NeedTree

NeedTree

The Requirement

The ability to allow users to post needs to the internet and sellers to contact them for a fee to sell their products. The users on the consumer end will have zero fee's with the exception of featured postings. The users on the retail end will pay small fee's to contact consumers and attempt to sell them a consumer specific product via a secure needtree mailbox system.

The Solution

Technologies:
PHP/MySQL
Flash
Adobe Flex
ActionScript 3.0

We provided a system which allows users to post needs to the site and sellers to contact these users directly by paying a small fee.  Further, we created a NeedTree consumer community based on a need fulfilment platform.  The idea is that if there is a market for consumer consumption on the buying side there is an equal market for retail distribution on the selling side. Traditionally the initiation of transactions of goods/services for currency has fallen largely on the shoulders of consumers. NeedTree aims to advance this practice by allowing consumers to declare their individual consumption needs and give retailers direct access to work with consumers to meet those needs

To date there is no system online that presents itself as an advocate for consumers and provides them with retailer competition. Currently consumers can search for products through shopping gateway providers but there is no option for any long term product location or price point services. A consumer must research day after day, month after month to find the best price within the amount of time it takes for that individual consumer to be certain that they are getting the best product at the best price. Most consumers have a set time in which they are willing to search for a product before they are satisfied with their findings and then make the purchase. Needtree exploits and optimizes this consumer trait and allows retailers to sell to consumers with pin point accuracy.

Once properly established needtree can set product values and determine fair markets for new and used goods. With the exception the used car industry there is very little if any transparent valuation system for new or used products based on real consumer demand. Needtree can define a statistical demand comparison between products, models, and average product values, that can be observed by retailers and cross referenced with everything from a region to ceiling and floor selling prices.

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