A store is a place which might be able to give away items in bulk (they won't just be giving 1 banana away). It might be any kind of business, usually a shop, a supermarket or factory. Usually they offer what they cannot sell anymore (e.g., food, cloth, flowers, wood, electronics, pallets etc.) or what they do not need anymore (e.g., office equipment, furnitures etc.). Normally, a certain kind of community (e.g., foodsharing) saves the resources and shares them further.
These are the main source of things, food and stuff which will become commons in the yunity community, and this is where much of the management and administration is needed; making sure any relevant agreements are in place, ensuring people will collect stuff promptly and satisfying the store.
Any user can create a store (whether part of the business or not). Every store has a status, one of: Open for cooperation, No contact yet, In negotiation, Cooperating, Is cooperating with somebody else, Does not want to cooperate right now. This helps so that not many people or communities approach the store, in order not annoy them.
Every store has at least one user who is responsible for it. If a store belongs to a chain, the store responsibles are connected in a parent store where communication concerning all stores from the chain is taking place.
The store modules allows for team communication as well as the organisation of pickups.
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Feature Set: Create a store
Feature Set: Wall
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Below the Address field there is a map who is at the beginning focused to the closest definable region
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cloth/shoes
books
flower
furniture
paper/carton
cosmetics
electronics
other (any kind of business with different resources to save) possibility to write down own category
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Field: “Description of the current status” (required) (goes into a timeline of status changes of the store - visible for store coordintors
Field only appears if status is "Cooperating" : "Describe the normal pick-up procedure and what everyone needs to know who is part of the store/business (max. 500 characters)"
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Name of store/business (required) text box of max. 30 characters with smart search for existing stores in the same country with the same name e.g. Bio = suggestions “Bio Company”, “Bio Insel"
When creating a new store: If user is in one or more communities they have the section "Does this store/business will belong to one of your communities?"
List of communities in a drop-down, the one the user is the most active first, if community is related to a special resources, like e.g. foodsharing, than this the main category already selected, only sub categories to choose
> yunity users > within the corresponding community > to connected users |
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Store Coordinators can see history of Pick-Ups
Store Coordinators can decide if they want new members only be able to chose a pickup date with an experienced store member
Store Coordinators can set the average pick up time how long a pick up takes: 1min, 3min, 5-10min, 10-20min. 30-60min
Store Coordinators can delete pick-up dates manually
Store Coordinators can set the max. amount of pick-uppers per day with a warning if more than 3 are selected that: „we recommend you to ask the store for the maximum of pick-uppers per pick-up
Feature Set: Advanced Store functions
Store Coordinators can chose if the store is suitable for introduction pick-ups
Store Coordinators can Change/Add/Delete Team members
Set color frame of users according to their status in a store
"Settings" will lead to the setting page of store/business
Store/business belongs to community:
List of communities in a dropdown where user belongs to with the most active ones first
When user does not belong to any community, a text instead: “Start your own community where you can bundle stores, groups, pages and manage your members” with a big button “Create a Community
Show the experience of a member of the store in different colors: grey = beginner (first 3 pick ups), brown = normal, blue = expert
Member can chose their status (inactive, jumper, active, power saver) automatically set members to inactive when they have not pick-up in the last 4 weeks and notify user and store Coordinators
If store does not belong to a community there is displayed:
Do you want communities to request your store to join their community (yes= standard)
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2. “Description” enter description of store
Describe the normal pick-up procedure and what everyone needs to know who is part of the store/business (max. 500 characters)
3. “Settings” define settings for store like “who can join the store/business”, “beginn of cooperation” etc.
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4. Invite others to store/business
5. set a cover picture for store/business
6. visibility of store/business
(setting wheel on the very right of the title section on the left colum)
(Design proposal: by clicking a pop-up shows up, where user can define settings concerning “stores and business”:
Do you want to be informed if a new store/business will be created within your area?
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categories can be chosen with tick boxes
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List of max 15 stores where the user is either admin or just part of
each store or business has a logo/avatar, if the store belongs to a Community e.g. foodsharing, the avatar is the foodsharing avatar. When store/business is not related to a community, than its the logo of the store or if no logo from the store is selected, then the store/business (e.g. market stand, shop, factory, farm etc.)
Notification for members, when they applied for a pick-up date and have not been accepted by the store mangers 24h before pick-up
One or several notifications for members to be informed via mail o bell for their next pick up via check boxes (1h, 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h)
Ability for store applicants to withdraw their application
An text which will be automatically published on the wall of the store if a member of a store withdraw its pick-up date within 24h before the pick-up time.
Store Coordinators can select if saved goods should primarily be giving to non-profit organizations and other beneficial initiatives if desired by the store
Store Coordinators can chose in a dropdown if users with wheelchair are welcome and able to save
Store Coordinators can set people on the waiting list if team is full
Store Coordinators can communicate through a button which appears on the cover picture of the store if they are looking for additional store Coordinators
Store Coordinators can create a PDF of all ID Cards for the store to verify the ID cards by pick-ups
Store Coordinators can approve all pick-up dates at once per click
Store Coordinators can define if after each pick-up the pick-uppers have to write a quick feedback how the pick up went, what they got and the approximate amount of kilos
Enable store members to export their pick-up dates from in calendar (ical)
Only let people request membership in a store if they belong to the related sub-group of the store