Mingle Box

Developing an efficient interface to get the software requirements of buyers fulfilled by coders.

1. Title of the project:  Mingle Box
2. Abstract:

Mingle Box is a marketplace where people who need custom software developed can find coders in a safe and business-friendly environment. Buyers can pick from a pool of registered coders...enabling them to hire a coder across the country or across the globe from the comfort of their computers.

Coders and buyers both can be benefited from this Bidding. Buyers who wish to hire internationally, can take advantage of favorable overseas exchange rates, resulting in work being done for 50-90% less than if the project were done in-country. Coders are also given access to a huge pool of potential work and have the ability to work independently from their homes rather than for a company 

3. Existing System:

·         Finding of coders for there requirement takes much time.

·         Buyers can hire coders with in the limited area only.  They can’t work with world wide coders.           

·         Cost of project may increases due to the more time and lack of communication.

·         Buyers won’t benefit.

·         Buyers may loose their market due to the lack of coders.

·         There is no mutual understanding between coder and buyers.

4. Proposed System:

·         Proposed system enabled

o   Both coders and buyers can interact each other.

o   Cost of the project reduces to 50% to 90% less than if the project were done in there country.

o   Small companies can login as a coder and they can get project from world wide clients.

o   Buyers can hire coders internationally. 

·         Coders will work as freelance developer by that coder may be student/programmer/professor.

·         Coder can be recognized by their successful completion of projects   

5. Features of the project:

The proposed web application serves the following range of ads.

·         Registration of Coders

·         Registration of Buyers

·         Adding projects for bidding

·         Conduct online bidding

·         Selecting coders through bidding

·         Payments for the completed work by buyers to coders.

6. Modules:

The application comprises the following major modules.

·         Administration

·         Coders

·         Buyers

·         Administration

The administration module facilitates registering the buyers and coders. It enables the buyer and coder login and performs their respective work. Once the coder or buyer is inactive for long period, they will be deleted by the administrator.

·         Coders      

The coder can post his/her profile with the expertise information in mingle box. The coder can bid the project online based on his expertise. Once the coders bid are approved, he/she can start coding and deliver the builds as per timelines, to get the remuneration properly.

·         Buyers

A role of a buyer is to post the projects. While posting a project for bidding, the buyer will furnish the information related to technologies to be used in the project and the expected timelines for each deliverable. The buyer allocates projects to the coders based on the bid.

7. Requirements:

·         Hardware requirements:

Content	Description
HDD	20 GB Min 40 GB Recommended
RAM	1 GB Min 2 GB Recommended

·         Software requirements:

Content	Description
OS	Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Vista
Database	MS-SQL server 2005
Technologies	ASP.NET with C#.NET
IDE	Ms-Visual Studio .Net 2008
Browser	IE