Website that would allow both contributors and consumers to buy and sell stock photography online. A showcase of stock images through a tested system which would be integrated with a dedicated payment gateway for a complete ecommerce cycle.

1. A Case Study on
Social “Stock Media” Website
About The Client
The client is a US based start up company planning to venture in the market of social stock
media, where visitors can browse, search, upload photos and download track of choices after
making payment. Stock media agency provides ready-made images to be used in any
advertising or promotional materials and illustrate specific things, concepts or ideas more
impressively.
Client Situation & Challenges
Being a start up company, the client was looking for a website that would allow both
contributors and consumers to buy and sell stock photography online. The solution was
intended to be a pilot version initially, created on work break down structure (WBS) and then
to be scalable in the beta version once the requirements were fine tuned. Overall, the client
wanted to showcase stock images through a tested system which would be integrated with a
dedicated payment gateway for a complete ecommerce cycle.
A user functionality intended online store would enable website visitors to:
• Search images of their choice
• Upload and download by adding to cart
• Purchase & utilize credits by selecting different plans
• Manage their account easily and
• Navigate to other pages of the site
Secured and user friendly commercial transactions was also a major challenge for success of the
online business. The client wanted to accomplish all these functionalities to reach broader
markets and earn more goodwill in the industry.

2. Solutions Offered:
After multiple discussions and understanding of the pain areas, vEmployee analyzed the actual
requirements of the client and suggested a Zend Framework implementation. Zend has one of
the best architectures in PHP and this would make the solution faster with error free
functionality for both commercial as well as regular business activities.
vEmployee team had been actively involved with the client through out the website
development life cycle to ensure the desired output. Our technical experts, who are proficient
in some of the best architectures in PHP, delivered work purely based on MVC & OOPS using
Zend standards to ensure more secure and user friendly website.
The user interface provided standard e-commerce website features like attractive homepage
displaying category of photos, advance search panels, multiple website language options,
registration for new users, log in for existing users, user account management facility along
with secure shopping cart allowing users to buy online and download instantaneously.
The Admin interface provided extensive website management features like screen
management, process management, Stock approval management, Commission management,
Payment details and sales report generation.
Amazon cloud (EC2/S3/SQS) was also used to upload images, process the same in cloud
environment and update them in the database so user can feel the rich experience of stock
domain.
Technology Used
PHP 5, MySQL, Apache 2, Linux, Zend Framework, Amazon Cloud Integration (EC2/S3/SQS),
Imagemagick library (Image processing), Paypal – Payment gateway integration.

3. Functional architecture of Stock Media Website

4. Client Benefits:
vEmployee team has successfully accomplished the project on promised time, within estimated
budget and delivered customized commercial website with error free functioning.
Some of the top benefits which the client has attained:
• Customized and user friendly website with zero complexity.
• Technically sound, error free web application with global connectivity.
• Robust and scalable web portal architecture for faster upgradation.
• Stable website with high volume traffic handling capabilities.
• Convenience of order placing, tracking payment and reporting.
• 24x7 Safe and secure online commercial transactions.
• Rich website visualization with low maintenance cost.
About vEmployee:
vEmployee is a leading IT Service provider based out of India. With services spanning over the
technology chain, vEmployee is a one stop shop for enterprise wide IT needs. With over a
decade long experience in the industry, vEmployee has established itself as a trusted partner to
various companies by providing timely project delivery coupled with high quality. Our parent
organization Clarion Technologies is a SEI CMMi 3 level assessed company whose singular focus
is on 'client satisfaction'.
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