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Yukinu

Welcome to the official documentation for Yukinu—a modern multi-vendor e-commerce platform that enables buyers to shop from multiple sellers in a unified marketplace experience.

This documentation provides complete technical and product information for the Yukinu ecosystem. Whether you are a developer, a system administrator, or a product manager, these documents offer a comprehensive guide to understanding, operating, and extending the platform.

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Core Documentation Sections

  • 1. Overview: Introduction to the Yukinu project, its purpose, and key features.
  • 1.1. Development Setup: A step-by-step guide for setting up the project for local development.
  • 1.2. System Architecture: A high-level overview of the system’s design, components, and the relationships between them.
  • 2. User Guide: A practical, role-based guide to using the platform’s features.
  • 3. Legal: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and other legal documentation.
  • 4. Use Cases: A functional breakdown of all services, detailing the preconditions, post-conditions, actors, and flows for every feature.
  • 5. Sequence Diagrams: Visual representations of the interaction flows for each use case, illustrating how actors and the system communicate to achieve specific goals.
  • 6. Database: An overview of the database schema, tables, and relationships.

Key Features

The Yukinu platform is designed with a rich set of features to support a complete multi-vendor marketplace experience.

For Customers

  • Unified Shopping Cart: Purchase items from multiple vendors in a single checkout transaction.
  • Advanced Search & Filtering: Easily find products with powerful search and attribute-based filtering.
  • Wishlist: Save products for later and track desired items.
  • Order Management: View order history, track shipping status, and manage returns.
  • Account Management: Update profiles, manage shipping addresses, and view personal data.
  • Vendor Discovery: Browse products by specific vendors and explore different storefronts.

For Vendors

  • Vendor Dashboard: A dedicated interface for managing products, orders, and staff.
  • Product Management: Full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) for products, including variants like size and color.
  • Order Processing: View and update the status of orders from processing to shipped.
  • Staff Management: Invite and manage team members with access to the vendor dashboard.
  • Storefront Profile: Manage public-facing store information and branding.

For Administrators

  • Centralized Admin Dashboard: A powerful interface to oversee the entire marketplace.
  • User & Vendor Management: Approve, suspend, or manage users and vendors.
  • Content Moderation: Moderate products and other content across the platform.
  • Category Management: Define and organize the product categories available in the marketplace.
  • System-wide Analytics: (Planned) Access to key metrics and dashboards for monitoring platform health and growth.

Project To-Do List

Guest

  • Register an account
  • Login
  • Browse product list
  • View product details
  • Search and filter products
  • View products by vendor
  • Reset password (forgot password)

User (Customer)

  • Update personal profile
  • Manage shipping addresses (CRUD)
  • Add product to wishlist
  • Remove product from wishlist
  • Add product to cart
  • Place an order (checkout)
  • Make payment
  • Track order status
  • Cancel order (if not processed yet)
  • Review products
  • View order history

Vendor Owner / Manager

  • Apply to become a vendor
  • Manage store information
  • Manage products (list/create/update)
  • Manage product images
  • Manage product variants (size, color, etc.)
  • Manage vendor-specific orders
  • Update order status (processing → shipped → delivered)
  • Manage vendor members (add / remove)

Admin

  • Manage users (activate / deactivate)
  • Manage vendors (approve / suspend)
  • Manage product categories (CRUD)
  • Moderate products across the system
  • System analytics & dashboards
  • Manage roles & permissions (optional)

Payment System Integration

  • Initialize payment transaction
  • Confirm successful payment – [ ] Handle failed or refunded payments

Optional Enhancements

  • Vendor payout system
  • Coupon / voucher management
  • Email notifications & marketing automation

Contributing

Guidelines for reporting issues and contributing improvements will be provided later.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the LICENSE.

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