Venturing into Social
E-Commerce Platforms

From a researcher's perspective

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@ibelmopan

elvissaravia.com
Disclaimer: The following presentation is a very non-technical one
Who I AM - in a nutshell

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Doctoral Researcher, Web Developer, Founder, Designer, Blogger, Open-Source advocate and a proud first-time dad.

@ibelmopan

elvissaravia.com


mOTIVATION and VISION
Without motivation and vision it is impossible to create something with value

State of E-Commerce





As I said, research is important

COMMERCE IS A SOCIAL action
-- by default


Is there room for one more?

kuailist.com
Fact 1 : Everybody is searching for something
Fact 2: Buying and selling should be fun, fast and easy
The Kuai List Platform

Amazon RDS + Cloudfront + S3
Python Worker



Cloud - PaaS






Increase productivity and shipping of code
(NLP)
TIPS
&
EXPERIENCE
There is a Gem for everything!

Gamification, sign up forms, concurrency, messaging &
mailing, media management, threading, payments, ...
Where to store my Data?
1. Secured
2. Easily Accessible
Piece of cake - think again!
3. Convenience
4. Scalable

lISTEN and QUESTION

I seriously mean it!

First Mover advantage

Always make a move with a strategy
Giving back to the Community
1. Building your own libraries and making them public.
2. Participate on StackOverflow
3. Share, Document and Collaborate your findings.

Learn by teaching
What's next?
1. Analytics
2. Scaling?
5. Machine Learning to improve categorization & recommendation
4. Improve content delivery and discovery (AI)
6. Crowdsourcing solutions
Once you've started, the possibilities are endless
CONCLUSION
The best part


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@ibelmopan

elvissaravia.com
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