Probuddy

Christo Wiese is an accomplished tennis coach who knows the challenges of booking trainings from personal experience. Clients often can’t find coaches who are located nearby and learn details such as available session times and prices. Meanwhile, trainers struggle to keep track of their clients, bookings, and income. To address these issues for both sides, Christo created Probuddy. When Christo came to Riseapps, he was looking for a development partner with solid expertise in the fitness and health field to redesign his existing platform. We connected Christo with a designer and frontend developer who soon began work on his project.

Probuddy is built on the Sharetribe API, a tool for creating custom marketplaces. Our team had to keep this in mind, as Sharetribe dictates a headless architecture, meaning the platform’s functionality is directly enveloped in the API.
After conducting a thorough user interface and user experience audit, our designer updated the platform’s UI/UX. We improved the search, booking, and schedule modules; we also added income reporting and other features. We kept the design consistent while maximizing the platform’s functionality. Next, our frontend developer took over to implement the module improvements and new features in the platform’s codebase.
We chose React.js and CSS for the front end. Additionally, our developer used React SSR, a rendering method for delivering the client side of the web app through the backend server. React SSR allows for serving dynamic components as static markup, optimizing the platform’s performance.
Our developer chose Redux and Redux-Thunk for enhanced web app feature management. The Riseapps team also made the platform mobile responsive, meaning it’s adapted for smartphones with any screen size. When all the updates were in place, the platform had an improved look and improved functionality, resulting in quicker user adoption.

The result of our work is a scaled-up fitness and health booking marketplace that offers users an extended feature set. We added tools that allow both coaches and clients to stay in control of their time and money. New functionality improved the quality of the platform by providing a more intuitive interface and an optimized user experience. All told, we increased the number of Probuddy features by 50%. After the update, user traffic to the platform increased, and the monthly transaction value increased by $60,000.