Secure and Engaging NFT Portal Launched in 12 Weeks

About Our Customer

The Customer is an EU-based crypto startup delivering gamified NFT trading solutions. The company aims to foster innovations within the crypto and NFT industry by creating next-gen NFT products that bridge the gap between entertainment and finance.

Seeking Cost-Effective Way to Build an Innovative NFT Solution

The Customer wanted to build a multi-functional platform to sell its proprietary NFT collection and enable NFT owners to earn passive income. The platform was to introduce NFT staking capabilities, immersive gaming experiences, and an educational module. The company also wanted to implement a loyalty program and NFT raffles to attract NFT community members.

The Customer initially involved ScienceSoft as consultants on NFT platform development. Satisfied with the cooperation on the product design and implementation planning, the company engaged ScienceSoft for end-to-end development of its innovative NFT solution.

Rapid Development of a Client-Facing NFT Portal

To help the Customer quickly attract clients and stay within the planned development budget, ScienceSoft’s consultants suggested breaking the NFT platform project into several phases:

• Phase I. Developing a customer portal to promote the company’s NFT collection and give NFT fans access to raffles and pre-sale offerings.
• Phase II. Building smart contracts for automated NFT minting and airdrops.
• Phase III. Implementing immersive gaming and educational modules to unlock additional revenue streams for the platform.

To complete the first phase – building a client-facing NFT portal – ScienceSoft assigned a team proficient in web portal development and NFT development. The team included a Web3 project manager, a business analyst, a UI designer, a front-end developer, a DevOps engineer, and a functional test engineer.

ScienceSoft’s experts handled the entire NFT portal development process, from design to coding to quality assurance. Our senior UI designer created a distinct visual style to drive high user adoption and help the Customer stand out among its competitors. Our senior front-end developer powered the portal with interactive animation and sound effects to create memorable experiences and increase user retention. The team implemented a responsive web design to ensure smooth adaptation of the portal’s contents to various screen sizes across desktop and mobile devices.

The NFT portal delivered by ScienceSoft provides the following functionality:

• Self-registration for NFT raffles and pre-sale for the Customer’s clients.
• Content management, NFT minting, and airdrop management capabilities for the portal admins.
• Convenient access to the startup’s white paper and educational materials for crypto investors and NFT community members.

ScienceSoft’s tech experts also established secure integrations between the NFT portal and the necessary third-party services:

• Premint, a web3 allowlist platform. The integration provides easy user registration for NFT mints, facilitates eligibility verification, and enables secure access to the raffle participants’ data. ScienceSoft’s experts recommended the Premint integration instead of building custom functionality for pre-mint participant registration to help the Customer speed up the portal launch and reduce development costs.
• GitBook, a knowledge management tool for software engineering teams. This integration streamlined the creation and publishing of the Customer’s white paper. With GitBook, the startup’s team will be able to easily edit the white paper and translate it into other languages.
• MetaMask, a non-custodial crypto wallet providing NFT management capabilities. This integration will speed up the transfer of the Customer’s proprietary NFTs to the pre-sale and raffle participants.

To ensure a prompt portal launch without compromising its quality, ScienceSoft’s team ran functional and integration testing in parallel with development.

Reduced Portal Cost without Sacrificing Advanced Capabilities

Due to ScienceSoft’s mature Agile practices, the Customer got a fully functional NFT portal launched in less than 3 months. Our advice on the cost-effective portal design and tech stack helped the Customer optimize portal development budget and timelines, while the portal’s clear and engaging interface ensured high user engagement and retention rates. Thanks to ScienceSoft’s expert help with prioritizing NFT platform components for implementation, the company got the opportunity to speed up payback.

Technologies and Tools

React, Figma, Sketch, MS Visio, Web3 libraries (material-ui, metamask, walletconnect, web3-react, web3modal, wagmi, slick-carousel, sass), Jira, Confluence, MindManager, Microsoft Teams.