We are looking to create a program that would allow website visitors to perform a search for sales in their area.? A visitor would simply provide their zip code or city/state and then check those categories they are hoping to find sales for, ex. handbags, shoes, pants, tops, jackets, denim, jewelry, sweaters, other accessories. Upon clicking submit, a search results page would appear with a list of stores by miles away (up to 60 miles) that are having sales on the merchandise they are looking for.? ? We’d like for the sales to start displaying in search results according to the website start and remove it from results based on the website expiration date.
The sale information will need to be entered via a web form by a Spendalla staff member or a boutique owner themselves.? We would most likely have two or three web form users total ??" 2 spendalla and 1 generic for boutiques.? Only the spendalla users would have rights to delete sale info.
## Deliverables
We'd like to get bids on this project in parts -- I, II, and III.
Part I is detailed below, which is the basic functionality we are seeking.
Parts II and III are nice-to-haves, but not required.? ? ? Knowing what it would cost for the nice-to-haves, will help us decide whether to move forward with them or just focus on Part I for now.
**Part I**
We are looking to create a program that would allow website visitors to perform a search for sales in their area.? A visitor would simply provide their zip code or city/state and then check those categories they are hoping to find sales for, ex. handbags, shoes, pants, tops, jackets, denim, jewelry, sweaters, other accessories. Upon clicking submit, a search results page would appear with a list of stores by miles away (up to 60 miles) that are having sales on the merchandise they are looking for.? ? We’d like for the sales to start displaying in search results according to the website start and remove it from results based on the website expiration date.
The sale information will need to be entered via a web form by a Spendalla staff member or a boutique owner themselves.? We would most likely have two or three web form users total ??" 2 spendalla and 1 generic for boutiques.? Only the spendalla users would have rights to delete sale info.
? The sale fields would include:
- sale name (required)
- store name (required)
- dates of sale (required)
- sale description (required)
- any other specifics
- store website url
- city, state, zip (required)
- website start date (required) (not shown publicly)
- website expiration date (required) (not shown publicly)
- sale contact name (required) (not shown publicly)
- sale contact phone (required) (not shown publicly)
- sale contact email (required) (not shown publicly)
**Part II
**Ideally, we would also have a map that comes up with the address for each shop.? Similar to what exists for “store locators?? such as the “CVS store locator?? on their website.? We are open to any map provider: Google, Yahoo or Mapquest.
**Part III
**If we were to include the map with the results, then perhaps the icon on the map for each sale could be represented by an icon could specific to the item they were searching for.? ? For example, a small shoe would come-up on the VA map in all of the spots where there are shoe sales.? If they click on the shoe, the name of the store and the address will pop-up.