Maach Market

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Inspiration

The Wuhan marketplace in China was where Covid-19 was first traced. Since the pandemic, traditional public marketplaces have been closed due to excessive overcrowding, lack of social distancing, and the likely spread of Covid-19. This prevented many people from being able to buy fresh fish from the market due to fear of becoming ill especially in places like West Bengal. This is why we came up with the idea of Maach Market! "Maach" means fish in Bengali.

What it does

Maach Market is a B2C online fish marketplace where users can choose a local fisherman, pick their fish, and get their fish delivered. The goal is to partner with local fishermen in West Bengal and Bangladesh to eliminate the middleman or public marketplace, so users can get their fish directly from the fishermen. We also use a "door-dash" style delivery service where a delivery person picks up the fish from the fisherman, packages it, and delivers it to the user.

How we built it

We used domain.com to create a domain and Site123 to build the website.

Challenges we ran into

It was challenging to decide on a no code platform to create our project. We first tried weebly and shopify, then tried bubble.io, then finally decided to use Site123. It was a good idea to get to know these different types of no code web dev platforms, but we wasted time working on the ones we didn't use.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud to create a way for local fishermen to earn a livelihood on their own. We are also proud of creating a way for users in West Bengal and Bangladesh to purchase fish online without having to go to a traditional marketplace.

What we learned

We learned that it takes teamwork to get a project finished. Everyone on the team contributed their skills and talents to make this project happen.

What's next for Maach Market

As for future features, we plan to add a "request for a specific fish" section inside the "choose your fisherman" section so that people can request for fishes from their most trusted fisherman. Moreover, we plan to include a online 24/7 customer service chat box so our customers can receive the best service possible. We really hope to create a successful online business where users can buy their fish directly from local fisherman online.