Sell and buy quickly and in the most convenient way possible? Check out Vendly!
After having been tested in a private beta test, it is now running as a public beta and is available in the Apple App Store and soon also on Google Play.
Being a simple mobile marketplace, Vendly enables you and your friends to easily sell and buy anything from eachother, but also from everyone else in the marketplace, your trusted community.
Create and share simple one-page stores for your vends in just a few seconds, just using your cell phone at any time.
Take it the easy way!
This app is quick, totally straightforward and the most convenient way of selling stuff online in only 3 simple steps:
- Snap a photo.
- Share it on Facebook and Twitter.
- Sell!
It is as easy as this! And the new version (1.2) even allows you to add and invite Facebook friends, take a Welcome tour and much more!
Technical details
For quite a long time the Vendly team discussed about creating a native app versus an HTML5. This is what they finally made out of it:
- Languages: Javascript/Objective-C
- Platform: Node.JS
- Infrastructure: Heroku
- DB: Postgresql
- Node modules: Express, Knox, Mailchimp, Imagemagick, Bcrypt, Mailer, Pg, Loggly, Restler
Third Party Services
- Loggly
- Flurry
- Mixpanel
- Mailchimp
- Mailgun
- Podio
- Amazon S3
- Amazon Cloudfront
- Cloudflare
Future plans
CEO Alan Strauss is currently based in Silicon Valley, USA, in order to work efficiently on a strong strategy for launching the app in the USA. Besides, Vendly is closing a new funding and there is even more to come:
“Our local product development team has grown and we added new hires specialized in UI Design and API development, with whom we are working on releasing a public API soon, as well as new interface designs on every new update”,
explains co-founder Francisco Kemeny.
Get started and check out Vendly now and follow them on Facebook or Twitter to be one of the first to know when the Android version is available!
