ShopZy(not permanent name)

This is the documentation for the Shopzy marketplace.

Here is a live demo and prototype version of ShopZy.

• About
• Installation
• Notes
• To do
• Resources

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About

ShopZy is short for Shop Easy. It is an online marketplace that allows individuals or business to place their product and wait for offers to buy them. ShopZy facilitate the hassle to get customers and allow more exposure as well because all transactions are done remotely.

Individual example

An individual can have an iphone5 and wants to upgrade to an iphone6, he can easily do so buy selling is iphone5 on the platform for a secure and easy transaction.Following that add some savings on top of the cash won to get is iphone6.He can even do so buy looking for that product on the platform as well.

Business example

For a business it is even better. The business get the opportunity to reach a wider market by being online. Also it helps customers that maybe don't have transport fees to still purchase in the comfort of their home. It eliminates competions because a customer doesn't have to go from shop to shop just looking for an item he can do so online. Once a business get a customer it is easier for it to keep him.

These are just simple example of the benefits and how ShopZy works.

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Installation

For development purpose or checking the code, you just have to fork the repo to work on your local machine create a separate branch for your work and add your changes there.

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Notes

For name idea i as having in mind:

• TEKISA
• SHOPZY
• E-ZANDU
• ZANDU-DIGITAL
• SOSSA

I was thinking that we could get a name that everybody could use and relate to no matter their ages or social status and really original i hope that we can find one together.

For the logo

I was thinking about following with the name just something simple and slick that could be recognizable like a basket for example straight to the point even just a typographie kind of logo just flat and smooth.

For the colors

I was definitely thinking of flat colors. Like yellow green and grey variation of flat colors. maybe not the yellow but green and grey would be good.

http://www.flatuicolorpicker.com/

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To do

There are several things that needs to be added in order to have a functional and commercial version of the platform.

We need in no particular order:

• A custom layout.
• A logo and a brand name.
• Add ability to signup or login using FACEBOOK.
• Add social network sharing of products.
• Add Geolocation to product with a map.
• Get the phone numbers of each users before posting a product.
• Think of a payment system that suits the areas we are targeting.
• Add ability to add more than 1 picture for a product and create a slider for product show page.
• Anyting else will be added below :)

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Resources

• OLX : https://www.olx.co.ke
• gem 'bootstrap-sass' : https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass
• gem 'simple_form' : https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form
• gem 'paperclip' : https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip
• gem "paperclip-dropbox" : https://github.com/janko-m/paperclip-dropbox
• gem "figaro" : https://github.com/laserlemon/figaro
• gem 'devise' : https://github.com/plataformatec/devise
• gem 'pg' : https://bitbucket.org/ged/ruby-pg/wiki/Home
• gem 'rails_12factor' : https://github.com/heroku/rails_12factor
• Heroku : http://heroku.com
• Ruby : https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
• Insatll Rails: http://installrails.com/
• Rails guide : http://guides.rubyonrails.org/
• Ruby gem : https://rubygems.org