FORUM?

I am beginning to realize the amount of work that needs to be put into this project. Actually I no longer see it as a project I see it as a hobby. I am extremely intrigued by my topic, love the whole helping people out concept and really see the money I can make designing this eBusiness, if done correctly of course. Today while at work I activated a set of three lines and another pair of two lines from Sprint and thought to myself man I have to have a place where people can complain or praise their respective carrier. I am now planning out and beginning to design a page where consumers can go to see other people’s views on their carriers or other carriers. I don’t intend to cause argument or disrespect but only a place where EVERY cell phone user can go to see other people’s experience with different carriers. Not really a place to talk smack or argue but a place where one can express their likes or dislikes of their cell phone carrier and not be attacked or insulted for it. Of course I will have a similar page for the actual devices themselves but I figured start out broad and narrow it down as the websites evolves. FORUM MAYBE!!?!?!? Possible! I would love nothing more than to add a fully functionable and frequently used forum about smartphones, their accessories and their carriers. A forum is a lot of work on top of designing and successfully running an eBusiness so that will have to take the backseat for now for the sake of this project.

Digging deep!

Today I am focusing on the collaboration of information and organizing in a manner that is user friendly and easy to understand. I want a page that includes every smartphone on the market (for major carriers) that includes 2-3 photos of the device, the carrier, retail price, contract price, release date and a link to a page designed specifically for that phone as well as another link for accessories for that phone. A clear-cut and easy to read is essential to the success of this site. Many sites are cluttered with information and use terminology that may be hard to understand for the common consumer. YES, you can open a new tab in your browser, Google the word and know the meaning in under a minute, but again EASE and CONVEINENCE are keys to the success of this website. Two clicks is all it should take to navigate to your specific device’s page and all the information you will ever need. I want to design a page where you can search by provider, manufacturer and operating system so you can quickly get to where you need to be. A search bar is essential for finding the right device, accessories or rate plan/feature (something I just thought of right now that may be a nice addition to this site). Being able to educate yourself on different data plans that are associated with smartphones, rate plans for your family or features that you may need is extremely helpful in saving money and cutting down time in your local carrier store.