29-05-2013, 12:21 PM
MOBILE ENHANCED ONLINE AUCTIONING SYSTEM
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PROBLEM STATEMENT
In Tanzania the auction is done by many registered companies. These companies are selling properties coming from individuals, institutions, and organizations. Auction companies like Majembe Auction Mart, Kondoa Auction Mart, Yono Auction Mart, Mwidunda Auction Mart and Mchinga Auction Mart are doing auction in public places. The process of auction is done by first conducting public announcement using cars, magazines, radio stations example Radio Mwangaza, TV stations like Dodoma Cable TV etc.. Details of the products to be auctioned are stored in either file cabinets or Excel worksheets before an auction starts.
The auctioneers need to first search product details stored in Excel Worksheets or file cabinets to finalize lowest bidding price and number of products to be auctioned. Using Dodoma as our case study, we have discovered the following draw backs which are found in the traditional means of auctioning.
The existence of middle men in daily transactions has led to an increase of the original cost.
Shortage of market space is experienced mostly by those individuals who are not business professional but they wish to sell their possessions.
Unfair pricing is another problem faced by these people who want to sell their properties. Due to the lack of market space, people are forced to sell their possessions at an unreasonable price.
objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
Providing an online market space/platform to both auctioneers and bidders (buyers) whether individuals, institutions or organizations to sell and buy properties.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
To develop a system which will provide a market space/ platform where through mobile phones and website, users can display their products for auction.
Providing direct interaction between seller and buyer by removing intermediaries/middlemen.
Provide a space of online advertisement to business companies.
To reduce the workload of maintaining data through file cabinets and excel sheets, since the data will be stored in our online databases.
DATABASE DESIGN
MEOAS will store its information in MySQL Database. This is because MySQL has the following advantages;
It is open source software thus it is cost free.
High performance and reliability
It is flexible hence can run in more than 20 platforms including LINUX, Windows, MarcOS, Solaris and IBM AIX
Auctioning items will be categorized into motor vehicles, real estates, electrical appliances, computers and computer related devices, and User’s information will be stored in database objects which are tables. These tables will act as entities of a system and will be linked to each other with keys to make relationship. The MEOAS will allow real time bidding by allowing storage and retrieval of information which are generated and stored in database.
CONCLUSION
EXPECTED OUTPUTS:
Creation of a market space that will be user friendly and that will enable different people from different occupations being business professionals or not, to buy and sell their products online.
The system will be unbiased since it will not only allow the auctioning of big properties like real estates, motor vehicles etc. but also the auctioning of small items like used mobile phones, laptops, furniture etc.
MEOAS will represent 24 hours availability seven days a week, instant satisfaction and interactivity. This interactivity will allow the customers more control over price and product customization. As a result of these benefits, the number of online auction purchaser is expected to increase, according to the investigation that we have done on our existing auctioning companies in Dodoma.