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The client
Collection Pot provides a simple way for friends, colleagues and organisations to gather money for gifts, fundraisers and causes - quickly and without the faff.
The opportunity
With remote working accelerating rapidly, Collection Pot saw a clear opportunity: bring their platform directly into Microsoft Teams, where millions of people were already spending their working day. Keeping up the office ritual of marking birthdays, leaving dos and milestones had become harder for distributed teams - and Collection Pot was perfectly placed to solve it.
In June 2020 they gave Bravand the green light to make it happen.
What we built
As Collection Pot's existing design and development partner, we already had deep knowledge of their platform, user journeys and codebase - which meant we could move fast. The focus was less on scoping and more on the technical challenge of integrating seamlessly with the Microsoft Teams ecosystem and getting through the Microsoft app store approval process.
Two months later, the Collection Pot Teams app was live - officially approved by Microsoft and available free to download for any UK team using Teams. Users can create and share a pot to collect for a gift, a project, or a charitable cause without ever leaving their Teams workspace.
The outcome
The app launched to an enthusiastic response, with a significant jump in shared pots and team giving activity in the weeks following launch. It remains one of the only tools of its kind in the Microsoft Teams app store.
Building on an existing platform or integrating with a third-party ecosystem?
This is a great example of moving fast because the groundwork was already in place. Talk to the Bravand team about how we can help extend what you've already built.
