Looking for a platform that I can build a closed community and share photos and comments, any ideas?

Deanna Brown Founder at BrandPlay (DS, LLC)

March 19th, 2016

I'm hoping to build on top of a mobile platform a specific application that allows people to share photos and then have others comment and or talk more about this - can be messaging or just typical iOS application. Any thoughts?

Deanna Brown Founder at BrandPlay (DS, LLC)

March 27th, 2016

FWIW i dont mind the commercial responses. Many of the solutions are commercial.

Lizzy Klein

March 19th, 2016

Maybe MightyBell would fit the bill?

Michael Brill Technology startup exec focused on AI-driven products

March 19th, 2016

Look at Chupamobile for pre-developed apps with source code:

http://www.chupamobile.com/search/product/filters%5Bplatforms%5D%5B0%5D/ios/sorting%5B0%5D/newest/listingPage/1/page/2

You can have a scalable Instagram type app with server support in a couple days for a few hundred dollars (note: many still use Parse so need to understand their migration plan).

I had pretty low expectations when I explored this last year. Realistically, what could you get for $399? I was pretty blown away. I branded, customized and integrated an app into our environment in ~ 3 weeks.

Emad Sarhan Information Management Consultant PhD,MIS,PMP, CIP, TOGAF 9 Certified, BPMm, ERMs, IOAs, SharePoints

March 20th, 2016

I think the best could be using wordpress with buddypress and bbpress plugins and templates

You can find templates in buddypress.com

Mary Couzin CEO/Founder, Chicago Toy & Game Group: ChiTAG Fair, TAGIE Awards, playCHIC FashionShow, Media Preview, I-SPI & T&GCon

March 20th, 2016

Facebook's secret group feature works well for such a group.

https://adespresso.com/academy/blog/secret-groups-overlooking-cornerstone-facebook-marketing/

Alicia (凤兰) Relationship Management | Operations | Project Management | China Food Safety & Organics

March 20th, 2016

Slack is great, and has a lot of different functionality (they just added team videoconferencing to the paid version).

Another option for photo and news sharing would be Place - https://place.xyz/. They have both a site and an app.

Michael Brill Technology startup exec focused on AI-driven products

March 20th, 2016

Deanna, can you clarify whether you're looking to build an internal tool or an app for others to use? Is this a consumer app or for the enterprise? May help narrow down recommendations.

Deanna Brown Founder at BrandPlay (DS, LLC)

March 20th, 2016

thanks for all these great suggestions/ we will be using the platform to build a consumer facing application (iOS or just web).

John Ruder

March 21st, 2016

Also have a look at bubble.is -no coding required. I haven't launched anything on it, but I played with it. It looks promising.

Vanessa DiMauro Advisor / Researcher / Speaker - Digital Strategy & Online Communities

March 22nd, 2016

Sounds like an exciting initiative! Just like with anything strategic, It would be prudent for you to determine your business requirements and key success factors, then translate them into technical requirements before finding a vendor or application. This way you are clear that the solution will advance your goals. It is a better approach (with higher success likelihood) than to choose a vendor first, then trying to retrofit your business goals into the platform.