Website Design With Auction Functionality For Online Restaurant Forum

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT US:

UR Dining is an online restaurant forum that allows potential diners the ability to bid on the meal they are looking for (think priceline.com for restaurants clients) and restaurants the opportunity to post online only specials. The primary goals of this site are to offer restaurants the ability to fill their seats and diners an experience they can afford.

Initial layout )this could be subject to change

1. Homepage

2. Client Landing Page

Login

What are restaurants offering

List what you're looking for

Featured restaurant

Create Account

2. Restaurant Landing Page

Login

What are patrons looking for?

Create Account

You're specials

2. Contact Us

2. About Us

2. FAQ

2. Press

Users will be able to search on:

Types of Restaurants

Types of Food

Location

Favorites

Wine ( as they can also use this site for wine restaurants and lounges)

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED:

The specifications to make this site function properly include:

Site Visitor

Visitors to the site will be able to search or list what they want by food type, restaurant type, star rating or keyword.

Visitors will be able to create a login account that will securely store their information for reuse. To create an account, the visitor will enter their name, email, user name, password, and PayPal account name.

Visitors can post what theyre looking for and their ideal cost and then have restaurants come back with acceptance proposals (similar to the design of priceline.com). From there they will pay the offer they accept (including 20% tip and service fee) and their name and order information will be sent to the restaurant.

They can also search specials that restaurants have listed with the same corresponding process. And save searches for future use.

Visitors will have a secure login. They will have the ability to view what theyve purchased, past purchases and saved searches through their account. They will also be able to be notified when favorite searches are listed by restaurants.

Visitors will also have the ability to review feedback posted for restaurants.

Stores

Restaurants will have a secure login. They will be able to post specials for the week, day or month on their site. They will also be able to respond to posts that potential visitors list when they are looking for a certain type of dining experience. Restaurants will be required to list both their star and sanitation rating, they will also need to agree that their information is correct or they will be subject to losing the cost of their services won, plus a fee equal to 4xs the total cost of all fees won during the incorrect rating.

Store owners will be able to manage the restaurant profile. A profile will consist of the restaurant name, image, description, address email address, and PayPal account name.

Store owners will be able to manage (add,edit,delete) offers and products in their store. An offer will consist of: category, product name, price, quantity in stock, description, and image,

Store owners will be able to communicate through the site forum.

Store owners will be able to see all orders placed on their items, and update the status of those orders. They will also be notified of new requests for potential visitors that are within their offering descriptions.

All portions of fees from biddings won will be deposited into the restaurants paypal account. Restaurants will receive an instant notification to their account and the registered email on their account that will let them know they won and the information of the win

Restaurants will have the ability to have recorded but not viewable by clients the min. they would take for an order so that an auto response can be generated to pot. clients

Admin

The site administrator will have a secure login.

The administrator will be able to manage (add,edit,delete) all member accounts.

The administrator will be able to manage (add,edit,delete) restaurants and products in stores.

The portion of sales that are required for the admin will automatically be generated in their paypal account.

Notes

A payment will be processed through a PayPal merchant gateway. A purchases will go to the administrator's account and the then the system will use a PayPal mass pay to pay all of the store owners their percentage of the sale.

OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS:

Restaurants with med/high star rating and people who like to dine out.

WE LIKE THESE DESIGNS:

I would like an interesting, easy to look at and navigate site

www.travelocity.com is the type of theme

http://fourtoronto.com/ very interesting design, it's also easy to find what you're looking for

http://www.studiolagunabeach.com/ great pictures

http://www.mercywinebar.com/ fun design

http://www.roysrestaurant.com/ easy searches

http://www.sublimerestaurant.com/

http://www.agaveny.com/ slip design for different sections

http://www.thequeenoftarts.ca/

http://www.wenlongtea.ca/

WE ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE (or we don't want to see) THIS IN OUR DESIGN:

would like the ability to see a featured restaurant, special or search on the homepage and the homepage should also have a create an account link in a prevalent position.