House of Parties

Build the best party website for Surat: parties at homes and at cafes, easy for cafes to list a party, for guests to manage theirs, for the team to run everything, with a company CRM for leads, work and goals inside the same product. Poppy and full of party energy, but creative, with motion.

“Think big and critical, problem solving with first principle thinking, and make this project perfectly built for Surat.”

The founder's brief

What stood in the way

1. 01Trust: strangers at a home party need verified guests and a safety net
2. 02Money: payments must wait until the party happens, then split between host and venue
3. 03Discovery: open the app, see what is happening tonight, go
4. 04Gujarat is a dry state, so the parties are food-led and safe enough that parents say yes

Verified, dry and fun

Every guest is checked by phone and ID, every request is approved by the host, and the exact address only appears just before the party.

• 01

  Guest app

  Phone sign in, ID check, request, approval and payment, then a pass with a QR code.

• 02

  Host and cafe portals

  List a party, approve guests, see payouts. Cafes get partner plans with a party quota.

• 03

  Door mode

  The host scans passes at the door; only approved, paid guests get in.

• 04

  Safety in the booking

  SOS with escalation, trusted contacts, a Parent Pass and women-only parties.

• 05

  Admin, team and CRM

  The company runs everything from one console: money, operations, team roles, leads, work and goals.

• 06

  Installable web app

  Install it like an app, with notifications, an offline page and Gujarati language support.

From plan to launch in one month

1. 26 September 2026Plan from first principles The model, the trust and money flows, and the full build plan.
2. 27 September 2026First version online The platform deployed for review.
3. October 2026Portals, safety and payments Guest, host, venue and door apps, Razorpay, partner plans.
4. 25 October 2026Launch as a web app Final release checks, notifications and the install prompt.

• AaAfacad
• AaBig Shoulders Stencil
• AaDM Mono

• Next.js 16
• React 19
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS 4
• PostgreSQL
• Drizzle ORM
• Razorpay
• Web push
• GSAP
• Lenis
• WebGL
• Playwright
• Vercel

• House parties
• Cafe parties
• Hosts
• For cafes
• Parents
• Safety
• Students
• Ambassadors
• Brands
• Private events
• Journal
• Guest portal
• Host portal
• Venue portal
• Admin
• CRM

A marketplace for house parties and cafe parties in Surat where every guest is verified: guests, hosts, cafes, the door team and the company itself each get their own app, and money is held until the party happens.

Client

House of Parties (HOPSSS)

Industry

Events and nightlife

Location

Surat, India

Type

Platform

Year

2026

Status

Live

Built in

From plan to launch in one month

Website

hopsss.vercel.app

173

database tables

250

screens across six apps

• Product strategy, UX, design and engineering: Dive X