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SM Steels

Ordering app for a steel trading business

SM Steels replaces phone-in orders with a mobile app. Customers browse the catalog and place sales orders, brokers manage their accounts, and admins approve everything from a dashboard.

  • 2022
  • Android + iOS
  • Native Kotlin + Swift
  • Role-based logins
  • Firebase
Illustration of SM Steels

The challenge

A steel trading business took orders over the phone, which meant no easy way for customers to browse the current catalog, check prices, or track an order's status, and no record brokers or admins could search later. The trader needed a mobile app that gave customers and brokers a direct ordering channel while keeping admin control over pricing, categories, and approvals.

Who uses it

Customers
Browse product categories, view sales order details, and check out with shipping and billing addresses.
Brokers
Place and track orders on behalf of their own customer relationships after admin approval.
Admins
Approve new customer and broker accounts, manage products and category masters, and approve sales orders.

What we built

We built native Android and iOS apps with three logins: customer, broker, and admin. Customers browse categories, view product and sales order details, and check out with shipping and billing addresses. Admins approve new customer and broker accounts, manage products and category masters, and approve sales orders from a dashboard.

  • Three role-based logins

    Separate customer, broker, and admin sign-in flows, each with its own screens and permissions.

  • Product catalog

    Browse steel products by category, with detail screens for specs and pricing.

  • Sales order checkout

    Customers place orders and enter separate shipping and billing addresses.

  • Account approval queue

    Admins review and approve new customer and broker sign-ups before they can order.

  • Order approval dashboard

    Admins see incoming sales orders and approve them from one screen.

  • Category and product masters

    Admins manage the product catalog and category structure that customers browse.

  • Native Android and iOS

    Built natively in Kotlin for Android and Swift for iOS rather than a single cross-platform codebase.

How it works

  1. Customer or broker registers and waits for admin approval.
  2. Once approved, they log in and browse products by category.
  3. They open a product, review details, and add it to a sales order.
  4. At checkout they enter shipping and billing addresses and submit the order.
  5. Admin reviews the order on the dashboard and approves it.
  6. Customer and broker can check the order's approved status.
Close-up of the SM Steels order approval screen, with order line items and an approve action.
Close-up of the SM Steels order approval screen, with order line items and an approve action.

Every part of the product

  • Android app

    Kotlin

    Native Android app for customers, brokers, and admins to browse, order, and approve.

  • iOS app

    Swift

    Native iOS app mirroring the Android app's customer, broker, and admin flows.

How it’s built

Both apps were built natively rather than with a shared cross-platform framework, with Kotlin on Android and Swift on iOS. The three-role model (customer, broker, admin) runs through registration, catalog, and ordering, with admins gating account access and order approval rather than letting orders flow through automatically. Firebase backs push notifications and app services, and category and product data is managed centrally so both native apps stay in sync.

  • Android
  • Kotlin
  • iOS
  • Swift
  • Firebase
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging
  • REST API
  • Role-based access control

What clients say about working with us

Verified Fiverr reviews from our clients, quoted word for word.

5.0 98 verified reviews · Fiverr Top Rated
Went above and beyond for what i wanted. Very patient, understanding and level headed. Im a returning customer ive personally never had an issue with this person's work
jasonqasimiRepeat buyerKuwait · Android App Development
Venkey and his team is very responsive and understand the needs very well. Despite the time differences, we have regular and eventful meetings to get project delivered on-time.
wenqi7Repeat buyerSingapore · Android App Development
Amazing experience! The app was developed perfectly and ahead of schedule. Will definitely work with you again!
blackscaleteamRepeat buyerIsrael · Android App Development

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Questions about SM Steels

What does the SM Steels app do?

SM Steels is a native Android and iOS app for a steel trading business. Customers browse the product catalog and place sales orders, brokers place orders on behalf of their accounts, and admins approve new accounts and orders and manage the product catalog. Venzpire built both native apps to replace phone-based ordering with a mobile channel.

Which platforms does SM Steels run on?

SM Steels is a native app on both Android, built in Kotlin, and iOS, built in Swift. Each platform has its own native codebase rather than a shared cross-platform framework, giving customer, broker, and admin logins the same core flows on both.

Who uses the SM Steels app?

SM Steels has three user types: customers who browse products and place orders, brokers who order on behalf of their own accounts, and admins who approve accounts and orders and manage the product and category catalog. Venzpire built the role-based login system that keeps each type to its own screens.

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