Platform and API for quoting electric bikes on Bubble and Airtable

Type:
Start-up
Durée:
3 months

Cyclink

Cyclink est une startup créée en 2022 qui achète, reconditionne et revend des vélos électriques auprès des particuliers et professionnels.

Problem

Faced with the growing demand for electric bikes, the startup is constantly looking to buy used bikes. With this in mind, Cyclink has established several partnerships with sports shops whose customers regularly seek to resell their bikes.

The problem arises when negotiating the repurchase price. Indeed, stores must be sure that if they buy a bike from a customer, they can then sell it back to Cyclink at a margin.

Cyclink therefore asks us to design a solution that allows store sellers to estimate the price of a bike in a few seconds and to instantly know its maximum repurchase price.

Solution

We offer Cyclink the following system:

  • A Node.js + TypeScript scoring API, hosted on Google Cloud Run for automatic scaling in case of increased load. This API receives information on the bike as a parameter and returns the maximum purchase price in response, guaranteeing added resale value for Cyclink. It seemed essential to us that this feature be developed as an independent product, so that the company could eventually market it in SaaS.
  • An Airtable database, storing the values of the bicycle evaluation formula. This allows Cyclink teams to adjust in real time the criteria influencing the price of bicycles according to market trends. For example, if a brand becomes trendy, its value can be increased, and vice versa.
  • A responsive webapp, developed on Bubble, allowing stores to:
    • Make a new quotation request.
    • View request history.
    • Notify Cyclink of a repurchase request when a transaction is finalized.

The project is carried out sprint by sprint, with validation at each stage to guarantee a result faithful to the customer's expectations. Once delivery was made, Cyclink was able to deploy the product to its partners and asks us from time to time for minor improvements.

Results

500+
quotation requests
100+
business accounts created

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