Sakesho Product
eCommerce, Wine & Spirits
Sakesho elevates the sake purchasing experience by blending the artisanal craft with modern convenience. They offer a narrative-rich journey, spotlighting the heritage and artistry behind each bottle. As cultural ambassadors, they curate immersive experiences that educate and inspire, challenging global perceptions and making the rich tradition of sake accessible to enthusiasts worldwide.
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Sakesho elevates the sake purchasing experience by blending the artisanal craft with modern convenience. They offer a narrative-rich journey, spotlighting the heritage and artistry behind each bottle. As cultural ambassadors, they curate immersive experiences that educate and inspire, challenging global perceptions and making the rich tradition of sake accessible to enthusiasts worldwide.
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To help Sakesho create a modern mobile app that redefines how enthusiasts explore, learn, and enjoy sake, the team at Lion tapped into sake's rich heritage and coupled it with cutting-edge tech. We created an intuitive platform that offers personalized taste profiling, tailored recommendations, and sake insights, driven by user-centered design and seamless integration of AI to ensure each user's journey is as enriching as the sake they seek.
Sakesho's journey to digital transformation faced challenges in online visibility, user access, and educational outreach, which we aimed to address through strategic UX design.
Sakesho lacked an online platform, a critical component in today’s digital-first consumer market. It was a significant barrier for potential customers seeking to explore and purchase sake in a modern, digital space.
The intricacies of sake remained locked behind language barriers and cultural nuances, leaving enthusiasts with a desire but no clear direction. There was a need to simplify sake discovery and make it globally accessible to consumers.
The existing sake exploration process was unengaging, lacking educational content that was accessible and compelling. Potential sake enthusiasts were missing out on understanding sake, inhibiting market growth and consumer engagement.
We crafted a mobile app for Sakesho that begins with an engaging taste quiz for personalized profile creation, followed by custom recommendations that adapt to user preferences, all complemented by a label scanner for instant sake insights.
We crafted an onboarding experience that allowed users to take a taste profile quiz that crafted their personalized sake journey from the very first sip.
We implemented AI/ML to learn a user’s preferences and curate sake recommendations and list views that resonate with their palate.
Users could instantly scan sake bottle labels to uncover detailed profiles, matching recommendations, and explore a world of flavors with the label scanner functionality.
We designed an immersive onboarding process for the Sakesho app that begins with a comprehensive taste profile quiz. This initial interaction is crucial, as it establishes the foundation of the user’s sake exploration journey, capturing their flavor preferences and setting the stage for a personalized experience that evolves with their tastes.
Our team integrated advanced AI/ML algorithms to analyze user preferences and craft a tailored selection of sakes. This personalization extends to customized list views within the app, ensuring that each recommendation resonates deeply with the individual's palate, leading to a more satisfying discovery and enjoyment of sake.
We introduced a label scanning feature that empowers users to instantly capture and learn about the sake they encounter. By simply scanning a bottle label with their phone’s camera, the app provides detailed profiles, pairing recommendations, and a richer understanding of the sake’s flavor profile, enhancing the user’s connection to the product.
We developed Sakesho's product catalog to streamline sake discovery alongside a robust WordPress CMS to manage an extensive sake database, with the end goal of personalized, user-friendly journeys into the world of sake.
We designed a digital catalog where users can effortlessly browse, filter, and sort through an extensive array of sake offerings.
We streamlined the search process within the Sakesho app, providing intuitive, efficient filtering options that make discovering your next favorite sake as simple as a tap.
Behind the scenes, we engineered a robust back-end infrastructure to power a dynamic sake database and content scraper, ensuring a continuously updated selection.
Our collaboration with Sakesho led to the creation of a rich digital catalog where connoisseurs and novices alike can journey through a world of sake. Each listing in the catalog is an invitation to explore, with full-bodied product pages that not only showcase the sake's visual appeal but also provide an immersive description, complete with taste notes, match scores to the user's preferences, and a curated list of similar sakes.
In designing the app's search functionality, we focused a seamless filter and search system that allows users to quickly pinpoint sakes that align with their taste or curiosity. The app's design deliberately steers clear of complex search features that could overwhelm users, instead fostering an environment where the perfect sake is just a few simple clicks away.
To support a dynamic and ever-growing catalog of sakes, we built a solid back-end infrastructure. This system not only houses the sake database but is also equipped with content scrapers that regularly fetch and update the catalog with the latest sakes on the market. In addition, the platform incorporates secure user authentication, compatible with popular SSO providers, ensuring a trustworthy and streamlined experience from the moment users step into the Sakesho app to when they choose their next bottle of sake.
We elevated the sake experience by creating a matching algorithm based on one’s taste profile to drive recommendations and an engaging blog to enrich users' sake knowledge and exploration.
Our innovative algorithm acts as a personal sake companion, aligning sake with the user's individual taste profile, ensuring each recommendation is a good match.
The core sake experience lies in the Taste Profile, a dynamic visualization of users’ flavor preferences shaped by our intuitive tasting quiz.
The blog ensures easy navigation and reading, inviting users to learn, share, and become part of a community that celebrates the art and science of sake.
We integrated a sophisticated matching algorithm to pair users with sake selections that align with their unique taste profiles. This intelligent feature ensures that each user's exploration is both personal and precise, leading to discoveries that feel custom-made.
We took personalization a step further by crafting an interactive Taste Profile feature. Completing the onboarding taste quiz reveals a user's flavor preferences, allowing the app to recommend sakes that are not just popular or new but deeply connected to their individual taste preferences, ensuring every recommendation feels personally curated.
Our team recognized the importance of education in the appreciation of sake and responded by developing a comprehensive blog platform. Users can immerse themselves in rich content ranging from casual tips to deep dives into the intricacies of sake brewing processes. The blog serves as both an educational tool and a hub for cultural exchange.
Sakesho, with our help, is set to broaden its horizons, introducing an expansive eCommerce ecosystem and multi-vendor marketplace. This pivotal move will expand sake globally, offering an unmatched selection and accessibility to a worldwide audience.
