• Developed a mcommerce mobile app (Android phones) for LeisureLiving to facilitate shopping for their customers with a real time credit card processing via Chase Paymentech.

Technologies used: Android SDK, SQLite, Web Service: SOAP, PHP, MySQL

 

Following are the features and functionalities that are incorporated inside the app:

• User Interface

Creating an attractive UI with absolutely no clutter. Carefully organizing their categories such as Pools, Winters, Floats & Toys, Chemicals, Solar, Accessories, Clearance, Covers, Equipment, Cleaning  to assist a smooth flow through the application. Provided appropriate color suite to make it attractive.

• Easy Navigation

Providing a smooth transition through various activities. No orphan pages; the user can traverse through the complete application without getting lost.

• Browsing categories

The categories that are shown in the app is divided into its appropriate sub categories in order to help the user to get what is required. We have also provided "Top Sellers" section with the main categories view which shows the top products that are sold in that category which, thus, attracts the attention of the user giving him/her what she wants.

• Top Sellers

Implemented top sellers section for the broad categories level. Inclusion of most selling items and the top sellers so as to keep the users glued to the application and make the information available at one place.

• Filtering option

Filtering option has customized the interface so as to give the details that the user wants to see.

Implemented large number of filter options in order to facilitate the user to zero in on the specific product/functionality only. This will reduce the efforts of the user by preventing him/her from navigating through the whole list of products.

• Search option

Implemented Android's Searchable Activity which includes search dialog, voice search, search suggestions that match actual results in our app which helps the user to initiate a search from any activity and presents him/her with the appropriate results.

• Related Products

We have showed related products list on a particular product page that will help the user to shop easily.

• Recently viewed items

Implemented an view that keeps an account of recently viewed items to assist the user in showing him/her about his recently viewed items. This will help in recommending the items to the users more accurately.

• Procedures and Triggers for maintaining databases

We have improved the response time by three seconds by making use of materialized views. In order to keep the materialized view up-to-date we have implemented appropriate procedures and triggers.

• Services for fetching real time updates

Implemented fetch update service to fetch real time updates from the server to the app so as to provide updated information to the users at all the times.

• Efficient caching system to improve the response time

Improved the response time by one second by making use of efficient caching system to fetch information from the huge database and display it on the UI within the fraction of a second

• Shopping cart

Implementing shopping cart which will store user's probable products to be purchased. We are maintaining user's session based on his/her login.

• Payment Gateway

Implementing secured real time credit card authorization payment via Chase Paymentech's Orbital Gateway. We are going to make use of Orbital Gateway's Web Service [SOAP] API.

• Promotions

Promotional ads have been included in the app. We are recommending items to the users and attractive discounts and points to lure the user to use the application more often.