Plats -a Cardano Event Platform integrated many event tools into 1 platform: CrowdSponsor, Depositing and Rewarding, NFT Ticket, Invitation, Social & In-person Tasks, Minigames, Attendees Management
This is the total amount allocated to Plats - A Comprehensive Cardano Event Platform - Increase Cardano Use Cases by NFT distribution & ADA Depositing and Rewarding.
Plats provides a comprehensive event platform from invitation to post-event report and increases Cardano use cases by CrowdSponsor in ADA, ADA depositing & rewarding, and ADA NFT distribution.
No dependencies
The source code of the event platform will not be open source. However, all the blockchain-related coding (smart contract, CrowdSponsor) will be open source.
Problems
Event organization demands are relatively high. In particular, there are approximately 1.8 million events and meetings held per year in the United States (US - largest event organizers in the world). However, Hosting an event requires several steps and tools. For example, the organizers need to use platforms like Eventbrite, Mailchimp, Facebook Event, or Luma to create event listings, sell tickets, and send invitation letters. Additionally, they need to utilize platforms such as Gleam to create social quests, like following someone on Twitter or joining Discord or Telegram. For interactive elements, organizers may employ tools like Kahoot for quiz games or random Lucky Draw Web Apps. They could use a random QR Code app as well, which might stop working or force users to watch an ad after 20 scans without notice. Moreover, if the organizers want to distribute rewards in native tokens like ADA to attendees, it must be done manually. Although 92% of marketers say event software helps them reach business goals. (Branka, 2023), fragmented tools or platforms takes them a lot of time and human resources.
Even if event organizers were pleased to use many tools or platforms at the same time, they would have to spend a lot of money on each of them. For instance, when it comes to event ticketing systems, Eventbrite is a popular choice for many. However, it's essential to consider the costs associated with Eventbrite's services. In the USA, they charge a 3.7% commission plus $1.79 per sold ticket, while in the UK, it's a 6.95% commission plus £0.59 per sold ticket.
We also do some research about event organization in Cardano ecosystem, and found that event organization in this ecosystem is relatively high. During the whole time of Cardano monitoring, 162 events were added (coindar.org). Cardano Summit 2023 has over 20 community-led events across the world and a full day both dedicated to community projects building on Cardano and forged by the community with over 30 thousand global attendees (Cardano Summit 2023). In Vietnam, 19 Cardano events organized by Mie - a Cardano ambassador in Vietnam (13/8/2022 - 12/8/2023) (For example: Cardano Blockchain Vietnam, Cardano Submit,...). 23 sessions of Cardano Coffee Lounge organized by cardano2vn.
Solutions
Our solution to this problem is to create an all-in-one event platform to support event organizers comprehensively. Applying technology into organizing plays an important role, 68.7% of event professionals agree that using technology to improve the attendee experience is a trend with staying power (Knowland, 2022).
We will offer two main products:
(picture of previous MVP)
2..A Mobile App for Event Organizers, Attendees, and Sponsors.
(picture of previous MVP)
Detailed functions we expect to develop with Project Catalyst Funding
Plats is closing the business gap between Sponsors and Event organizers, as well as promising to reduce the costs for Event Organizers by 50% while promising to bring more global users to Cardano Ecosystem. Our research shows that the biggest labor cost is not the day of the event, but the preparation time. For example, preparing and selling tickets, raising money (sponsors, etc.), preparing and inquiring about event halls, etc. If this tool can be thoroughly addressed after this fund, our cost reduction target is 80-90% for human resources and fees for many tools/platforms.
Plats addresses the F11: Cardano Use Cases, particularly product track because it creates value for the Cardano community and wider ecosystem by solving event business problems through a comprehensive set of event-specific tools, offering more use cases to ADA with the use of ADA in CrowdSponsor, depositing & rewarding, and ADA NFT distribution.
In details, the benefits that Plats will bring to the Cardano Ecosystem include:
Event platform with integration into the Cardano Ecosystem:
Onboard more Web 2 users to Cardano Ecosystem:
ADA Usage in Plats Events will increase liquidity, trading volume and use case for ADA;
Fluid and Uninterrupted Brand Recognition for Products built on Cardano Ecosystem as well as traditional non-blockchain brands.
