My app idea focuses on helping small businesses from around the world. Many small businesses never get to reach their goals simply because they don’t generate the revenue nor the attention they need. The app chooses to help small businesses by having them apply to be listed on the platform. Once they’re listed, users will be able to see these businesses and choose to buy their products or services. However, since the platform focuses on small businesses, at some point if the small business generates enough revenue and attention, they will be removed from the platform and new small businesses will be brought on to give them a chance to become a successful business. With the help of my app idea, all small businesses around the world are streamlined to the users and the small businesses get the attention they need as well as the sales to one day be as successful as some of the giants: Amazon, Walmart, and others. And hence, that is why I dubbed this app/project as “The New Kid on the Block”.
Demo: https://pr.to/MWT7R9/
In the demo, you can see the full concept of the app. After the user is logged into their account, they are presented with the Discover feed which is catered to the user based on their public information such as state/country of residence, interests, and previous shopping activity. In the feed, there are also navigation tabs that offer customized feeds such as limited-time deals from stores, popular stores/items, and newly listed stores/items. The entire purchasing process is straightforward as well – the user will search for an item they like, read its description and add it to their cart for checkout.
I’m not completely sure if there are apps that do EXACTLY this. Obviously, there are apps like DoorDash, UberEats, and Postmates that help support local food businesses. And in a way, you could consider places like Etsy and eBay to be similar as they help anyone get started with a business to sell their products and services. But what happens if a store has been on these sites for years and top the search results month after month, year after year? The new stores that get listed have no chance of exposure. That’s why I think my app can help new stores enter the market and attract the attention they need to become big.
Written IEEE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iimDJCJf1vc8tSQoknh0ElHZFXk6eZ4d-gKt2MogJF8/edit?usp=sharing
