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Gotnotes.com

Gotnotes.com . Primary Business Model. Pure-Play company that buys and sells college course notes to students. Based on a similar idea that ebay uses on half.com The site will be organized by state, college, and course. Secondary Business Model.

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Gotnotes.com

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  1. Gotnotes.com

  2. Primary Business Model • Pure-Play company that buys and sells college course notes to students. • Based on a similar idea that ebay uses on half.com • The site will be organized by state, college, and course.

  3. Secondary Business Model • Online tutoring service: Set up with a pure peer-to-peer network to match students by strengths and weaknesses • Marketing products: T-shirts with company logo and study aid survival kits( including band-aids, snacks, Tylenol, highlighters, and etc.)

  4. Got Notes! Gotnotes.com • We will attract customers to with direct physical avenues of advertising . We will hold drawings once a month where every person submitting notes or utilizing tutor-find will be automatically entered to win.

  5. Gotnotes.com • We know that the main users of our site are generally college students so we’ve adjusted our fees accordingly.

  6. ITS FREE

  7. Gotnotes.com • Our revenue for our services will come from sponsors in the ads they take out. This will be a great way for local businesses to participate in the community as well as larger companies to place their names in specific areas of the community

  8. To Customize Or Not • Gotnotes.com will be a customized website, user will be allowed to make links on the side of the webpage like the infs. 3100 wiki . (In fine print will be) With these links users will be able to link to the notes for the classes that they have. Also the users will be able to change their layout of the notes pages. An example is if the user prefers to have an edit pane at the top of the page instead of after the article, or where the edit toolbar is located around the notes area. Mass customization is something that is going to happen with every membership and since the user will be able to customize the user interface of the website to suit their preferences there will be mass customization for every user.

  9. Gotnotes.com Other features that the website will have are : • User Profile Scores – This is where our users can comment on and score the quality and quantity of the notes other users have provided. • Unlimited access to the notes we have available. • P2P Note Sharer Discount – This is when a user uploads notes that are scored above average can receive a monetary discount. • *Professor Rating* – This is the latest feature to our site. When users are selecting a teacher to choose their notes, they can now leave professor reviews and ratings for all to access.

  10. User Profile Scores – This is where our users can comment on and score the quality and quantity of the notes other users have provided. Gotnotes.com

  11. P2P Note Sharer Discount – This is when a user uploads notes that are scored above average can receive a monetary discount on marketing items, T-shirts etc. Gotnotes.com

  12. *Professor Rating* – This is the latest feature to our site. When users are selecting a teacher to choose their notes, they can now leave professor reviews and ratings for all to access. Gotnotes.com

  13. Gotnotes.com The hopes of our company are to contribute to the educational process of college students without causing financial stress.

  14. Software Requirements Specification Overall Description

  15. Product Perspective • GotNotes.com is a self-contained product based off of similar ideas on the web. • There will initially be no interface into a larger system, however, we will welcome future opportunities to allow universities access and possible integration between websites.

  16. Product Features • GotNotes.com will provide a place for students to share their class notes in a user friendly web environment. Students will be able to sign up for free membership where they can upload and download materials. • There will also be a secondary feature allowing advertisement of individual tutoring opportunities.

  17. User Classes and Characteristics • Our main priority user will be any student attending 2 or 4 year colleges. • We expect membership and value to be greater amongst students, however, professors are also welcome to load class notes and utilize the website.

  18. Operating Environment • GotNotes.com will only require an internet connection. Access won’t be limited to operating system requirements being that there won’t be a need for streaming media of any kind. • We wont require any additional plug ins in order to allow the greatest number of volume with the least amount of restrictions.

  19. Design and Implementation Constraints • The only constraint of initial setup for GotNotes.com will be the lack of material on the front end. The site is designed entirely for the end users downloads as well as uploads, the first few weeks will be a trial and error to see if users will upload without having anything to take back for their gain.

  20. Assumptions • The only unknown factor is going to be upon site implementation. • A time period in which users are begin to fully utilize the site can only be estimated. We will track user hits and look at advertising cost ratios respectively, however, the true test be the successful and timely utilization of the site.

  21. System Features Gotnotes.com will use simple website design software tools and a predesigned template provided by our website hosting service to construct our web store.

  22. Shopping Cart Feature • The shopping cart feature allows for customers to pool their desired products together and put them in a virtual basket for later purchase/download will be managed by Paypal. This feature will be a high priority due to the fact that it is necessary for convenience to the customer. Along with this the shopping cart will also be used for the B2B end of business for companies to buy ad space on our web storefront.

  23. Customer Profile Feature • This feature will allow for GotNotes.com to find preferences to customers in order to serve them better. This will be possible through registrations, cookie files, and website behavior tracking tools. This feature is considered a Medium to High Priority due to it lowers cost by being able to fine tune our marketing and gives way to higher revenues.

  24. Peer to Peer Feature • This feature will enable GotNotes.com customers to chat live through our site and in an essence tutor online. This will be one of our online product offered to go along with the notes. This feature has a Medium-Low priority in the sense that it doesn’t have to be offered right off the bat.

  25. Payment Feature • Gotnotes.com will become affiliated with Paypal for payment feature management and shopping cart management. This affiliation will allow for accuracy in payments and also will allow for differing taxing situations based on state and/or country. It will also give accuracy to exchange rate when dealing with out of country purchases of either marketing products or ad space on the web page.

  26. Safety Requirements Security Measures

  27. Security • Gotenotes.com will use a multilevel of passwords for security management. First, an end user logs onto the website by entering his or her unique identification code or user ID. The end user is then asked to enter a password in order to gain access into the website. Passwords will consist of unusual combinations of upper and lower case letters and numbers.

  28. Security • For our security purposes as website administrators, for the entire website we will have duplicate files (file retention). If current files are hacked or destroyed, the files from previous periods can be used to reconstruct new current files.

  29. Gotnotes.com Personal Details

  30. Disabilities • We will offer audio files for all of our notes. Since there will be constant uploads, we can do this once a week on a specific day so those who utilize this offer will know when to check the site for updated audio files. Also, as opposed to providing brail notes, we will provide a brail welcome sheet, upon request, that explains our site and offered step by step instructions for ease of use in getting to the audio files, that would save time and be more effective financially.

  31. Controls • Gotenotes  is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to its website. We value your confidence in our company, and respect your right to privacy. When you visit www.Gotenotes.com, our server automatically collects the standard information logged by nearly all web servers. This includes IP address, date and time of your visit, pages visited, and browser software that you use. This information is not associated with you as an individual but only shows that a computer at your Internet address visited our web site. Gotnotes does not acquire your e-mail address or other information without your knowledge.

  32. Personal Security • Our site includes a secure order and log in system to enable customers to make on-line purchases and post notes of their choice. It asks users for contact information, such as name, phone number, credit card information, and e-mail and shipping addresses. This information is used for billing purposes, fill the customer's order and to make sure accurate information/notes are posted to that customers profile. None of this data is ever shared with any third party for any reason. Under no circumstances do we sell, rent, loan, share, swap, exchange or disclose our customers' personal information to other companies.

  33. GotNotes.com • The A Team Members: • Lora • Andrew • Dawn • Jesse • Ashley

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