How Provis built the mobile app for MovePortz.
MovePortz runs private car rides and group shuttles in South Haven, Michigan. Provis built its mobile app, live on the App Store, so customers can send a quote request from their phone.
- Mobile app
- Quote request form
Client: MovePortzCar and shuttle service, Michigan, United StatesCustomers can ask for a quote from their phone.
- iPhone app
- free on the App Store
- Customers download it on an iPhone or iPad at no cost
- Ask for a quote
- from the app
- A customer fills in their name, email, phone, the service they want and their trip, then sends it
- Two services
- private car and shuttle
- The customer picks the one they want on the quote form, and a Shuttle Service screen shows the shuttle side
At a glance
- The client
MovePortz is a private car and shuttle service in South Haven, Michigan: rides to airports and local places, and shuttles for wine and brewery tours, golf outings and weddings.
- What Provis built
A mobile app for the client, with a launch screen, a Request a Quote form and a Shuttle Service screen that lists wedding venues.
- Today
The iOS app is live on the App Store.
- Client
- MovePortz
- Industry
- Transport: private car service and group shuttles
- Market
- United States (Southwest Michigan)
- Platform
- iPhone and iPad (App Store)
- Services
- Mobile app development
- In the app
- A quote request form, with the service wanted and the trip details, and a Shuttle Service screen
A service booked by appointment, with a quote to ask for.
MovePortz offers private car rides, booked by appointment only, to airports such as Chicago Midway, Chicago O'Hare, Detroit Metropolitan and Gerald R. Ford, and to Amtrak stations. It also runs shuttles for wine and brewery tours, golf outings and weddings.
A customer asks for a price by phone or through a quote form. Provis built the client's mobile app, so a customer can send the same quote request from an iPhone or iPad, with the service wanted and the details of the trip.
How a ride service usually takes a request
- A customer asksby phone, or through a web form
- The office checksthe date, the pick-up and the number of people
- A quote is sentwith a price for the trip
- The trip is bookedonce the customer agrees
A typical flow for businesses like this, not a record of this client.
What usually slows a ride or shuttle business down
Problems Provis often sees in projects like this, and how it fixes them.
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Quotes arrive by phone only
Customers call during the day, and calls are missed when the office is busy.
How Provis fixes itA quote request in the customer's pocketA customer sends the request from an app, any time of day.
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Trip details are missing
The office has to ring back to ask for the date, the pick-up and the group size.
How Provis fixes itA form that asks for the detailsThe form collects the service, the trip and the contact details in one go.
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Two services, one message
Private rides and group shuttles need different answers.
How Provis fixes itOne place to choose the serviceThe customer picks the service first, so the right person replies.
How Provis runs a mobile app project.
- DiscoveryAgree what customers must be able to do in the app, and plan the screens
- BuildBuild the app in short steps and show each one, so changes are cheap
- Test and launchCheck every screen and form on real phones, then take the app through the App Store review
- SupportEvery Provis build comes with 24/7 monitoring and support after launch
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Plan: the few things a customer must be able to do in the app.
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Build: screens and forms made and shown step by step.
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Release: tested on real phones, then sent to the App Store.
Release:
From idea to the App Store.
Provis builds the app, tests it on real devices and takes it through the store review.
Tested on phones before release.
Monitoring runs 24/7 after launch.
How Provis builds appsThe MovePortz app, screen by screen.
Four screens from the app's App Store listing, and an illustrative Private Car Service screen in its style. Select one to enlarge it.
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Launch screenThe MovePortz logo
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Choose a serviceShuttle or private car
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Shuttle ServiceWedding venues and glamping sites
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Private carAirport runs, tours and nights out
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Ask for a quoteYour details and your trip
Live on the App Store.
The MovePortz app is live on the App Store, free for iPhone and iPad.
App Store (opens in a new tab)After launch
Live, and open to change.
The app is free, for iPhone and iPad, in the Travel category of the App Store.
In the app, a customer picks the service, adds the trip details and taps Request a Quote.
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