet the expected deadlines

• Integrate the mockups in a responsive manner

Technology

• We chose to build the site with Next.js to take advantage of both the development experience (rapid iterations, infrastructure managed by Vercel in one click) and server-side rendering to meet SEO requirements.

• The newly scraped ad data is copied, filtered, and formatted several times a day into a Postgres database that powers the site. This allowed us to progress quickly on the full-text search and filtering features without having to resort to a search engine like ElasticSearch, for example.

• We used Chakra UI to deliver a 100% responsive design system quickly.

Features

• Listing of over 100,000 watch ads

• Aggregated statistics on ads over time

• Full-text search system (brands, models, etc.) and filtering (all watch attributes)

• User space (authentication, wishlists, etc.)