Beachup

The platform for beach volleyball players: Easy match organisation and a global court search

BeachUp is a proprietary brand of Youbility and our second major practical demonstration: we designed and developed the entire platform for beach volleyball enthusiasts. With BeachUp, players can effortlessly find available courts, organise matches and connect with fellow players – across platforms, with high performance and intuitive usability.

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  • 1
    Centralised community
    : players, venues and dates seamlessly integrated into a single system.
  • 2
    native apps
    : Apps for Android and iOS ensure maximum reach and native performance.
  • 100%
    fun when finding
    players – quick and easy organisation of matches and tournaments directly on your smartphone.
Beach Volleyball Action
Beach Volleyball Action

The task

Background & Challenge

Until now, organising beach volleyball matches has often been a fragmented process: arrangements were made via various messaging apps, the quality of court information was inconsistent, and finding new teammates was difficult. BeachUp aims to bridge this gap with a centralised, user-friendly platform:

 

  1. Real-time synchronisation: Court availability and last-minute match confirmations must be synchronised across all devices without delay.
  2. Global scalability: A growing database of volleyball courts worldwide requires high-performance data management and fast search APIs.
  3. Cross-platform UX: The user experience on the court must be extremely intuitive and fast – both on the mobile website and in the apps.
  4. Continuous optimisation: Usability issues had to be identified and resolved through ongoing A/B testing to maintain a high level of activity within the community.

The solution

Our solution & your contribution

We have set up the entire technical infrastructure for BeachUp and provide ongoing support for the platform.

  • Web platform: Development of the central web platform with a focus on technical SEO and fast loading times. Via the website, users can search for venues directly in their browser and find out about upcoming matches.
  • Mobile apps (Android & iOS): The companion apps were developed natively for Android and iOS to guarantee the best performance and a seamless user experience on smartphones.
  • APIs & Data Management: A high-performance backend forms the backbone of the system. Complex search APIs enable users to search for venues and ongoing matches within seconds based on geodata.
  • A/B Testing & Usability Optimisation: Through targeted A/B testing and user analysis, we have continuously simplified the registration and match creation processes to minimise the barrier to entry for new players.
BeachUp App
BeachUp App

See for yourself: the project is live.

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Ready when you are

Tell us where the problem lies.

Is a process taking too long? Is a system not integrating properly? Is a solution missing? Describe it in one sentence and we’ll tell you what’s possible.

Telephone: +49 341 24892188
Email: ed.ytilibuoy@onullfni