Keeping a consumer platform fast for 350K+ registered users.
GlamGuider. Consumer platform.
- registered users
- 350K+
- monthly active users
- 42K
- API requests per day
- 70K+
- requests per second at peak
- ~70
Figures describe the GlamGuider platform, which our engineers built and operated.
Business problem
A product discovery and comparison platform had grown to hundreds of thousands of users. It had to stay fast at its busiest moments while a staff team ran it day to day.
The challenge
Traffic was uneven. The daily average was low, but peaks reached around 70 requests per second, and systems like this fail at the peak, not on average.
What we built
- Faster responses on the busiest parts of the platform
- Product information kept current automatically, in the background
- Staff tools with permissions and a history of every change
- A loyalty programme and review moderation workflows
Result
A live platform serving a large user base, with staff operations running through permissioned, audited tools.
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