Best Online Book Store in Hargeisa

Our web developers have developed an eCommerce website called Sahanbooks. It is available for the residents of Hargeisa, Somaliland, to get online book delivery and pickup services. Have an idea to build an eCommerce website like Amazon?

Industry

Retail, Ecommerce

App Type

eCommerce Website

Platforms

Web

Services Provided

Design, Development

Abstract About Sahanbooks

Sahanbooks is an eCommerce website, a kind of Amazon clone, that offers online book delivery and pick-up service to the residents of Hargeisa, Somaliland. Sahanbooks offers varieties of books from different genres, such as fiction, nonfiction, classics, and educational.

To search your favorite books, you can filter the options using authors and book names or ISBN (International Standard Book Number). You can also filter and sort book options based on featured books, bestsellers, and publishers to make searching more convenient for you.

One of the best things about using this website is that it allows ordering books as a guest. Either you can choose the delivery services or directly go to the Sahanbooks store in Hargeisa. The Google Maps is integrated on the website along with the store address for your convenience.

You also get an option to return your order if you have received a damaged parcel or the wrong books. Filing a return request in such cases will make you eligible to get your money back. You can also contact the customer service team for any help.

Our Client and His Project Requirements

Our client is a businessman from London, UK but was born in Somaliland. Being a businessman, Sahanbooks website is also one of his dream projects to help his fellow Somali people to get access to famous and resourceful books. When the client approached us, this website of Sahanbooks was already live and available for customers to use.

However, he was facing major challenges while accessing it because of poor UX/UI design and website development. In fact, he was unable to access all features of the website. In short, it was not working properly. However, our client wanted to give the best customer experience to its users, the people of Somaliland, where his heart stays.

How Our Client Found Us

Looking at these challenges, he decided to contact a company that has years of experience and expertise in developing eCommerce websites. He went on Upwork to find the leading web development companies. As we have 99% job success on Upwork, this attracted him to choose us. Also, Space-O is known for delivering the best results within the budget & deadline.

Solution We Offered to Our Client

We got to know that the website had major challenges with the UX/UI part. Therefore, users were unable to access the functionalities of the website. Our client wanted a well-functioning website. During the consultation process, we discovered the various solutions and opportunities to redevelop the website.

To start the web development process, our business team prepared a work breakdown structure to share the structural view of the Sahanbooks website. Once we got his approval, we started to work on the functionalities of the website as well as on its UX/UI part.

In fact, we worked hard on the UI part of the website to offer a seamless experience to the users. We have also added features to make the searching more convenient for the users, such as a search filter using authors and book names or ISBN and sorting options.

Challenges We Faced

Redeveloping this website was the only challenge for us. Our developers had no technical documentation for this website, and because of this, it was challenging for the team to find the actual issue. Though the team later discovered it, and with the help of Booksolve’s third-party integration, we redeveloped this website.

Apart from this, we didn’t face any technical challenges while integrating major features on the Sahanbooks website. As we have already developed several eCommerce websites for our clients, we have the expertise with the latest technologies to develop a well-functioning website as per our client’s requirements.

Key Features of Sahanbooks

Sahanbooks allows you to register yourself using your name, email, phone number, and password. You can also login into your Sahanbooks account using your email/phone number and password.

We have integrated this feature that lets you find books from different categories. There are a total of 5 categories and multiple subcategories to find a book of your choice with an easy selection process.

This feature allows you to search your favorite books by using the author’s name, book name, or ISBN. By integrating this feature, we aim that the search results perfectly match your requirement criteria.

To make the searching process convenient for you, we have integrated the sort options with various parameters, such as bestsellers, featured, and publisher. It is now easy to find your favorite books with just a click.

You can add books to the cart with this feature and complete the checkout process. In the cart, you can check the added books, the author’s name, quantity, & price details. Also, it is easy to delete the selected books.

You get to add multiple shipping addresses to complete your checkout process by entering your name, email ID, contact number, specific location, and the selected default country as Somaliland.

We have integrated an online payment option for ordering books through Sahanbooks. As ZAAD is widely used by Somali people, we opted for it as a payment method. Payment can be made directly from a ZAAD account.

If you want to save on time or delivery costs or don’t want to see your favorite books go out of stock before you order, then choose to pick up your order directly from the Sahanbooks store.

To give the best customer experience, we have added this feature. If you receive a default order, you have a right to return your order and get all your money back to the original payment source.

Customer support services are available for you to resolve your challenges. You can send your queries, including your name, email ID, phone number, order number, and query to get the best resolution on time.

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Technology Stack

Programming Language

PHP 7.2

HTML5

Framework

Laravel 5.6

Library

jQuery

Elasticsearch

Database/Server

MySQL

Apache

Final Results

With a wide range of books from different categories, Sahanbooks is offering the best online books delivery and pickup services to the people of Somaliland who love to read books.

Sahanbooks is investing in future generations of Somali people through affordable education and learning. It is offering discounts on each book so that everyone can afford education.

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