Live product — Android app shipped, API in production

The marketplace built for Chad, not adapted to it.

Sokchad connects buyers and sellers across 15 Chadian cities with prices in FCFA, interfaces in Arabic, French and English, local delivery by motorcycle or taxi, and the payment methods Chadians actually use — Airtel Money, Moov Money and cash on delivery.

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Sokchad Android app — home feed
Top-rated sellers
Buyer warranty
15Cities covered
3Languages — AR · FR · EN
3Payment methods
v8.03Shipping release
Product

Big-platform UX patterns, localized end-to-end

We built on UX research from AliExpress, Amazon and Baymard's e-commerce studies — then adapted every detail to how commerce actually works in Chad.

Listings that convert

Edge-to-edge square product photography (the AliExpress Pegboard pattern), sold counters and star ratings on every card.

Automatic seller ranking

A gold Top crown is granted automatically to sellers holding ≥ 4.5★ with 100+ sales — reputation computed by the platform, not claimed by sellers.

Return-guarantee system

Sellers activate a configurable return warranty (7/14/30 days) that renders as a green shield on their listings — trust infrastructure new to Chadian e-commerce.

Real delivery logic

Free or buyer-paid delivery with configurable fees, same-city-only options, and motorcycle/taxi as first-class delivery methods.

Trilingual, RTL-native

Full Arabic right-to-left layouts — not flipped strings. Bundled Arabic typography (Cairo), mirrored navigation, bilingual seller tools.

Built for 2G realities

Product images cached and embedded locally, so browsing and seller tools keep working on Chad's mobile networks.

Platform

A REST API in production today

Node.js + MySQL 8, Dockerized on our own VPS. The Android app depends on it right now — this is running infrastructure, not a prototype.

GET

/api/products — filter by category, city, price; sort by newest, cheapest, most viewed.

POST

/api/products — 1:1 validated images, stock, warranty window, delivery type & fee.

POST

/api/orders — payment per airtel, moov or cash on delivery.

GET

/api/sellers/:id — verified badge, ratings, sales stats, active inventory.

// Live response shape
{
  "title":  "Samsung Galaxy A54",
  "price":  185000,          // FCFA
  "rating": 4.7,
  "sold_count": 214,
  "warranty_days": 7,
  "delivery": { "type": "free" },
  "badge":  "top"            // auto-computed
}
React Native · Expo Node.js · Express MySQL 8 Docker Nginx XTTS-v2 AI dubbing (AR)
Status

What's shipped vs. what the grant unlocks

01
Marketplace coreListings, search, flash deals, seller profiles, orders — live on Android.
SHIPPED
02
Trust systemVerified sellers, buyer return warranties, automatic Top ranking.
SHIPPED
03
AI dubbing pipelineTelegram bot dubbing seller videos to Arabic with cloned voices (XTTS-v2).
SHIPPED
04
iOS buildSame codebase, App Store release.
WITH GRANT
05
Mobile money integrationDirect Airtel / Moov API settlement inside checkout.
WITH GRANT
06
Cloud scale-outMove from single VPS to regional cloud infra (UAE / EU) as volume grows.
WITH GRANT

Building commerce infrastructure for Chad

Sokchad — N'Djamena, Chad. Reach us at contact@souktchad.shop

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