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Getting Started with BILDIT

BILDIT is the Visual Experience Engine for modern eCommerce — web and mobile. Build, preview, and ship visual experiences without dev tickets or release cycles.

Idea → live experience. Hours, not weeks.

This guide gets you running on either platform:

  • BILDIT Mobile Visual Experience Engine — for native mobile apps
  • BILDIT Web Visual Experience Engine — for websites

Pick the one you're starting with.

BILDIT Mobile Visual Experience Engine​

Update banners, components, screens, and push notifications on your mobile app without redeploying. Engineering stays focused on the platform; marketing owns the page.

What you'll need​

  • A Firebase project — free; create one here
  • A BILDIT subscription for proprietary packages — talk to sales if you don't have one
  • A development environment with:

What you can build​

BILDIT Web Visual Experience Engine​

Run your website at the speed of your ideas. Build banners and content visually, schedule them precisely, and ship — no deploy cycle, no engineering bottleneck.

The Web Visual Experience Engine ships in two halves:

  • Public — the front-end runtime that renders banners to your visitors, with image preloading and performance optimizations baked in.
  • Admin — the editing interface where your team builds, schedules, and publishes. Login required.

What you'll need​

  • A modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
  • An internet connection
  • BILDIT account credentials

Get up and running​

  1. Install the Visual Experience Engine
  2. Configure it for your environment
  3. Set up Next.js cache & image configuration
  4. Walk through the usage overview
  5. Learn to create banners and manage them
  6. Master scheduling
  7. Run tests and previews
  8. Review best practices
  9. Reference troubleshooting when you need it

Stuck? Head to the support section.