Romax Digital Challenge · Hackabury 2026

Transform Any Website into a Digital Membership Pass

A frictionless onboarding journey for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet — built to help organizations visualise and create branded membership cards in seconds.

6Solution Steps
2Wallet Platforms
5Team Members
0Physical Cards
Apple Wallet
Google Wallet
QR Verified
Secure
9:41SmartPass Preview
Romax ClubMembership
Apple
Wallet
Alex Morgan
Member IDRX-2026-0457
TierPremium
Expires12 / 27
Romax ClubLoyalty
Google
Wallet
Alex Morgan
Points2,480
About The Challenge

The Romax Digital Challenge

Romax Digital enables organizations to issue secure digital membership cards that live inside Apple Wallet and Google Wallet — usable for membership verification, loyalty, access control, ticketing, and engagement.

  • Our brief: design a simple onboarding journey that turns a client's website into a draft digital wallet pass.
  • Demonstrate the journey end-to-end, from a URL to a live, branded card preview.
  • Remove friction so organizations can see the value before they commit.
What digital cards unlock
One pass, many use cases
Verification
Loyalty
Access Control
Ticketing
Engagement
Membership
Problem Statement

Why membership onboarding is broken

Organizations want to go digital — but the path from "interested" to "issued card" is full of friction.

01

Complex Onboarding

Multi-step setup flows and technical integration overwhelm teams before they ever see a result.

02

Physical Card Costs

Printing, shipping and re-issuing plastic cards is expensive and environmentally wasteful.

03

No Visualization

Decision makers can't preview a branded card before purchase, slowing buy-in.

04

Slow Verification

Manual or paper-based checks create queues and a poor experience at the door.

05

Poor User Experience

Disjointed steps and clunky tools lead to drop-off before a card is ever created.

06

Administrative Overhead

Maintaining records, renewals and re-issues drains staff time and resources.

Proposed Solution

From URL to wallet pass in six steps

SmartPass Creator turns a public website into a branded, preview-ready digital membership card — then hands the customer to the full Romax platform.

1

Enter the organization's website URL

The journey starts with a single input — no accounts, no setup, no friction.

2

Automatically extract brand assets

SmartPass reads public information to build a brand profile.

LogoBrand colorsOrganization namePublic info
3

Generate a draft membership card

A wallet-ready card is composed instantly using the extracted branding.

4

Display a live preview

Apple Wallet and Google Wallet versions render side-by-side, exactly as members would see them.

5

Allow quick edits

Adjust colors, fields and labels in real time to perfect the look before committing.

6

Guide to the full Romax platform

With value already proven, the customer continues seamlessly to issue real cards at scale.

Prototype Preview

One brand, every wallet

Draft cards generated by SmartPass — branded logo, member name, membership ID, QR code and expiry, ready for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

Apple Wallet · Membership
Romax
Digital
Member
Alex Morgan
Member IDRX-2026-0457
Expires12 / 27
NFC readyAuto-updatesLock-screen relevance
Google Wallet · Loyalty
Romax
Digital
Loyalty Member
Alex Morgan
Points2,480
TierPremium
Save to phonePush messagingGeo-notifications
Event · Access Pass
Romax
Access
VIP Access
Alex Morgan
GateA · 14
ValidAll Day
Single scan entryAnti-fraud QRTime-bound
Technologies Used

Our stack & tools

A lean, modern toolset focused on rapid prototyping, clean UI and strong research foundations.

Frontend

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Tailwind CSS
  • JavaScript

Design

  • Figma
  • Canva
  • Glassmorphism UI
  • Motion / micro-interactions

Research

  • User Journey Mapping
  • Competitor Analysis
  • UX/UI Heuristics
  • Wallet Ecosystem Study

Version Control

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Branch workflow
  • Collaborative reviews
Challenges We Faced

What we wrestled with

Honest reflections from building a wallet-onboarding concept under hackathon constraints.

Understanding wallet ecosystems

Apple and Google handle passes differently — learning both models took focused research.

Apple Wallet requirements

Mapping PassKit structure, signing and field rules to a simple draft-card concept.

Designing a simple flow

Distilling many possible steps down to a clean six-step journey anyone can follow.

Usability vs. security

Keeping onboarding fast while respecting verification and data-handling standards.

Creating a scalable concept

Designing a prototype that could realistically grow into the full Romax platform.

Auto branding extraction

Reliably pulling logos and colors from varied, inconsistent public websites.

Future Improvements

Where SmartPass goes next

Our roadmap turns the prototype into an intelligent, production-grade onboarding engine.

AI-Powered Onboarding

Guided, conversational setup that adapts to each organization's needs.

Automatic Website Analysis

Deeper crawling to understand structure, content and brand identity.

Smart Branding Extraction

Intelligent color, typography and logo detection for pixel-perfect cards.

Membership Analytics

Live dashboards for adoption, usage, scans and engagement.

CRM Integration

Sync members and activity with existing customer systems.

Secure Authentication

Verified identity and tamper-resistant passes at issue and scan.

Real-Time Card Generation

Instant, on-the-fly issuing so members receive a live wallet pass the moment they sign up — no waiting, no manual steps.

Meet The Team

The people behind SmartPass

Five contributors covering engineering, research, design, integration and planning.

S

Sidhanth

SE Student &
Frontend Developer,Backend

Builds the interface and brings the SmartPass experience to life in code.

A

Aayush

Research,Backend & Design

Leads discovery and shapes the visual direction behind the concept.

S

Sanish

UX/UI Designer

Crafts the onboarding flow and ensures every step feels effortless.

M

Mouez

&
Integration Research

Investigates wallet APIs and how cards are generated and issued.

K

Kusang

&
Documentation

Keeps the project on track and captures the story for judges.

Project Impact

Why it matters

SmartPass turns a slow, costly process into a fast, sustainable, delightful one.

Reduced administrative effort

Faster onboarding

Better customer experience

Reduced physical card waste

Increased digital engagement