📋 Overview: Blaqbook (Lillie Bull)
Explainer
Black book for travellers - to create for own references but also to share with others who are looking for a recommendation (not unreliable like in Yelp or Tripadvisor)

Client Expectations
She expects for us to lead her into the right direction as she has so many ideas and really want to get her app out there.
Status
Design 🌱 | In Development 🔨 | Launched | Retainer 🥳 
Project Style
Kanban, Sprint by Sprint, 4 Sprint MVP
Link to to client resources

Platforms
Mobile
Key Objectives
  • Users to save worthy items to a ‘blackbook’, like restaurants, to-dos/activities, places, services for their own reference
  • Users to view the 'blackbook' of their inner circle when they're travelling to find recommendations
  • Users to invite others into their inner circle to ensure that information being viewed & shared comes from people they know and trust
Business Model
v1 freemium, premium features to be discussed  after sketches

Affiliate, partnerships, marketing
Growth Model
Product led, invitations
Stakeholders
Lillie Bull - founder
Client Persona
Businesswoman, very serious and has little understanding with tech.
Team
BDM: @Zane S
Design: @Janice J
Product: @Nhat T 
Designs
Recordings

Launch Date 
Developer Estimate after onboarding
Git Repositories
Add Android, iOS,  and web repositories
API
Documentation

CMS 
Add link and logins to the CMS
Test Accounts

App Store Links
Add links after launch
Trello Board

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Details:

About
Lillie used to run a furniture import business and had tried to branch out into a marketplace platform to expand her business. Due to that, she has learned a few things and has a bit of understanding when it comes to tech.

She has tried working with multiple tech agencies including offshore teams but has always resulted in disappointing turnouts.

Lillie is an avid traveller and often finds it frustrating when she wants to find a good place to go because she has to ask people that she knows or search on Google. The problem with that is she sometimes does not want to bother friends with recommendations while Google doesn’t always give credible recommendations (data is too saturated so places that have good ratings she often finds disappointing).

This is when she came up with a solution: Black Book (name is temporary). The idea is to have an exclusive circle of trusted and credible people where they can share recommendations. Think of it as a directory of recommended restaurants, hotels and experiences that are provided by people in your circle.

These circles are going to be invite-only and have a limited capacity.

Features (please delete after design stage)
  • User profile (with recommendations)
  • Add a recommendation
  • Save recommendation
  • Invite contacts into circle
  • Uploading images and description for recommendations