ShopMates

Inspiration

Online shopping has become cool, since the pandemic—but also lonely. I missed the joy of texting outfit pics, hyping up friends, and making impulsive "buy it now" decisions together. So I built ShopMates, a social shopping experience that brings back the chaos, vibes, and connection of a mall day with your friend-- from home.

What it does

ShopMates lets you:

• Start a shared shopping session with a friend

• Browse clothing and products together in real time

• React with emojis and chat (Yap 💬)

• “Try on” outfits with and get opinions

• Build a shared cart and check out.

How we built it

We used Figma to prototype the entire user flow, including:

• Landing page

• Shared shopping room with real-time reactions

• Building your shopping cart

We focused on making the UI vibey, intuitive, and social—drawing inspiration from co-op games, group chats, and fashion moodboards.

Challenges we ran into

• Making social interaction feel real and not just like another comment section.
• Designing a shopping experience that’s both personalized and shared
• Ran out of time to really play with aesthetics

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Created a functional prototype in 12 hours!
• Coming up with an app idea that people will actually want to use

What we learned

• Simplicity matters. You don’t need 50 features to create connection, just one button.
• People crave digital experiences that feel human. Socializing these experiences is important to keep us connected!

What's next for ShopMates

• Maybe add a shop solo feature?
• A video call feature?

Built With

• figma