Connecting Buyers and Sellers through Design & Development - Special Event Stock

Special Event Stock targets - both artists and buyers. Therefore, it needed to be simple yet powerful to keep up with the high-quality images uploaded to it.

So, we kept the layout simple and user-friendly. Our team recommended using high-performing technologies to make signing up, uploading, and downloading images fast and easy for people. It uses one of the best frameworks, Laravel, on the backend, while HMTL and CSS on the front end keep things simple yet elegant. We also recommended dividing the user type into three categories for flawless functioning: admin, buyer, and seller. We also recommended Stripe for its security and simplicity.

Although special event stock appears simple, it also has some intriguing features. We had to ensure that the photos uploaded on this platform were credible. When it came to us, it was just an idea, and we needed to work on its implementation. This included picking up the right technology to develop a high-performing platform.

This platform needed a mechanism to let the admins review the submitted photos before they were accessible to the users. 

A dashboard will let the designers see the response to their photos and the revenue they are generating from them. It also needed a content management system where the admin could add and manage content on the website, like about us, FAQs, and the home content section.

Special Event Stock is a design-based platform connecting sellers and buyers. So it needed reliable technologies to make it work flawlessly without slowing down the performance. Our team picked the right technologies both - for the backend and the front end. As a result, we were able to come up with a website that is performing well.

Technologies

We understood that Special Event Stock needed superior technologies to make it a powerful platform. Our team did an intensive job and picked up the right technologies to give a tangible form to this business idea. For this, we intricately worked on understanding its working and features. After familiarising ourselves with them, we decided on using:

• Backend: Laravel 9
• Frontend: HTML, CSS
• Database: MySQL
• Server: AWS EC2.
• Payment Gateway: Stripe

Users

Special event stock photos is a platform that connects the designers willing to sell with the buyers. So it essentially needed at least two user types. But in addition to this, a reviewing system to ensure the credibility of the uploaded media and fair pricing was also necessary. So we added three user types to this platform:

• Buyer
• Seller 
• Admin

       1. Buyer/Sellers

The designers will upload their designs and manage their revenue. Buyers will search for, pay for, and download their images, while the admin can closely monitor all the activities. Therefore all the users had to be carefully assigned roles and features.

All users can sign up and log in. In addition to this, the sellers can upload their photographs along with a price. They can also see how their photos perform and the revenue they generate. At the same time, a buyer will log in and browse through the images to choose one. He can then complete the payment to download the ones he needs. A buyer and a seller will get access to the below features:

• Sign up (via email, Google, or Facebook). The seller needs to upload an image of a verification document.
• Login: Using their preferred methods
• Home: Here, they can search images and videos, select categories, and filter searches by category, rating, and tags. Sort By: Oldest/Newest
• Upload button to add media
• Cart: It will show the items the buyers are planning to buy
• Profile: To update and check the available information

2. Admin

Credibility is essential for creating a reputable marketplace. That is why we also created an admin user who can review all the tasks performed within the platform. The images are visible to the users only after they are approved by the admin. Likewise, the admin user will also be able to review the prices set by the sellers. And admin will be able to:

• View, delete, and reply to the queries received from the contact us page
• Manage Media where they can view details and approve or disapprove of any media
• They can also see the list of approved, disapproved, and pending approvals
• Purchase history of the users
• Approve or disapprove of the sellers. They will also be able to see past approvals and disapprovals

3. Content Management System

Special event stock is an online marketplace focusing on images and following a commission-based model. However, any website also needs quality content to attract and retain users. So we also added a CMS within the platform to make managing this content easier for the admin. They can access the CMS section within their account and will be able to manage the following content:

• About Us
• Privacy Policy
• Terms & Conditions
• Social Links
• Contact Details
• Home Content
• FAQ

4. Payment Gateway Integration

Special Events Stock is an online marketplace where users will pay for the images they download. So we also needed a payment gateway. Our team researched payment gateways and picked up Stripe because of its options and security.

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Stock Photos Special events was just an idea when we started working on making it a reality. Our team worked on it from scratch to give it its present form. The website has successfully been completed and will soon be available to all users. We are working to improve it with advanced functionalities like featured images, social media integration, and adding more dynamic media like videos and vector images. Currently, the website is in the beta testing stage. It has received a positive response because it targets a specific niche and delivers exactly what users are looking for - special event stock images.