The developers of Edy, an iOS app that blends the creative photo sharing elements of Instagram with the DIY work of online marketplaces like Etsy, won first place at the first ever RedTroops’ JO Hackathon, which concluded on Saturday April 25 at King Hussein Business Park in Amman, Jordan.
The app allows users to showcase and sell their handmade wares such as sweets, party favors, jewelry, clothing, and other crafts.
“We wanted to create something that had more of a social network feed. It’s kind of like Instagram but for items that are homemade, and users can eventually sell the things that they make,” said Ramzi Jiryes, who developed the app with Ghassan Basrak and Adham Goussous.
RedTroops, an online marketplace that brings together app developers and in-app advertisers, challenged participants to create a fully-functional mobile application for iOS or Android in 48 hours or less. Attendees were split up into teams of two or three members that worked together from initial brainstorming to the final stages of optimization. A panel of industry experts evaluated whether the apps were useful, functional, scalable, and monetizable. First, second, and third-place winners took home a cash prize of USD $1,000, $400, and $200, respectively.
Original article by Melanie Butcher
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