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Education & EdTech
2024
12 weeks

Engineering a High-Traffic Education Platform from Zero

Custom platform architecture delivering millions of sessions monthly

Web DevelopmentUI/UX DesignSEO & Organic GrowthAutomationContent Strategy
scholarshipstoday.org
Scholarships Today website preview

2.4M+

Monthly Sessions

98/100

Performance Score

1.1s

Page Load Time

12K+

Scholarship Listings

The Project

Scholarships Today

Scholarships Today needed a high-performance platform capable of handling massive traffic volumes while delivering a seamless user experience across thousands of scholarship listings. We designed and built the entire technical ecosystem.

Services Delivered

Web DevelopmentUI/UX DesignSEO & Organic GrowthAutomationContent Strategy

The Challenge

What they faced

The education space is dominated by legacy platforms with outdated UX and poor mobile experiences. Scholarships Today needed a modern, lightning-fast platform that could scale to millions of monthly visitors, handle complex search and filtering, and maintain sub-second load times even under peak traffic — all while building from scratch with limited technical resources.

Our Approach

Strategy & execution

We architected a modern JAMstack platform optimised for performance and SEO at scale. The build focused on programmatic page generation for thousands of scholarship pages, intelligent caching layers, and a search system that delivers instant results. We then layered in an automated content pipeline and notification system to keep users engaged and returning.

01

Technical Discovery

Mapped requirements for scale, performance targets, and content architecture needed to support thousands of dynamic listings.

02

Architecture & Design

Designed a JAMstack architecture with edge caching, programmatic SEO page generation, and a component-driven UI system.

03

Development & Integration

Built the platform with modern frameworks, integrated search infrastructure, and automated data pipelines for scholarship updates.

04

Launch & Scale

Deployed with CDN-first architecture, monitored performance under increasing load, and optimised bottlenecks in real-time.

The Results

Measurable impact

The platform now serves millions of monthly sessions with 98+ performance scores. Page load times average under 1.2 seconds even on mobile. The architecture handles traffic spikes gracefully, and the automated content system keeps listings fresh without manual intervention.

Platform handles 2.4M+ monthly sessions at sub-1.2s load times
Automated content pipeline processes 500+ listing updates daily
Achieved 98/100 Core Web Vitals consistently
Search system delivers results in under 200ms
Zero downtime since launch despite 10x traffic growth
The platform Sellable built handles traffic volumes that would cripple most systems. The speed, the UX, the automation — everything works seamlessly. They built us an engine, not just a website.

Priya Mehta

CEO, Scholarships Today

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