WareEase — Simplifying Warehouse Rental

5 min readMay 13, 2024

WareEase offers a streamlined approach to warehouse rental, focusing on efficiency and user convenience. This platform facilitates direct communication between warehouse owner and potential renters, simplifying the rental process. Through the user-friendly interface and direct communication features, WareEase aims to optimize warehouse occupancy and enhance overall rental management experience.

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📒 Context
🧐 Problems
🔬 Market Research
🚦 Constraints
✍️ Rough Work
🔬 Design Anatomy
✅ Final Design
📊 Results

📒 Context

The app’s primary objective is to simplify warehouse rental management by providing a centralized hub for direct communication and access scheduling. By identifying successful user journeys, WareEase aims to optimize warehouse occupancy and elevate the overall rental experience for businesses.

My Role:
As a freelance designer for the WareEase project, I took charge of all design aspects. My responsibilities included conceptualizing, designing, and implementing features to enhance the user experience and visual appeal of the WareEase platform.

🧐 Problems

At the outset of the project, the client highlighted two primary challenges:

1. Manual Communication Bottlenecks: Traditional warehouse access processes relied on cumbersome manual communication methods, leading to delays and inefficiencies.

2. Lack of Centralized Communication: The absence of a centralized platform made it difficult for clients to communicate directly with warehouse managers for scheduling visits.

Building upon these initial insights, I conducted a comprehensive research to delve deeper into the challenges faced by warehouse owners. Through this research, several additional prominent problems were identified:

Addressing these challenges, the project aims to develop a streamlined solution that simplifies the booking process, improves communication channels, and enhances transparency for warehouse renters. Ultimately, this solution aims to optimize operational efficiency and foster better business outcomes for all stakeholders involved.

🔬 Market Research

At the onset of the project, I delved into comprehensive market research to grasp the landscape of warehouse management and rental services. My aim was to understand the prevailing challenges and existing solutions within the industry. Through this thorough examination, I unearthed key insights into the dynamics of warehouse rental management:

Space Availability Trends: I investigated the fluctuations in warehouse space availability, particularly during peak seasons or in regions with high demand. This helped me identify potential gaps in the market and areas where demand outstrips supply.
Booking Procedures Analysis: I analyzed the booking procedures employed by various warehouse rental services. This included examining the steps involved, the level of complexity, and any common pain points experienced by users during the booking process.
Pricing and Terms Comparison: I conducted a comparative analysis of pricing structures and contractual terms across different warehouse rental platforms. This enabled me to identify patterns, inconsistencies, and areas for improvement in pricing transparency and contract clarity.
Communication Channels Evaluation: I assessed the effectiveness of communication channels utilized within the warehouse rental industry. This involved studying the communication methods used by warehouse owners and clients, as well as evaluating the level of efficiency and convenience offered by these channels.
Security Solutions Review: I explored the various security measures implemented by warehouse rental services to protect facilities and assets. This included examining the effectiveness of existing security protocols and identifying potential gaps or vulnerabilities in security practices.

By immersing myself in the market landscape through rigorous research, I gained valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities present within the warehouse rental industry. These insights served as a foundation for my project, guiding my efforts to develop a solution that addresses market needs and delivers tangible value to users.

🚦 Constraints

Major Constraints:

Compatibility Requirements: I needed to ensure the app worked well on different types of mobile phones and tablets.
Client-Centric Approach: I had to balance making the app simple to use while including all the important features the client wanted.

✍️ Rough Work

Below are some initial attempts I made before reaching a solution for this problem. I collected as much data as possible. With this information, I tried different approaches and presented them to the clients to see if the data was relevant to them. Through multiple calls, I gained a clearer understanding of what would benefit their workflow and designed a solution that significantly reduces their workload.

White boarding:

Initial wireframes:

Iterations:

Based on the above variations, I collected the type of data that was useful for our clients and prepared a list of things we want to include in our design.