Your One-Stop Marketplace to Buy and Sell!
Poptocart is a modern, full-featured multi-vendor e-commerce platform. It empowers entrepreneurs to create and manage their own digital storefronts, while providing customers with a seamless and diverse shopping experience.
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- 🚀 About the Project
- ✨ Key Features
- 🛠️ Tech Stack
- 🏁 Getting Started
- 🤝 Contributing
- 📜 License
- 📬 Contact
poptocart was built to create a flexible and scalable marketplace. The core concept is to lower the barrier for entry for small businesses (vendors) to sell their products online, while aggregating a wide variety of products for customers in one convenient platform.
This repository contains the complete source code for the platform, including the customer-facing frontend, the vendor dashboard, and the backend API.
- ✅ Intuitive Browsing: Find products with advanced search, dynamic filters, and category navigation.
- ✅ Secure Authentication: Easy and secure sign-up, login, and profile management.
- ✅ Multi-Vendor Cart: Shop from multiple sellers and check out in a single, streamlined process.
- ✅ Order Tracking: View order history and track the status of current orders.
- ✅ Ratings & Reviews: Make informed decisions by reading seller and product reviews.
- ✅ Easy Onboarding: A simple registration process to become a vendor and set up a shop.
- ✅ Seller Dashboard: A dedicated dashboard to manage products, track inventory, and view sales.
- ✅ Product Management: Full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functionality for product listings.
- ✅ Order Fulfillment: View and manage incoming orders, update statuses, and communicate with buyers.
- ✅ Sales Analytics: Get insights into shop performance with simple analytics.
This project is built with a modern, high-performance tech stack.
| Category | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | [e.g., Vue.js 3 (Composition API)], [e.g., Next.js] |
| Styling | [e.g., Tailwind CSS] |
| Backend | [e.g., Rust (Actix Web)], [e.g., Node.js (Express)] |
| Database | [e.g., PostgreSQL], [e.g., MongoDB] |
| API | [e.g., REST API], [e.g., GraphQL] |
| Authentication | [e.g., JWT (JSON Web Tokens)], [e.g., OAuth 2.0] |
| Payments | [e.g., Stripe], [e.g., bKash] |
| Deployment | [e.g., Docker], [e.g., Vercel], [e.g., AWS] |
To get a local copy up and running, follow these simple steps.
Make sure you have the following tools installed on your machine:
[e.g., Node.js (v18.x or later)][e.g., pnpm / npm / yarn][e.g., Rust (v1.70 or later)](if using Rust)[e.g., PostgreSQL / MongoDB Compass][e.g., Docker (recommended)]
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Clone the repository:
git clone [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)[YOUR-USERNAME]/poptocart.git cd poptocart -
Set up Environment Variables:
- Create a
.envfile in the/server(or root) directory. - Copy the contents of
.env.exampleinto your new.envfile. - Fill in the required variables (Database URL, JWT Secret, Payment Keys, etc.).
- Create a
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Install Backend Dependencies (e.g., Node.js):
cd server npm install -
Install Frontend Dependencies (e.g., Vue.js):
cd client npm install
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Run the Backend Server:
cd server npm run dev -
Run the Frontend App:
cd client npm run dev
The application should now be running on http://localhost:3000 (or your configured port).
Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request.
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Don't forget to give the project a star! ⭐ Thanks again!
Distributed under the [e.g., MIT] License. See LICENSE file for more information.
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Project Link: https://github.com/[YOUR-USERNAME]/poptocart