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Umego: Social Experience Platform for Hong Kong
Space-O Technologies is the development partner behind Umego, a social experience platform built for people in Hong Kong. No web-based platform connected people with similar interests through real-life activities such as yoga, coffee brewing, and cycling. Space-O Technologies built a web platform where users book experiences, match through date ideas, and chat or video call. The platform runs on PHP, Yii, MySQL, AWS, Stripe, Quickblox, and Twilio. Users purchase vouchers and activate them instantly from their email inbox.
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Dedicated Development Team
2 Years
Development Timeline
3 Roles
Connected User Roles
About Umego
Umego is a web-based social experience platform that connects people in Hong Kong through shared interests. Unlike other social networking websites, Umego helps people reconnect in real life by registering for different activities. Activities range from yoga and coffee brewing to cycling.
Before Umego, no web-based social experience platform in Hong Kong connected people with similar interests in different activities. Popular dating solutions also had a fake profile problem. The client wanted a web portal with verified profiles for a safe and secure experience.
Space-O Technologies built Umego around three roles: admins, users, and shop owners. Users book experiences, suggest date ideas, gift vouchers, and match with people who like their ideas. Admins manage categories, gift ideas, coupons, and shop users, while shop owners track coupon activity.
How We Built Umego’s Social Experience Platform
The client partnered with Space-O Technologies to build a social platform where like-minded people book experiences together. Six core systems shaped the build.
Experience and Category Management
Requirement:
The platform needed a structured catalog of activities and gift ideas that admins could update.
Solution:
We built category management where admins add experiences and gift ideas. Admins also set time durations and pricing for each listing from the same panel.
Shop User and Vendor Management
Requirement:
Every experience sold on the platform needed an owner who could be managed and monitored.
Solution:
We built shop user creation where admins add owners, monitor their sales performance, and activate or deactivate profiles. A vendor panel shows shop owners how many users bought and redeemed each coupon.
Coupon and Promotion Management
Requirement:
The client needed to run promotions without losing track of codes, expiry dates, and who used them.
Solution:
We built coupon management with codes, expiration dates, and user-wise promotions. Shop owners track coupon use through monthly statistics.
Voucher Purchase, Gifting, and Instant Delivery
Requirement:
Users needed an easy way to buy experiences and gift them to others.
Solution:
We built voucher purchases where users receive and activate vouchers instantly from their email inbox. Users gift an experience by sharing the voucher code, and recipients add that code to their own account.
Date Ideas and Anonymous Matching
Requirement:
The client wanted users to meet through shared activities, not through conventional dating apps.
Solution:
We built date ideas where users suggest romantic, fitness, or adventure plans. When another user likes an idea, the profiles match, and the pair can chat or video call. Anonymous date options let users create an idea and wait for a match.
Search, Wishlist, and Multilingual Experience
Requirement:
Users need to find vouchers quickly, save purchases for later, and use the platform in their own language.
Solution:
We built advanced voucher search that suggests vouchers based on user input. A wishlist saves favorite vouchers and experiences, and special discounts apply to wishlisted items. Multilingual support makes the platform accessible to more users.
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Core Features of the Umego Platform
Umego brings admins, users, and shop owners together on one platform, each with tools built for their role. Here are the features that make social experiences work.
Category Management
Manage multiple categories of experiences and gift ideas, and set the listing, time duration, and pricing from the same panel.
Coupon Management
Manage coupon codes, expiration dates, and user-wise promotions to support marketing and revenue generation across every experience on the platform.
Create Shop Users
Create shop users for every experience sold, monitor their sales performance, and activate or deactivate profiles based on their activity.
Gift Idea Management
List gift ideas with prices, locations, and categories, then add, remove, or edit them and adjust filters and occasions freely.
Unique Dating Experiences
Book unique experiences such as ball games, hikes, or adventures with a group of friends or one person.
Free Vouchers to Spend With Someone Anonymous
Create a date idea, sit back, and wait for a match, as someone with similar interests reaches you anonymously.
Gifting Options for Your Potential Partner
Purchase an experience card and share the voucher code, so your partner can add it to their account.
Search Voucher
Use advanced search to find experience vouchers of your choice, with suggestions that adapt to the keywords you enter.
See Who Liked Your Idea
See people with similar interests who liked your idea or vouchers, then receive their messages and start socializing.
Wishlist
Save favorite vouchers and experiences for later, with special discounts and offers applied directly to wishlisted items to encourage purchase.
Vendor Admin Panel
Monitor the coupons created by the admin, see how many users purchased them, and track who bought and redeemed each coupon.
Manage Promotional Activities
Check coupon information alongside the users who availed them, and review monthly statistics showing total coupons used in that period.
Social Experience Business Models Supported
Umego was built for Hong Kong, but the same booking, voucher, and matching tools suit other community platforms. Here’s where this kind of platform fits.
Social Experience Platforms
Activity and Event Booking Marketplaces
Interest-Based Community Networks
Gift Voucher and Experience Marketplaces
Dating and Matchmaking Platforms
Local Meetup Platforms
Coupon and Promotion Platforms
Vendor-Led Experience Marketplaces
Lifestyle and Hobby Platforms
Technology Stack We Used
Powering experience bookings, secure payments, and chat required a framework that scales easily and supports a robust architecture.
Backend Development
PHPYii2
Database
MySQL
Cloud and Infrastructure
AWS
Payment Processing
Stripe
Third-Party Integrations
Quickblox
Twilio
Results Delivered Through Social Experience Platform Development
Replacing generic social networking with real-life activity booking gave the client a distinctive platform for connecting people. Here’s what Umego delivered.
Instant Email Voucher Delivery
Free Voucher Exchanges
Multilingual Platform Access
Anonymous Date Matching Options
Our Role in the Project
Space-O Technologies served as the end-to-end development partner for Umego, building a social experience platform for people in Hong Kong.
Custom Social Experience Platform Development
Voucher and Coupon System Development
Stripe Payment Integration
Chat and Messaging Integration
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