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Inspiration
Our inspiration was the problem of small local stores that have no chance to compete with large corporations during the crisis. We noticed that most of the major stores had or introduced an e-commerce system. Small stores cannot afford such a solution, that's why we decided to help them. The business inspiration were two successful companies - Żabka (Polish cinvinient store) and Uber. Our solution is a basically reversed model of Żabka's supply chain (in our solution small shops deliver products to one large online platform from which people buy them) and Uber's order system (customers send inquiries about a specific service which is accepted by suppliers willing to provide it).
What it does
We have created a platform that connects local retailers, small shop owners, with potential customers. The added value of our solution is the enormous scalability of the solution, as suppliers "throw" their products onto the platform, so the customer doesn't have to decide which store to deliver the products - shopkeepers accept the order, just like it works with Uber. Such a solution allows to quickly achieve an effect of scale and convenience for the user comparable to the platforms of large supermarket networks or e-commerce platforms.
How we built it
We used PHP, JS and CSS to build the page. We store data in MySQL. The whole system works fully automatically, therefore we do not need any person to operate it.
Challenges we ran into
The biggest challenge we encountered during the creation of our system was choosing and creating a system for assigning orders to specific stores. We finally decided for a solution in which the order first goes to the stores that have all the selected products, and then after a certain time it is sent to subsequent stores in such a way as to complete the order.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Above all, we are proud that our platform can help small shops compete with international corporations that have huge budgets to develop e-commerce systems. In addition, the system is intuitive and easy to use, does not require the selection of a specific store, which contributes to a great convenience of use (the user actually does not feel any difference whether he uses a large platform, which has one supplier, or a few dozen local shops).
What we learned
We learned a lot while building the project. We are high school first class students, that's why each such project develops us. During the construction of the Drasin, the biggest problem was the operation on large amounts of data represented in various tables in the database. After several dozen hours, we already know how to do it.
What's next for Drasin
We would like our application to develop after the COVID-19 epidemic as well. We are aware that this is a fully scalable solution and that the trend for local products as well as the need to support local solutions will continue in regular times.
