App Development · 2025 · Stagehand

iOS + Android app for a live-event crewing marketplace

Two-sided marketplace app connecting event producers with vetted crew across the UK and UAE.

Marketplace · Live events

United Kingdom · UAE

14 weeks

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Client

Stagehand

Industry

Marketplace · Live events

Location

United Kingdom · UAE

Timeline

14 weeks

Results

What changed after launch

14 weeks

Ship time

+62%

Active crew MoM

≈ −50%

Churn after offline

Case study

Problem, approach, outcome

01 · Problem

The constraint

An MVP built in Bubble had hit its ceiling — no offline mode, brittle payments, painful hiring.

Stagehand's Bubble MVP proved demand for a two-sided crewing marketplace, but venue Wi-Fi and last-minute call sheets exposed hard limits: no reliable offline, fragile payments between producers and crew, and a hiring flow that frustrated both sides. The product needed a native-quality rebuild without a multi-year rewrite.

02 · Approach

What we did

React Native rebuild, native modules for scanning and offline, Stripe Connect, Sentry.

We rebuilt in React Native with shared business logic for iOS and Android, native modules for badge scanning and offline job packs, and Stripe Connect for marketplace payouts. Sentry and crash visibility were in from day one. Releases shipped every two weeks to TestFlight / Play Internal with producer and crew pilots in London and Dubai.

03 · Outcome

What shipped

Shipped in 14 weeks; MoM active crew +62%; churn halved after offline mode landed.

The app shipped in fourteen weeks. Month-over-month active crew grew 62% after launch, and churn roughly halved once offline mode landed — crew could work call sheets without venue Wi-Fi.

Why it worked