This online shop will allow one to buy products and services from 3rd party providers. To put it simply, it will have the following:
Home page: Ability to search for a store by location, and space for banner ads that link directly to the featured stores
Search results: Showing stores that meet search criteria plus show basic sneak peek of its products/ services
Store page: Showing all products & services offered including their descriptions, prices, and photos and ability to order the products.
Checkout: In this MVP (Minimum Viable Product), no payment options will be implemented. Instead, a description for how to make payment to each store will be provided in text, and the option to complete purchase which will initially be managed in the backend.
Order Tracking: The customer should get a link taking him back to the order to view status as populated by admin.
Admin: In the backend, orders will be managed manually. In a future version we will have the ability to have stores manage their own orders separately.
NOTE: If there is a multi vendor shopping cart solution you would rather use for this, you are welcome to. However, note that it must be lite and highly extensible as this website is expected to evolve quite a bit with time.
The description of this is still quite open ended as we are open to proposals on scope and budget as long as the minimum viable product as described above is achieved. Detailed specs will be provided if needed to clarify for bidding.