SaaS Auto Parts Marketplace for 22 Arabic Countries

Dubai is home to thousands of auto parts sellers, ranging from large wholesalers to small, specialized garages. However, the auto parts trade in the region remained largely offline or fragmented across outdated platforms. Sellers had no centralized system to manage their listings, receive orders from international buyers, or integrate with delivery companies.

As a result:

• Buyers across the Middle East and North Africa had to physically travel to Dubai or rely on informal communication channels to source parts.


• Sellers lacked digital infrastructure to reach cross-border customers, handle requests, or track deliveries efficiently.


• Delivery and logistics were disconnected, making fulfillment slow and error-prone.


• There was no VIN/OEM-based search filtering, causing miscommunication and incorrect part orders.


• The lack of automation created operational overhead, manual coordination, and limited business growth potential.

The client approached Aimit with the vision to digitally transform the Dubai auto parts industry through a smart, scalable B2B/B2C marketplace.

Aimit acted as both the technical partner and product development team, guiding the client from idea to execution through full-cycle startup development.

1. Business Analysis & Product Strategy

• Conducted deep research into the automotive aftermarket and cross-border logistics models


• Created detailed documentation covering seller types, delivery models, VIN/OEM structures, and part categories


• Mapped out the marketplace's multi-role access: buyer, seller, delivery company, admin

2. Platform Architecture & UX/UI Design

• Designed a clean, responsive, multilingual interface for all user roles


• Structured intuitive flows for:
  
  
  • Seller onboarding
  
  
  • Buyer search & order
  
  
  • Delivery selection and tracking


• Developed a smart filtering system using VIN, interchange numbers, OEM codes, and dynamic attributes by category

3. Custom Development

• Built the platform from scratch using:
  
  
  • Next.js (client)
  
  
  • Node.js (backend)
  
  
  • PostgreSQL and MongoDB (database)
  
  
  • Elasticsearch for high-performance product search


• Created custom dashboards for sellers and delivery companies


• Developed a powerful admin panel with control over categories, filters, user status, content moderation, and financial settings

4. Marketplace Features

• Cross-border order management system


• Buyer-side product comparison and saved searches


• Seller-side inventory management, pricing, and request handling


• Delivery partner selection with package-based activation


• 2FA security, email verification, and role-based access


• Full support for payment and non-payment-based order flows

5. Ongoing Support & Growth Planning

• Provided hosting, monitoring, and performance optimization


• Planned SEO-friendly URL structures and OpenGraph integration


• Designed future-ready modules (mobile app, analytics, multi-language)

As with any multi-role, multi-marketplace platform, the DAP project came with unique and complex challenges:

• Fragmented seller data : Many sellers operated without structured product data (VIN, OEM), requiring a system flexible enough to work with partial or clean data.


• Marketplace taxonomy : Categorizing thousands of parts while maintaining filtering speed and SEO compatibility required careful schema design.


• Logistics integration : Coordinating seller inventory with delivery companies demanded custom logic for requests, status updates, and regional constraints.


• Role-based flows : Creating seamless UX for buyers, sellers, and delivery companies—each with unique dashboards and flows—required extensive testing and iterations.


• Security and verification : Balancing platform accessibility with account security and compliance (email verification, document uploads, 2FA, etc.).

• Digitization of a traditionally offline industry : For the first time, auto parts sellers in Dubai could list, manage, and sell products digitally to 22 countries.


• Simplified international trade : Buyers outside Dubai no longer need to physically travel or rely on WhatsApp and informal sourcing they can search and order in a few clicks.


• Delivery logistics transformed : Delivery companies now receive structured digital requests, reducing confusion, delays, and manual handling.


• Professional platform image : The brand image, UI, and performance positioned DAP as a trusted digital player in a fragmented market.

Creating DAP wasn't just about building another marketplace, it was about solving real, on-the-ground problems for an underserved industry. Through close collaboration with our client, deep research, and flexible product design, Aimit delivered a full-stack SaaS platform capable of scaling across borders.

We have already developed a beta version, currently in private use for testing and refinement. Over the next year, our focus is on scaling, optimizing, and expanding integrations, with an official public launch planned in one year.

This project reflects our core strengths:

• Solving complex, multi-user challenges


• Building platforms with real business logic


• Combining UX excellence with solid backend architecture

Backend:

• Node.js with Express framework for scalable server-side development


• TypeScript for type safety and maintainability


• PostgreSQL as the main relational database for structured and reliable data management, complemented by MongoDB for flexible document storage and Elasticsearch for advanced search capabilities.


• API-first architecture to support multiple brand and mall integrations

Frontend (Web):

• React.js for the Admin Panel (malls-admins-front)


• Next.js for the Buyer Panel (malls-buyer-front), ensuring SEO optimization and high performance


• Multilingual support (HY, EN, RU) integrated directly into the frontend

Mobile Applications:

• React Native for cross-platform development (iOS & Android)


• Separate mobile buyer app (malls-buyer-mobile) with a native-like user experience


• Optimized for push notifications, real-time catalog updates, and AI-driven personalization

Infrastructure & DevOps:

• Cloud-based deployment with 99.9% uptime SLA


• CI/CD pipelines for rapid delivery and updates


• Microservices architecture for modular scaling


• Monitoring and logging systems for reliability

Security & Compliance:

• Secure authentication with OAuth2 / JWT


• Encrypted API communication


• Role-based access for admins, sellers, and employees


• GDPR-aligned data protection

Other Features:

• Optimized pagination and filtering for large-scale product catalogs


• Integrated email + push notification system


• Multi-tenant design supporting seamless onboarding of new malls and brands


• Planned AI analytics dashboards for future sales and engagement insights

DAP is now positioned as a scalable, high-impact startup and we’re proud to have built it from the ground up.