As travel restrictions continue to ease around the globe, travelers plan to return with a vengeance. In the first half of 2022, European airports saw a nearly 250% increase in passenger volumes.

But the state of the travel industry is a lot more complex. Today’s economic and environmental challenges are causing travelers to be choosier about how they book their travel. There’s also an increase in competitive pressures. With the proliferation of social media and travel search engines, travel sites face a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it’s easier to promote your listings; on the other hand, it’s harder to stand out. For travel search engines, the pressure intensifies as open, free-flowing information empowers travelers and proprietors, giving them more options. To make sure your businses stands out in an increasingly crowded market, it’s crucial that your website and app are fast, visually appealing, and user-friendly.

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The real estate industry is undergoing significant shifts after COVID-19. According to a National Association of Realtors® report, 97% of homebuyers last year used the Internet in their home search, and 69% of their realtor members have a website. Mobile apps and websites are now the primary modes of real estate research. Along with remote working, video and virtual house tours have become mainstream. Moreover, buyers and sellers increasingly demand a digital experience that’s fast, visually appealing, and user-friendly.

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If you manage an online marketplace that relies on user engagements and social sharing, user-generated content and images (UGC/UGIs) are some of the most valuable assets. Review sites like Yelp let users rave about or bemoan the quality of restaurants through photos. Travel sites help proprietors attract visitors with beautiful shots and videos. Finally, photo-sharing sites like Unsplash help photographers showcase their unique sensibilities and gain exposure. However, UGIs are tricky to work with, and the penalty of getting it wrong can be steep. In this article, we’ll show you how to process UGIs programmatically, so you can build trust, improve user experience, and simplify your workflow.

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As e-commerce becomes mainstream, the digital marketplace is becoming more competitive. To stand out amongst the noise, your site needs to perform at the top of the game. It needs to be fast— e-commerce giant Shopify cited research which found 79% of customers who are dissatisfied with the performance of a site are less likely to be repeat customers, and 47% of online shoppers expect web pages to load in two seconds or less.

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NFT trading is becoming mainstream these days. Big brands like Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, and even Taco Bell are getting in on the action. With the NFT universe growing, so has the development of the NFT marketplace. Due to the extremely high-value nature of the transactions conducted on these marketplaces (last year alone, Christie's sold an NFT by the artist Beeple for over $69 million, and Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet as an NFT for over $2.9 million), the competition between marketplaces is only intensifying. It's more important than ever for NFT marketplaces to improve performance and stay ahead of the competition.

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