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  Main Landing Page

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  User Dashboard

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  Seller Onboarding Part 1

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  Seller Onboarding Part 2

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  Premium Subscription Modal

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  Blockchain Verification Page

Inspiration

In a world flooded with greenwashing and impulse shopping, we asked a simple question: What if sustainability was built into every checkout? KarmaKart was born from the idea that commerce can drive climate action—if done right. We envisioned a platform where purpose-led brands meet conscious consumers, where every product tells a transparent impact story, and where tech powers trust.

What it does

KarmaKart is a sustainable e-commerce platform where every product carries a Karma Score, a smart rating that reflects its real-world environmental and ethical impact—based on factors like carbon savings, fair trade, women-led sourcing, and more. Consumers can filter by causes they care about, track their impact over time, and shop verified eco-products. Brands can apply to list their Shopify-linked stores, and approved sellers can manage listings, integrate payments, and grow with credibility.

How we built it

• Bolt.new enabled us to build a fully responsive, production-grade app in record time—no traditional frontend coding required.
• Supabase powers authentication, real-time product and user data, and seller onboarding workflows.
• Algorand handles product verification metadata and trustless transactions.
• RevenueCat was integrated to power paywall subscriptions for KarmaKart Premium.
• We deployed on Netlify.
• We made a Karma Score algorithm that dynamically reflects product attributes.

Challenges we ran into

• Managing dynamic image rendering and fallback behavior was trickier than expected across different components.
• Shopify integration required navigating OAuth flows and syncing product data securely.
• Getting blockchain testnet wallets up and running with Algorand took extra debugging, especially around mnemonic handling.
• Ensuring role-based access (admin vs. seller vs. buyer) with granular UI permissions in Bolt.new while maintaining UX consistency was an architectural hurdle.
• Integration with Stripe is also a challenge.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Created a fully functional AI-powered e-commerce experience—built entirely on no-code/low-code infrastructure.
• Integrated blockchain, AI, and commerce in a way that feels simple and intuitive to the user.
• Developed a Karma Score framework that can scale across categories, with room for future plug-and-play sustainability APIs.
• Built with a mission: tech that drives real-world behavior change.

What we learned

• The no-code/AI dev landscape has evolved to a point where you can build complex, production-grade apps without writing traditional code.
• Designing for sustainability requires radical transparency and empathetic UX—especially when trust is the product.
• Blockchain doesn’t have to be scary—it can be invisible and empowering when used for the right problems.

What's next for KarmaKart

• Finalize Shopify App Store approval and expand seller onboarding flow
• Implement carbon offset APIs to give live environmental feedback at checkout
• Allow buyers to earn Karma Points and unlock community-driven rewards
• Launch a public impact dashboard showing real-time collective KarmaKart footprint

Built With

• algorand
• bolt.new
• github
• netlify
• react
• revenuecat
• supabase
• tailwind
• vite