Bidadoo is the largest and most trusted online remarketing partner for heavy equipment, trusted by global giants like Sunbelt Rentals, Herc Rentals, JCB, and The Boeing Company. For over 18 years, they have specialized in selling used industrial assets on the eBay marketplace, building a reputation on the accuracy and reliability of their equipment inspections.
Online Remarketing & Heavy Equipment Auctions
Mobile App Development, White-Label Development, Digital Transformation
Bidadoo's business hinges on trust. Buyers and sellers rely on their expert inspections of heavy, high-value equipment. Their core operational challenge was conducting these detailed inspections on-site—often in remote warehouses or field locations with poor or non-existent internet connectivity.
They needed a digital solution that was robust, intuitive for their on-field inspectors, and absolutely reliable offline. They envisioned an "industry-standard" inspection app that was so powerful and flexible, it could not only transform their own operations but also have the potential to be white-labeled for other organizations. This required building a complete ecosystem from scratch: a mission-critical tool for a leader in the industrial auction world.
Appinventiv designed and built a comprehensive, two-part solution to digitize Bidadoo's entire inspection workflow.
Bidadoo required a comprehensive inspection app that could be customized for their internal team and white-labeled for external organizations and public users. The challenge was to accommodate diverse user needs while adhering to industry compliance standards. We addressed this by conducting thorough market research to identify specific inspection industry requirements. This insight resulted in the development of a highly customizable bidding platform that met both internal and external user needs.
The biggest challenge was architecting a bulletproof offline mode. We designed a sophisticated data synchronization mechanism that reliably handles large inspection files, including high-resolution images and detailed data points, ensuring no data is ever lost when moving between offline and online states.
The Bidadoo team's most critical challenge was to create a configurable web portal and user-friendly app for their on-field inspectors, who may not be technologically savvy. We built a clean and intuitive user experience for Bidadoo’s SnapShot app through effective UI/UX design. Also, we crafted the web portal with high configurability in mind, enabling Bidadoo to easily set up and modify inspection templates.
We engineered a highly configurable backend system that empowers the Bidadoo team to create complex, multi-layered inspection templates through a simple web interface, without writing a single line of code.
The app required a customized camera with specific features for annotations and quality control. We built these features directly into the native camera module for optimal performance and user experience.
To ensure a successful delivery that was on time and perfectly aligned with the client's vision, we followed a disciplined and transparent implementation process.
For an application where performance, reliability, and deep device integration were paramount, we made the strategic decision to pursue native development.
While cross-platform tools are useful, native development with Swift (for iOS) and Kotlin (for Android) was the only choice to guarantee the flawless offline performance, complex data handling, and customized camera functionality that Bidadoo required. The backend was built on Node.js with a SQL database and deployed on Azure, providing a secure and scalable foundation.
The "Snapshot by Bidadoo" ecosystem was delivered ahead of schedule, with a beta version ready in
just 8 months.
The platform has been successfully rolled out and has completely transformed
Bidadoo's core operations.
Complete Digital Adoption: The app is now the central, standardized tool used for every equipment inspection across the entire organization, streamlining workflows and enhancing data consistency.
Empowered Field Teams: On-field inspectors are now equipped with a reliable, easy-to-use tool that works seamlessly in any environment, boosting their efficiency and accuracy.
Future-Ready White-Label Architecture: The platform was built with a flexible architecture that allows Bidadoo to easily white-label the solution for other companies, creating a new potential revenue stream.
A Platform for a Long-Term Vision: The successful launch has paved the way for a strong ongoing partnership, with future plans to expand the platform with e-commerce functionality, appraisal modules, and more.
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