Foliist is a new startup in the medical cannabis market in Israel. It allows patients to find the correct cannabis strain that fits them and buy it online from over 100 pharmacies. It provides each pharmacy with a store and a dashboard with orders and stock management tools.
*Foliist came from the Latin word "foliīs" meaning leaf. The branding logo with the leaves above the word symboled its Latin verbal score.
There are over 790 cannabis strains. After patients receive the legal papers for medical cannabis treatment, they need to choose the right strain for their pain. There are no reliable studies or data to trust. Even after patients choose a product, they need to find where to buy cannabis out of over 100 pharmacies selling cannabis.
Foliist enables patients to find and order the right products online. Based on a crowdsourcing algorithm that analyzes consumer habits, user preferences, and medical conditions against cannabis plants and strains data from over 100 pharmacies.
The pharmacists can control the order and payment status of each order, and the user can follow changes while being notified by mail and in the notification area. The pharmacists receive all the information they need to confirm the purchase.
Multiple stores in a single order
Can include products from multiple pharmacies.
Shipping method
Choose shipping or self-pickup.
Medical certificates
Upload the required medical certificates and id.
From the patient to the pharmacist
The order will be sent to a pharmacy orders system.
The user can follow his order status.
Order
Directly from the pharmacy you want.
THC
Explore by accurate THC level.
Product batch
Choose a specific product batch.
Stock update
Real-time stock update.
The platform started as a simple Google map as the lead tool, showing pharmacies with the main search bar on top.
Each pharmacy on the map had a shop page with the relevant permission where the pharmacists could update their product's stock table in it. After I joined, we decided to re-design the whole platform and rebuild its structure.
The new map has been re-designed and has its search engine built for it.
A map is a secondary tool now.
In addition to the review option based on free typing and star rating, we have added a quick review system focused on specific medical influences.
I chose this way to encourage and increase user review numbers for data collection and help patients find the best strain for their medical issues.
Before visual designing and defining screens and wireframes, I started to build the content of each area to understand the user flow from above and think about development requirements and limits.
After the ideation process and user research, I started to sketch and bring the pieces together.
This flow chart describes the user's flow and backend purchase process.
Collaboration is crucial to moving forward in a small startup with a few daily working hours.
Design
After each design in Figma, I share it with the developer's team to make sure they understand the flow and for me to understand if there are any development limitations.
Manage
Every week, I choose missions by urgency and importance for the project and spread them to each developer in the Monday app.
Development
After each brunch is waiting in Github, I test it and write down notifications for the developer's team.
- Quick view pharmacies and stocks near you.
- Filter strains are all in the same pharmacy.
- Quick search and go.
Search strains and pharmacies.
