Nectarain - The Next Terrain

Inspiration

The initial, unpolished idea for Nectarain emerged almost like that for an epiphany would - completely coincidentally. One of the members of our team(an avid succulent enthusiast), as she was ordering food through an online delivery service, wondered what a greener world would look like. This combined with the knowledge of the current day problems faced by the environment as well as by small-scale business resulted in the birth of Nectarain.

What it does

Nectarain works as a long-term solution to the survival of our natural environment as well as the survival of small horticultural entrepreneurial businesses. It acts as a network of coordination between various stakeholders such as plant nurseries, small-scale entrepreneurs, and customers for multiple routes of trade, wherein businesses can find and retain customers and avail essential raw materials through Nectarain, can develop an online presence and avail advertising opportunities as well. Individuals can provide specialized services and gain maximum customer satisfaction through this connection and customers can find exactly what they are looking for. Not to mention, rare and endangered plant life can be saved and increased awareness and appreciation regarding plant life and exactly how important it is can be developed in the general public.

How we built it

With almost minimal to no prior knowledge regarding coding, we built this project using an online website building service. The UI/UX was completely designed by us and as was the content to ensure maximum accessibility and interest.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge we ran into was when the first completed draft of our project failed to function and this provided a major decrease in the time available. This time pressure proved to be a major setback on both of our schedules but as is bound to happen in some cases, this pressure acted as motivation and an enhanced, higher-quality project ensued.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of the scope of Nectarain. Nectarain is only in its initial stage of evolution and thus has scope to grow and expand into a larger and better project. Not to mention, the fact that Nectarain addresses two of the most prominent, prevalent issues in society - environmental degradation and poverty & unemployment, in a long-term approach, we believe, is worth being proud of.

What we learned

Through this project, we learned the importance of small-scale businesses and plant nurseries to the economy as well as the problems they face. We also learned the essentials of the requirements of marketing and the features of customer attraction and retention, and finally, we learned the means by which we could combine these cumulative learnings onto an accessible platform.

What's next for Nectarain - The Next Terrain

Next, for Nectarain is expansion, inclusion, and sensation. Expansion into a larger business sector as well as into areas such as rural areas, the inclusion of a larger number of small-scale businesses inclusive of all owners irrespective of any differences, and sensationalizing Nectarain to be accessible to a larger demographic of people.

Built With

• canva
• wix