About us

Manilla Services began as a passion for detail: clean interfaces, fast loading and products that don’t break as they grow.

We didn’t begin by preparing sales presentations. We began by asking a simple question: how do we make a site or an app clear, beautiful and easy to maintain?

Projects pushed us beyond “nice design”: bookings, payments, admin panels and real business flows. Our rule stayed the same — if a user needs to stop and think, we haven’t finished.

Below are a few moments and projects that shaped our approach — shown as short episodes.

Moments

  • 2019
    2019

    Vimax Groups

    Verification / Scan / Auth check

    Product authenticity verification platform with custom genuine check system, allowing consumers to validate hologram serial numbers against manufacturer database to ensure original products.

  • 2020
    2020

    Agricol Universal

    Homepage / Catalog / ERP integration

    E-commerce platform with 13k+ products, integrated with Nexus ERP through custom API for bidirectional stock synchronization and automated daily updates.

  • 2022
    2022

    Personal HoReCa Events

    Candidates / Employer flows / Booking

    Recruitment and placement platform for HoReCa event staff, with candidate onboarding and employer workflows. Originally launched in 2022 on CakePHP.

  • 2022
    2022

    Pluto Wellness Academy

    Offline

    Booking / Courses / FAQ

    Wellness and personal development platform featuring online booking system, consultation calendar, FAQ section, and integrated contact forms for therapy and coaching sessions.

  • 2023
    2023

    3SÓ Island Festival

    Tickets / Wristband / Live top-up

    Complete festival management platform with real-time sync: digital ticketing, custom Android verification app, NFC wristband integration, and live top-up system during the event.

  • 2023
    2023

    Casa Buga

    Offline

    Gallery / Booking / Contact

    Guesthouse website with booking-focused hero, gallery, and clear contact/CTA flow.

  • 2023
    2023

    Fantasy Club

    Booking / Activities / Schedule

    Entertainment center platform with comprehensive booking system for play areas, after-school programs, courses, and events - each with dedicated admin management using FullCalendar integration for scheduling and reservations.

  • 2023
    2023

    Vinde24

    Catalog / Vendor imports / Admin

    Multivendor marketplace with custom VidaXL B2B API integration and data mapping module, enabling automated product and image imports with per-vendor configuration for selective catalog management.

  • 2024
    2024

    NovaFit

    Hero / Classes / Booking

    Fitness club presentation website with bold branding, hero visuals and conversion-focused structure.

  • 2025
    2025

    AZ AutoMoto

    Search / Listings / Vehicle detail

    Car marketplace platform with advanced search filters, listing management, and vehicle catalog for buyers and sellers connection.

  • 2025
    2025

    Joy Optic

    Services / Booking / Appointments

    Modern presentation website for medical optics clinic with appointment booking system and services showcase.

  • 2025
    2025

    Tombolescu

    Ticketing / Draw / Verification

    Provably fair lottery platform with SHA256-sealed participant lists, Random.org API integration for verifiable draws, and transparent verification system where the last ticket buyer triggers the draw.

  • 2026
    2026

    Azad House

    Calendar / Booking / Stay management

    Custom booking platform for a vacation cabin: live availability calendar, online payments, automated email notifications, and an admin panel for stay management.

  • 2026

    Migration / Modern stack / Performance

    Full rebuild of personalhorecaevenimente.ro from CakePHP to Next.js: redesigned UX, performance (Core Web Vitals 90+), structured data, and AI-search readiness. Same business logic, modern stack, faster iterations.

  • 2026
    2026

    NovaFit Apps

    Offline

    Gym access / Membership / Progress

    Two native iOS and Android apps for NovaFit members — QR gym access, membership, schedule, class booking and progress.

  • 2026
    2026

    NovaFit Reception

    Offline

    Check-in / Memberships / Schedule

    A reception system for the NovaFit team — member check-in, membership management and the class schedule in one place.

  • 2026
    2026

    NovaFit Upgrade

    Offline

    Home / Services / Booking

    The NovaFit presentation site migrated from a 2015-era CakePHP stack to Next.js — same design, same URLs, a fraction of the weight.

  • 2026
    2026

    VistaVerde

    Hero / Products / Quote

    Bilingual presentation website for a photovoltaic systems integrator — solar for home and industry, with specs and prices verified against supplier datasheets.

  • 2026
    2026

    Informational Pattern Design

    Hero / The Corpus / The Boundary

    The editorial brand site for a new discipline — dark, serif, a single accent — built to make an idea that sounds like magic credible without stripping its mystery.

  • 2026
    2026

    The Cipher

    Codex / Pattern / Decoded count

    A living public library of human patterns — 462 anonymized, faceless entries that grow from real readings, with a decode counter that is a mirror, not a score.

  • 2026
    2026

    Kulttur

    Showroom / Catalog / Brands

    Premium showroom for doors, windows, and parquet flooring. Curated catalog with detailed product specs, brand collections, and inquiry flow for residential and commercial clients.

What clients say

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · 4 verified reviews

“Some people execute a brief. Marius reads the intention underneath it. I came to him with something genuinely abstract — an entire digital brand built around a new concept, the kind of vision that's hard to put into words. From the first conversation, he understood it intuitively: not just what I said, but what I meant. And then he raised it. Every iteration came back cleaner and stronger than what I'd imagined.”

“He didn't just build what I asked for — he elevated it. Skill and intuition in the same hands is rare, and he has both. If you have an idea you actually care about, Manilla Services is who you trust with it. Wholeheartedly recommend.”

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