Social Shopper Inc.

Yi Meng
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, United States

Development Stack

React
React
JavaScript
JavaScript
HTML
HTML
CSS
CSS
SASS
SASS
MongoDB
MongoDB
NodeJS
NodeJS
AWS
AWS
GitHub
GitHub

Projects

CoCarting

CoCarting

COCARTING: DIGITAL WISHLIST & COLLABORATIVE SHOPPING Turn online shopping into a live social experience! CoCarting brings friends and family together in real-time to browse, chat, and make decisions as a group. Create WishLists for any occasion - from holiday gifts to dorm essentials - then invite others to join in with their ideas and votes. Together you can: • Shop in real-time across multiple stores • Chat and vote on one unified platform while browsing • Create and share WishLists for any occasion • Collaborate easily with friends and family Whether you're planning a party, furnishing a new home, or just wanting a second opinion, CoCarting makes every shopping trip better together! DIGITAL WISHLISTS REIMAGINED Transform how you plan, share, and shop with smart WishLists: • Create unlimited Wish lists for any occasion or project • Share wishlists instantly with friends and family • Track prices and get alerts when items go on sale • Reserve items to avoid duplicate gifts PERFECT FOR ANY OCCASION, PROJECT or GROUP ACTIVITIES ● Holiday Shopping ● Party Planning ● Group Gifting ● Educators/Teachers ● School Administrators ● For Parent Groups & PTAs ● College Students ● New Home Owners ● Brides, Grooms, Wedding Planners, etc. ● Birthday Parties ● Travel ● ….and so many more SHOP WITH FRIENDS IN REAL-TIME Experience the future of social shopping where you can browse, compare, and buy together with friends and family - just like you're at the mall together! Create shared WishLists, vote on items, and make shopping decisions as a group. DISCOVERY MADE SOCIAL • Browse our mega marketplace in real-time • Get personalized recommendations from friends and family based on your occasion • Share finds instantly and get immediate feedback • Explore curated collections • Perfect for group shopping SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE • Plan group gifts • Create shared WishLists for special occasions • Shop together for gifts, parties, home decor, fashion, electronics, and more • Find the best deals across multiple retailers in one place THE SOCIAL SHOPPING REVOLUTION • Shop and chat simultaneously • Vote on items in real-time • Compare prices across stores together • Schedule shopping sessions with friends
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Story

Before founding CodeHills, Danish collaborated directly with Social Shopper Inc. on CoCarting, a platform designed to transform online shopping into a collaborative, real-time social experience. The product combined shared wishlists, live group decision-making, chat, voting, and multi-store browsing to help friends, families, and communities shop together more naturally and interactively across different online retailers.

When Danish joined the project, the platform had already been developed but was facing a large number of technical issues, stability problems, and feature gaps that impacted the overall user experience. Danish worked across both frontend and backend systems to resolve existing bugs, improve application reliability, and continue expanding the platform with new functionality and integrations.

A major part of the work involved integrating external affiliate and product data systems, including Awin and Walmart APIs, to automatically fetch and display product listings from multiple sources. Danish implemented backend synchronization workflows powered by scheduled CRON jobs, enabling the platform to continuously process and update product data efficiently and reliably.

Beyond infrastructure and API integrations, Danish also implemented several user-focused features that strengthened the collaborative shopping experience. This included real-time chat and calling functionality, review systems, and additional interactive platform features designed to improve engagement, communication, and social interaction between users throughout the shopping journey.

The project also involved significant cloud infrastructure and deployment responsibilities. Danish worked with AWS-based backend systems and implemented CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline to streamline deployments and improve development consistency. In addition, he deployed and secured a Ghost CMS instance on an AWS EC2 server, implementing server-level security improvements and operational configurations to ensure better reliability and protection for the platform infrastructure.

What made the collaboration especially valuable was not only Danish’s technical versatility, but also the trust and reliability he brought throughout the engagement. His ability to work across frontend systems, backend services, real-time communication features, cloud infrastructure, third-party integrations, and deployment automation helped support the continued evolution of a complex and socially driven digital product.

The CodeHills process

Our process is a systematic journey comprising four stages: Discovery, Proposal, Implementation, and Optimization.

01 - Discovery Call
We begin by thoroughly understanding your objectives.
02 - Proposal
We propose the infrastructure, systems, and processes to achieve those goals.
03 - Implementation and Execution
We execute the project plan, which can involve building, testing, deploying and supporting the software.
04 - Evaluation and Maintenance
We assess the results, incorporate feedback and continually improve.