Auto Trader Portal is a web based project which will be used by automobile traders. It is designed by Shah Net Technologies Pvt Ltd. This system will help both, the private sellers/dealers of automobiles and the automobile buyers.

The purpose to develop the portal is to provide a web-based platform to smoothen the process of buying and selling of automobiles. The private automobile sellers or dealers will be able to post their advertisement in different ways through this portal. The potential automobile buyers will be able to view these posts through a well defined searching facility.

Private Sellers or Dealers can register themselves on the portal along with their object of selling i.e. automobiles / vehicles.

Potential buyers will visit the portal and search for their desired automobile. If they find their match, they can straight away send in enquiries to the corresponding private seller or the dealer of that particular automobile through this portal.

The System aims at maintaining an Auto-trade portal. This portal will used by automobile traders. This system will help both, the private sellers/dealers of automobiles and the automobiles buyers.

It is imperative to encompass each and every stage of transaction right from management of ads to management of payment gateway.
The filters/searches they provide are incompetent to generate relevant and more constrained results.

Features :
Front End :
	Search by body style, Quick and Advanced Search.
	Facility to post Advertisement.
	Standard listing and Priority listing of Advertisement.
	Facility for viewing advertisement in List view and Photo view.
	Facility to further filter the search using more precise searching parameters.
	Classification of automobiles based on automobile type, make/model, price, mileage, new/used and class.
	Finding your posted Ad: The user will be asked to enter the phone number Based on the phone number the corresponding Ad will be searched and displayed. Instead of phone number any other entry can be kept.
	In Value finder you can fine cars according to value i.e. high, medium or low by giving in the details of make, model, year etc.
	Saving Advertisement With every Ad you see, there will be an option of saving the Ad by clicking on the save Ad link you can save the Ad for future reference. When you reopen the portal, and select saved Ad module you will all the Ads which you saved.
	Finding dealer: Enlists all the dealers who have registered on the portal along with their location, address contact details. Link to dealers website and to see the dealer on the maps are also provided.
	Ad center Locator: This enlists the centers with address and contact details where you can post ads and the potential buyer can visit and look for the automobile he can buy. This is based on the region, so user will have to enter the region first of all.
	Events calendar: Fill in the start and stop date, select region and enter keyword. It will enlist any new events that are due related to your keyword and in your region.
	Dealer Services: This includes a sign up form for the dealer. It registers the dealer on the portal. The dealers can be chosen on the basis of the initial alphabet.
	Contact us: The visitor’s will be able to view the contact details of different branches of the portal.
	Fraud bulletin: It contains one static page regarding guidelines on how to select car, dealer etc and prevent oneself from frauds.
Member End :
Private seller End :
Private Seller End is a separate section for private seller to manage their own advertisement. They will have facility for managing their profile and advertisements.
	Manage Profile – e.g. Change in contact details
	Manage Posted Ads – e.g. Edit , Promote Ad
	Allow edit the price and the contact details and description but not change make and model.
	Private seller not allowed changing make and model for ad after posted, changes only changed by admin.
Dealers End :
Dealers End is a separate section for managing bulk quantity advertisements. They will have facility to manage multiple ads.
	Manage dealer profile – e.g. Logo, change in address
	Manage multiple Ads – e.g. Add, Edit, Delete and Promote Ads.
Admin End :
	Managing Advertisement banners at multiple location on the page.
	Manage users. Users can be admin, managers, private seller and dealer.
	Manage advertisement.
	Admin manage different features such as add, modify, delete, activate, deactivate, Promote, and check status.
	Facility for managing all the master modules.
	Facility to view both private seller Transaction and dealer transaction.
	Facility for generating reports – e.g. total no of all kinds of ads published in the current month, quarter, and year.
SCOPE
Various points the scope of this project
	Platform of posting the advertisement of automobile of various categories.
	Providing this facility for no only car but also for 16 other categories.
	Managing the membership plan of dealers.
	Managing the promotion and paid priorities of given ads.
	Providing the payment gateway of transations.