kathyqueenly

Thank you! Haha I'm not entirely sure I recommend my approach. Obejctive C + IGListKit + regular old UIKit on iOS, React through next.js (for SEO) and native css on web, and Kotlin on Android. As to why: I've gotten a bit brash from my college hackathon years, as well as worked on a similar stack during my time as a full-stack eng at Pinterest. From sheer muscle memory and domain knowledge, building out Queenly on these three platforms was quick. Regarding mobile dev, on native dev vs. using React native, I'd say there's an advantage to being able to handle native navigation and animations, a wall that one might run into when developing on a hybrid app platform like RN. Additionally, a little company history: Queenly was an iOS-first app, launched first to prioritized our power sellers in our community. The React web app followed that, with enough user growth in between to shelve any considerations for a migration to RN.

Thank you for the thoroughness! I appreciate any technical "eyeballs" on the site for finding bugs, and this context helps speed up the fixing process. Much appreciated!

I'll share but these are not necessarily strong recommendations haha—many of these decisions stemmed from what I used in the last few years as a full-stack eng at Pinterest, and being able to move quickly came from muscle memory from using these dev environments.

iOS - Objective C, UIKit, IGListKit web - React on next.js and native css Android - Kotlin

Oh also, we thought of this when we met a user on our platform asking about attire for ice skating competitions! We figured that we can also expand this to competition / performance wear like what you had mentioned. We started talking to some users who perform as ballroom dancers, pianists, etc., and they all told us how expensive these garments are and how difficult it is to find them online. Thank you so much for this recommendation, we really wanna work hard this year to expand to this fully.

Thank you!

Thanks so much!

We truly appreciate it!!

Thanks! Quinceañera is super big but underserved. We hope to help provide more access and affordability to these big and celebratory dresses :)

This has been very top of mind actually! We have some users who have uploaded a lot of qipaos and aoi dais already. For immigrant women, it's difficult to find any formal cultural wear unless your town has a Chinatown or ethnic stores that cater to it. We want to provide easier access to this inventory, especially for those living in the Midwest/South, who normally would not have as many, if not any, ethnic stores that sell cultural formalwear. Thank you so much for recognizing this need for immigrants!

Prom is supposed to be fun, but prom dresses are expensive!

This is a fantastic recommendation! Thank you :)

Thank you!

For context on 1. We do indeed have both resale dresses as well as mom and pop dress boutiques with brand new inventory on our platform. The latter arose during the pandemic, as many of those shops unfortunately closed down and had to find a way to integrate their inventory online. It’s definitely a tricky UX challenge, to communicate the availability of both types of products on one platform. On this topic as well as the FAQ/dress cleaning subject, taking inspiration from how streetwear marketplaces is a great suggestion.

Definitely a tricky design challenge, to keep a playful but high end tone to the landing page!

Thank you!