Strengthening Cardano Communities Connection in all over the world
If you are a business selling Cardano-related merchandise based in the US and you want to sell globally to customers in Vietnam, or in Tanzania, you could sponsor a Cardano Local Event in Vietnam or in Tanzania with ADA and showcase your company in that Event.
Positive Perception and Reputation for Cardano Communities:
These are some of our capabilities to deliver the Cardano Event Platform with high levels of trust and accountability:
A Talented and Dedicated Team of Builders with Expertise in both Web2 and Web3:
The Plats Team was founded in December 2021, by our founder and CEO Marcus Nguyen, the founder and CEO of VAIX Group, an IT outsourcing company in Vietnam with strong ties with Japanese Clients. He invited Thomas Le, the man behind the backend infrastructure of Topica, Vietnam's largest EdTech Group, to help as the CTO.
Plats was their first product in the Blockchain x Event Industry. Plats's initial mission was to build an Event Solution that could integrate Blockchain Technology, allowing attendees to receive NFT rewards while attending events.
Plats Team has been working on this product ever since.
We never called for VC funding, never ICOed or IDOed. All of the development was done part-time with money out of hackathons and out of our own pocket. All members of the team are volunteer contributors and not paid for by VAIX Group or any organizations. The team has a great passion for this product and believes in its ability to serve a wide range of audiences.
Minimum Viable Product Released and Tested by real customers. One of the missions of our project is to bring transparency to event organizations with blockchain technology. To do that, we are also aiming for transparency in every aspect of our project. We are already providing free testing for all of the released functions of the system. We have released our early iterations prior to Project Catalyst and have received valuable feedback from our customers.
Now you could also test them and try them out:
Milestone 1 - 1 month - ₳38728 - 15,00%
Client Web Service
Mobile App for Attendees
Mobile App for Event Organizers
Website Design
Basic Marketing (Product Update on Social Media Outlets)
Milestone 2 - 2 months - ₳64638 - 25,00%
Client Web Service
Mobile App for Attendees
Website Development
Basic Marketing (Product Update on Social Media Outlets)
Milestone 3 - 1 month - ₳38728 - 15,00%
Client Web Service
Mobile App for Event Organizers
Website Development
Basic Marketing (Product Update on Social Media Outlets)
Milestone 4 - 1 month - ₳38728 - 15,00%
Client Web Service
Basic Marketing (Product Update on Social Media Outlets)
Milestone 5 - 1 month - ₳25855 - 10,00%
Client Web Service
Basic Marketing (Product Update on Social Media Outlets)
Milestone 6 - 2 months - ₳51710 - 20,00%
Client Web Service
Basic Marketing (Product Update on Social Media Outlets)
Marcus Nguyen- Project Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nguyen-plats/
Thomas Le - Chief Technology Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-le-3b3498146/
Harrison Nguyen - Business Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nguyenhoanghn/
Rose Duong - Business Analyst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/haplats/
Product Management: ₳ 76974
Mobile App (iOS & Android) Development: ₳ 25263
Web and backend development, DevOps: ₳ 34737
Blockchain development: ₳ 39474
UI UX Design: ₳ 22895
Testing & Business Analysis: ₳ 25000
Infrastructure (8 months): ₳ 13158
Marketing Package: ₳ 21053
=> SUM: ₳ 258553
Detailed Answers with hourly rate and a Tentative Statement of Milestones will be provided in this Google Sheet: here
This budget is designed with the exchange rate of ₳1 =$0.38
It would still be feasible when the ADA price fluctuates around $0.38 to $0.45
If ADA price plunges below or above thresholds and stayed there stably (for at least 1 month):
Below $0.2:
Above $0.5:
The cost of the project is determined by estimated hours of work for each department.
Project Management - 450 hours - $65/hour
Mobile App (iOS & Android) Development - 240 hours - $40/hour
Web and backend development, DevOps - 330 hours, $40/hour
Blockchain development - 250 hours, $60/hour
UI/UX Design - 290 hours - $30/hour
Testing & Business Analysis - 380 hours - $25/hour