Canvas Art World

Client Background

Canvas Art World is a new website that gives talented artists an opportunity to display their work, connect with clients, and sell their paintings online. Canvas Art World accommodates the needs of art lovers by enabling them to conveniently peruse the paintings rendered by acclaimed veteran artists while also giving recognition to burgeoning talent of new painters.

Challenges

In the construction of their ecommerce site, Canvas Art World needed a robust data management and ecommerce solution that would simplify the process of adding and managing members, uploading pictures of paintings, and selling them online to clients. However, they had difficulty in defining a proper process that would allow for expansion and accommodate the precise characteristics of their business. In order to conduct art dealings online, Canvas Art World needed a unique ecommerce solution crafted specifically for their industry.

Solutions

Canvas Art World sought the assistance of AllianceTek, a technology and business solutions company with a reputation for developing custom-made applications that meet the specific challenges of individual businesses. AllianceTek analyzed Canvas Art World's business and operational environment to understand their challenges and discern the best process for their business model. Once the solution requirements were defined, AllianceTek employed a team consisting of a developer, a technical lead, a quality assurance engineer, and a project manager who acted as a single point of contact between the team and the client. The AllianceTek team drew upon their broad expertise in a wide range of technologies to develop a solution using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, SQL server 2008, MVC Architecture, and ASP.Net. The developed ecommerce and data management application was rigorously tested for security vulnerabilities and usability before it was seamlessly integrated into Canvas Art World's existing environment as a ready-to-use solution.

Result

The new ecommerce solution completely fulfilled the requirements outlined and included a number of features designed to simplify and streamline the process of adding members, uploading files, and selling paintings. A Canvas Art World use can simply log in to an Admin Panel to generate a product number and key code that an artist can use to upload pictures of paintings to sell online. From the Admin Panel, a user can manage the number of uploaded paintings and generated key codes quickly and efficiently. The solution was designed with growth in mind, accommodating Canvas Art World's business operations as the company increases scope. Because of their investment in AllianceTek's solution, Canvas Art World is now prepared to grow exponentially without increasing their overhead operating costs.