Assignment # 2 Implement and Deploy a Business Application

Business Problem:

                           At present I am facing a problem with the physical existence of business in selling desktops, notebooks and laptops,phones,cameras,MP3 players  and I am looking for 

· Buying/selling 24/7.

· More reach to customers, there is no theoretical geographic limitations.

· Low operational costs and better quality of services.

· No need of physical company set-ups.

· Easy to start and manage a business.

· Customers can easily select products from different providers without moving around physically.

· Faster buying/selling procedure, as well as easy to find products

· Provide Comparison Shopping

· Locate the Product Quicker

So, to solve this problem I choose E commerce (online website).   

                                       

Soft wares evaluated, finally selected, reason for selection:

The software I have evaluated in the process of searching applications to fulfill my requirements are: Zen cart, Opencart, Cubecart.

After evaluating the benefits and limits of the above mentioned applications, I have selected Opencart as the solution provider to my requirements.

The reasons for selecting Opencart are as follows

• Unlimited Categories
• Open Source
• Unlimited Products
• Free Documentation
• Unlimited Manufacturers
• Templatable
• Multi Currency
• Automatic Image Resize
• Multi Language
• Product Reviews
• Shipping Methods
• Product Ratings

On the other hand, other applications I have evaluated are quite complex and even doesn't exactly meet my requirements. So, I have chosen Opencart as the optimal solution to provide an application which meets all of my requirement

Configuration/Customization I have done

The customization/configuration I have done in my website are as follows

     · Added the following products

a.       Desktops

b.      Laptops and Notebooks

c.       Components

d.      Tablets

e.       Software

f.       Phones and PDAs

g.       Cameras

h.      MP3 players

· Added shipping and payment modes

· Created an option to compare the different products

· Given the full details of the products

· Added different brand products

      · Given an option to create an account to purchase the products

URL link to the actual working application

· Url for customer to order a product:

                 http://likenick.x10.mx/ocart/

· Url for admin to check and deliver the order:

               http://goo.gl/xxoIK

              Username: admin

              Password: pass