Lystio | PropTech Platform That Reached 60,000 MAU

Lystio is an AI-powered real estate marketplace designed to simplify how people search for and discover properties across Austria. The platform allows users to explore apartments, houses, commercial properties, and new developments through an intuitive map-driven interface and advanced filtering tools.

The mission: replace traditional "pay-to-rank" listing models with a relevance-based search experience that prioritizes what users actually want to find.

I worked closely with the founders and CEO as part of a small product team to design the platform experience and build the foundational design system that powered the product's interface.

As Product Designer, I worked directly with the founders, engineers, and QA team to shape the product experience from early concept through implementation.

My responsibilities included:

Designing the core product interface

Structuring the property discovery experience

Collaborating in creating the Lystio design system

Working closely with developers to maintain design accuracy and consistency

Supporting QA to ensure design quality during development

Working within a tight startup team meant design decisions had to balance speed, usability, and scalability.

The real estate search experience across many existing platforms is fragmented and frustrating. Common issues users face include overwhelming listing pages, poor search relevance, limited filtering, outdated interfaces, and paid listings dominating search results.

The challenge was to design a platform that simplifies property discovery, makes browsing feel intuitive and exploratory, allows users to filter properties quickly, and creates a modern digital experience for real estate search.

Real estate search is inherently location-based, so the interface centers around a map-driven browsing experience. Users can visually explore available listings while dynamically adjusting their search area, improving spatial awareness when searching for homes.

The interface prioritizes clear and structured property cards that surface the most important information at a glance. Each listing highlights key attributes such as price, location, and essential property details while maintaining a clean visual hierarchy.

A structured design system was developed to support consistency and scalability across the platform, including reusable UI components, standardized layouts, and defined interaction patterns.

The information hierarchy was designed to help users quickly understand property listings while maintaining a clean interface. Property imagery, price, and location are prioritized first, followed by key attributes like number of rooms and property type. More detailed information is revealed progressively as users interact with a listing.

Within the first three months of launch:

60,000+ active monthly users

45,000 unique properties listed per month

1,500 agents advertising on the platform

20% monthly growth in listings

25% monthly growth in leads for advertisers