This is a submission for the DEV's Worldwide Show and Tell Challenge Presented by Mux
🛠️ What I Built
I built a 100% free web application where everyone can show or view promotions all around Madagascar.
It's a kind of e-commerce website, 100% free for buyers and sellers.
A seller can have an online store and show their products or promotions.
The buyer can make an order.
📽️ My Pitch Video
Enjoy the view of Madagascar Street...
🎬 Demo
Visit https://rapromo.mg
You can see the available promotions in Madagascar now, and stores with promotions.
Create an account if you want to set up a store and add some products.
Tutorials are available on YouTube: @Rapromo_mg
There is also much information on the Facebook page Rapromo
📜 The Story Behind It
This is how rapromo was born and what makes it special.
💡 The day when the idea comes
One day I was on the bus and saw many stores that showed "promotion" on their front doors.
If I never pass near the store, I will never notice that there is a discount in the store.
Then I wonder how people can know that there is a promotion somewhere without taking the time to move.
So what if we put these informations online so people around Madagascar can see them, and so they can visit the store after having the information or make an order directly online.
Then rapromo.mg was born, with the idea to make promotions information available online.
✏️ The name "rapromo"
ra: Because Malagasy names generally start with "Ra"
promo: Because the main goal is to show promotional information, we just take "promo" from "promotion".
📝 The principle
Rapromo
- is 100% free: because we want everybody to be able to use it. Money should not be a brake to stop people from using it.
- No pub: because we believe that everyone using rapromo should be equal. Everyone should have the same visibility. There are no ads to ensure fairness and avoid favoritism.
- With respect of privacy: Users’ personal information is neither used nor sold, honoring everyone’s privacy.
🌻 What makes it special
In Madagascar, the land of "moramora" (cheap in English), internet access is still a luxury. There is also a big gap between classes.
Rapromo tries to give a world where Malagasy people can show and discover cheap products (moramora) in the way that everyone has the same right and can access the same information.
It's free, and we only accept donations. Like the "buy me a coffee" we have "rakitra".
👩🏻💻 Technical Highlights
Rapromo is written principally with Python and the Django framework.
We use MariaDB to store data.
For now it's deployed in a Docker-Swarm environment and has Traefik as a reverse proxy.
We plan to have a mobile application for buyers.
🚀 Use of Mux
Mux is used to:
- Host the pitch video in this post and also on rapromo.mg
- Deliver fast, high-quality playback
Discover and use rapromo on https://rapromo.mg
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Thank you for your time.
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