Online Marketplace 🛒

Welcome to the Online Marketplace project! This repository contains the codebase for a web-based marketplace application built using Python, Django, and SQLite3.

📌 Table of Contents

• 📌 Project Overview
• 📌 Features
• 📌 Technologies Used
• 📌 Setup and Installation
• 📌 Usage
• 📌 Contributing
• 📌 License

📌 Project Overview

The Online Marketplace project is a web application that allows users to buy and sell products. It provides a platform where users can register, list items for sale, browse items from other sellers, and make purchases. The project aims to simulate a real-world e-commerce environment with essential functionalities.

📌 Features

• User Authentication (Sign Up, Login, Logout)
• Product Listing and Browsing
• Product Search
• Shopping Cart
• Order Management
• User Profile Management

📌 Technologies Used

• Python: The core programming language used for development.
• Django: The web framework used to build the application.
• SQLite3: The database system used for data storage.

📌 Setup and Installation

To set up the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/nsmunasinghe/Online_Marketplace.git

   cd Online_Marketplace

2. Create a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

4. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Apply migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

6. Create a superuser (admin):

   python manage.py createsuperuser

7. Run the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

8. Access the application: Open your browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/

📌 Usage

• Home Page: View the homepage with featured products and categories.
• Sign Up / Login: Register a new account or log in with existing credentials.
• Product Listing: Add new products to sell.
• Product Browsing: Browse available products and use the search functionality.
• Shopping Cart: Add products to the cart and proceed to checkout.
• Order Management: View your orders and order history.
• User Profile: Manage your profile details and view your listings.

📌 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps to contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature-name).
6. Open a Pull Request.

📌 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further assistance!