Shoperia.ro – Local offers and discounts platform from nine cities in Romania
Role: Product Design / Full-Stack Development / Platform Architecture
Project type: Marketplace – Local Offers and Coupons
Website: shoperia.ro
About the project
Shoperia is a marketplace-type platform that aggregates the best local offers from nine cities in Romania, with discounts of up to 70%. The platform connects consumers with local businesses offering services and products at reduced prices, covering diverse categories-from restaurants and spas to travel and B2B services.
The project's objective was to build a scalable, high-performance and easy-to-use platform that functions both as a Progressive Web App and as a classic website.
Offer categories
- Restaurants - culinary offers and discounted menus
- Spa & Wellness - relaxation packages and treatments
- Activities - experiences and local entertainment
- Travel - tourism offers and breaks
- Shopping - products with discount
- Services - diversified local services
- Beauty - salons and cosmetic treatments
- Health - medical and dental services
- B2B - offers dedicated to companies
Platform features
- Multi-city coverage - nine cities: Arad, Baia Mare, Brașov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Livada, Oradea, Satu Mare, Timișoara
- Progressive Web App - installable on phone as a native app
- Favorites system - save favourite offers for later
- Shopping cart - multi-coupon purchases
- Product comparison - compare up to three offers simultaneously
- Coupons system - generation and validation of promotional codes
- Push notifications - notifications for new offers
- Reviews and rating - system for evaluating offers
- Real-time activity feed - notifications such as "someone just bought"
- Search autocomplete - instant suggestions as you type
- Newsletter with coupon - subscribe with 10% discount on the first order
- Dark/Light mode - toggle for visual preference
- Multilingual - Romanian and Hungarian
Partners program
The platform includes a dedicated system for partners (Become a Partner), where local businesses can list their offers, manage coupons and monitor sales through their own dashboard.
Tech stack
- PHP 8 custom (no framework)
- MySQL - database for offers, users, orders, coupons
- JavaScript vanilla - PWA, Service Workers, push notifications
- HTML5 / CSS3 - responsive design with card-based layouts
- Apache
The result
A complete marketplace platform, which:
- Aggregates local offers from nine cities across nine diverse categories
- Functions as a Progressive Web App installable on a phone
- Includes a complete system of coupons, favourites, comparisons and cart
- Provides partners with a management dashboard for offers
- Generates engagement through push notifications and real-time social feed
Shoperia.ro is an example of a scalable local marketplace, combining advanced eCommerce functionalities with a modern user experience - PWA, dark mode, push notifications and a complete coupon system.