Goket Grocery

Why Goket moved from WordPress to apps

Goket started on WordPress, and with thousands of products the site became too slow to use. They went mobile first: a customer app on Android and iOS, a rider app and a new website, with no designs, no existing code and two months to launch.

Building the customer app, rider app and admin dashboard

• Customer app in Flutter for Android and iOS, with phone number sign in, a fast catalogue and order tracking
• Home screen controlled from the admin dashboard, so layouts, banners and featured products change without a new release
• Rider app with order pickup, an optimized delivery route on Google Maps and payment collection at the door
• Admin dashboard for orders, products and app content
• Over the air updates with Shorebird, so fixes reach phones the same day
• New website in React, built for SEO and visibility in AI search tools
• UI designed from scratch around how people shop for groceries: fast search, clear categories, short checkout
• Shipped to the App Store without an iPhone: set up a Mac mini, fixed two rejections and handled the DUNS registration so Goket publishes under its own name
• Fonepay payments for both apps in progress, held up by local rules on payment APIs

Flutter, Dart, Shorebird, Google Maps, Fonepay, React, Android, iOS