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A hospitality startup came to us with an idea — connect venues with content creators, without the cold DMs and negotiations. Six months later, doors were open: live mobile apps, business tooling and a marketplace with real venues on board.
The challenge
Showlab’s founders knew both sides of the problem — venues wanting authentic exposure, creators hunting for places worth shooting. They needed the whole platform built from zero: consumer apps, venue tooling, admin controls and the integrations to tie it together. And they needed it fast enough to catch the market, without burning their runway on a big-agency build.
What we built
Cross-platform iOS and Android apps for creators and venues — discover verified venues, see transparent offers, request a booking and get confirmed in seconds. Live on the App Store with a 5-star rating.
The venue side of the marketplace: list offers, manage bookings, track collaborations and deliverables — everything a venue needs to work with creators, no spreadsheets or DMs.
Full operational control for the Showlab team — vetting venues, moderating content, managing users and watching marketplace health, with industry integrations connecting the ecosystem.
In the product
The outcome
How we got there
Fixed-fee discovery: the marketplace model, user journeys and a costed build plan the founders could take to investors.
Weekly demos from week one — mobile, portal and admin built in parallel by one senior team, with integrations landing as features stabilised.
App Store submission, launch support and ongoing improvements on a month-to-month retainer — no lock-in.
That’s exactly what we did for Showlab. Let’s talk about yours.
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