Monday, November 15, 2010

Current Feature Addition / Update List

So, with everything we learned at leading up to and during SEMA, we came up with the following list of planned feature additions and changes:

- Integrate the handling of deposits
- Integrate monitoring of transactions (i.e. enable uploading of pics & notes at the following points during the transaction: shipping from lender to borrower, just received by borrower, after use by borrower/shipping to lender, received by lender
- Integrate shipping estimation tied to my Fedex account directly to shopping cart (pull dimensions, weight, lender address, borrower address, etc. from Database)
- Enable the ability to book the same tool for multiple date ranges that don't overlap
- Search by zip code, availability date, price & enable combination filters (i.e. search by zip code, then filter by price, etc..)
- Tools wanted post as a standalone page of the site that users can post to if logged in
- Confirmation emails for newly registered accounts to prevent spam
- Way for users who don't have tools listed to be contacted anonymously (i.e. not just on "tool detail" pages)
- Feedback tied to lender and borrower email or username on a per transaction basis?
- Replicate listing button (for tools that have already been created), must require a different picture
- Have a "lend for free" option under the "pending approval" page so lenders can refund the borrower if they want to lend for free after the fact
- Have a "lend for free" option under the post a tool page
- Have the shopping cart automatically adjust the rental rate based on number of days requested by borrower (i.e. i list $1/month for my tool as a lender and borrower wants it for 15 days, so ($1/30)*15=$0.50
- "Tools Pending Approval" or another similar page within My Account to include tools I've tentatively borrowed from others but that havent been approved yet
- Reminder emails for: upcoming due dates to both parties (tool to be shipped out by X date, returned by X date, tool inactivity date for lenders
- Automatic resizing of uploaded photos, but keeping aspect ratio...
- Automatic invoicing of people who have held onto tools past their due date
- Rent to own option for lenders during post a tool as well as a second rent to own confirmation agreed to by both parties before deposit funds are disbursed
- Social media feed for homepage: blog, FB page, Twitter posts, YouTube

Did we miss anything?? What else would you guys like to see?

We're really trying to get folks to post up their tools when they have time as this is what needs to take place for this whole idea to work. Let us know if you have questions or concerns.

1 comment:

  1. I think the "search by zipcode" could be especially good for building up really local relationships between tool sharers. (And there is of course the added bonus of paying less for shipping tools shorter distances... or even picking them up and avoiding the shipping costs altogether!)

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