Field Ops
Mobius: B2B Scrap & Recycled Materials Marketplace with Live Commodity Pricing and Route Matching
B2B marketplace platform development connecting scrap generators with verified recyclers, live CME Group commodity pricing, route agreements, real-time chat.
Django
Expo
PostgreSQL
Python
React Native
Redis
3
Live Commodity Price Sources (CME Group, FX Empire, MarketWatch)
iOS + Android
React Native App for Field Workers
Real-Time
WebSocket Chat Between Buyers and Sellers
The Problem
B2B Marketplace Platform Development: Industrial Scrap Disposal Ran on Phone Calls, Spreadsheets, and Verbal Deals With No Paper Trail
B2B marketplace platform development is exactly what industrial companies need once they hit this wall: businesses generating large volumes of scrap and recycled materials had no structured marketplace to connect with verified recyclers and logistics providers. Procurement was handled through informal networks: phone calls, email chains, manually negotiated rates without transparent pricing. Field workers assessing scrap on-site had no access to live commodity pricing, making it impossible to quote accurately without calling back to the office.
Our Solution
A Multi-Channel Platform with Web Dashboard, Mobile App, and Live Commodity Pricing
We built Mobius as a comprehensive multi-channel platform with a web dashboard for B2B operations, a mobile API backend serving live commodity pricing, and a React Native app for field workers. The web platform's material model captures full listing detail, three-tier taxonomy, weight/unit pricing, multiple photos, and PDF spec attachment. Buyer offers flow through a pending to accepted or rejected status lifecycle. WebSockets power real-time chat between any two users. The mobile backend runs async scrapers against commodity pricing sources to serve live base prices to the app, so field workers can photograph scrap, categorise it, and get live price estimates on-site.
Architecture
Django 5 + DRF API. Django Channels WebSockets for real-time chat. Celery + Redis for async task processing. PostgreSQL with multi-tier material taxonomy. React Native (iOS + Android) with React Navigation. Django mobile backend for commodity price scraping (CME Group, FX Empire, MarketWatch). SendGrid email integration. openpyxl for Excel bulk import. Faker for data seeding. Server-rendered Django Templates admin panel.
The Result
Structured Scrap Marketplace, Every Listing, Offer, and Route Agreement Fully Documented
Mobius replaced informal phone-and-spreadsheet scrap procurement with a structured marketplace where every material listing, buyer offer, route assignment, and cost breakdown is documented and traceable. The verified recycler and logistics directory gave sellers a clear, trusted disposal path, with signed PDF route agreements replacing verbal commitments. Real-time chat replaced the back-channel WhatsApp and email negotiations. The mobile app with live commodity pricing gave field workers the data they needed on-site without calling back to headquarters. Industrial or recycling businesses considering similar B2B marketplace platform development, especially ones that need live pricing data and route documentation built in, are welcome to reach out and discuss a similar build.
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