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GP 2021 - Egypt Shops

XShop is a SaaS subscription-based Inventory system where shops and local supermarket owners can register online and get access to fully-featured inventory system with minor hassle…

Problems with current systems:

• High cost (a supermarket has to pay large amount upfront) it would be a huge loss for them if they closed their business, too
• Fixed amount of features
• System updates/changes are very costly
• Need on-premise existence of tech individuals
• High risk of data loss
• Needs regular maintenance and IT guys inside shops to build local network and stuff like that

With XShop:

• Low cost as you pay monthly a small amount of money
• Clients (shop owners) get updates with no extra fees
• Low cost on the company as the business can grow based on account registration
• no special equipment needed.. Just a mobile phone/tablet or a computer
• Data is kept and backed up automatically for the clients
• No IT Guys required, Everything is online.. Support is given by phone or online

Features:

For Us (The Developers):

• Futuristic, real-world problem solver (due to coronavirus, delivery and e-commerce is the future)
• Completely understandable, feature-rich and also complex-enough system, for us to understand and achieve maximum benefit…
• Real-world for the upper-middle Egyptian market requirement satisfaction
• Good fit in the CV
• Great tech stack: git, GitHub, python, javascript, Django, DjangoRESTFramework, Progressive Web App, asynchronous/real-time programming, Reactjs, ReactNative, SaaS, etc…

For Shops:

• PoS for cashiers
• Data entry panel
• Other user types based on the hierarchy of the shop’s staff
• Inventory Admin panel for Shop owners
• E-commerce subscription option

For Ordinary customers:

• E-Commerce (PWA/Native) (Optional based on shop’s plan)
  • Depends on the shop’s product’s list/data
  • Depends on REST APIs
  • customers can order online from their mobile
  • Various payment options (Cash, Card, etc…) (optional)

Features/Points added and discussed with Dr. Haitham:

• Package Tracking
• E-Payment for Customers (not xShops only)
• SaaS aware
  • privacy for each client (restrict permission system)
  • SuperUser access for all clients (like ministry)
• Financial Inclusion
  • Taxes/Reports on Merchants/Shops

Out-of-scope but excellent-to-have:

• Run your shop without a cashier
  • A user enters the super/hyper market to buy stuff
  • selects products, scans them using our app and adds them to the cart
  • the system tracks selected products and creates invoice
  • the user pays using card (figure out a way to support cash)
  • a quick check is run on bought products somehow (e.g while packaging)