Skool Map

Skool.com•2024- Landing App

Skool is a community platform that lets you host courses and events for your online community. Created by serial entrepreneurs Sam Ovens and Alex Hormozi.

ROLE

Designer & Developer

TECH STACK

TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Figma

CREDITS

Hamza Ahmed

Danish Ahmed

Ted Carr

Andrew Kirby

PROBLEM

Communities on Skool.com often struggle to connect with fellow members in real life. The friends making process was very labour-intensive.

To avoid spams, creators have banned posts aimed at finding people nearby, which further amplified the challenge for members to meet up in real life.

As a fellow community member, I too faced the same struggle. Driven by a strong desire to solve problems, I decided to take a shot at building a solution.

OUR VISION

We needed a simple and inexpensive solution that allows users to find friends living close to them, something like a map.

Existing Solution

We looked for existing solutions and found Google My Maps, but quickly hit the limitation of 2000 members on a single map. The map was slow and cluttered, not cool (see picture below, left side).

Google My Maps vs. Skool Map

Our Solution

Now I know what to build. We first need to verify user's membership on Skool via the Skool API.

We also need a user interface to collect user's address, so we can retrieve the coordination and pin them on the map.

What that, our MVP is completed and ready to handle hundreds of thousands of users!

New Features

We don't just stop there. We continue to collect feedback and make improvements to the app. This is by far the most beloved feature - Nearby Search.

RESULTS

At the time of writing, we have helped over 30,000 users build lifelong friendships! The community got so hyped that it has attracted another famous YouTuber, Denmo to do business with us, which then snowballed our success.