This is a midsize project that should be a lot of fun for the developer who enjoys a challenge and working on a google-like inovative project.
We run an online based automotive dealership that specializes in brokering vehicles as well as vehicle resale.
**Our current website can be viewed at** [login to view URL] to give you an idea where we are at right now.
The listing software we are currently running is an out of the box, zend encoded, script that has been modified quite a bit on the front end. The backend however cannot be modified because of the encoding and our needs have grown beyond what it can do for us.
We are ready to take our business to the next level, and our website IS our business.
Without going into too much detail, we want to do the following:
- replicate and expand on the current vehicle listing system we are using
- integrate a CRM into the website that will handle all customer inquiries from basic questions to deposits to vehicle requests so they can be managed by multiple staff through a web interface, basicaly eliminating email management. Managing deposits will require paypal notification integration.
- integrate an automated email marketing subscription based system that will allow customers to sign up and receive an email when any vehicle they are interested in is added to the website based on variables they have chosen.
- integrate an affiliate program for tracking leads from 3rd party websites and associates when new users sign up
- integrate an accounting type solution that will allow us to manage invoices and PO's, keep us on top of our financial situation, and make life easy for tax time.
- integrate a robust stat/reporting system for tracking vehicle popularity, customer trends, and staff performance.
*more details attached*
## Deliverables
1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done.
2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables):
a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment.
b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request.
3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement).
## Platform
PHP 4.? or possibly 5 MySQL db Dedicated Unix/Linux server so anything can be installed however it must be coded in PHP so our team can do minor tweaks and frontend mods.