Platform overview
Amr Effendi is a multi-vendor marketplace: many independent sellers list products in one catalogue, buyers check out once across sellers, and the platform's own delivery network brings the goods to the door. The platform currency defaults to Qatari riyal (QAR), and every surface works in English and Arabic.
Who does what
| Party | Role in the marketplace |
|---|---|
| Buyer | Browses, searches, buys from one or more sellers in a single checkout, tracks, cancels, returns, reviews. |
| Seller | Applies and passes KYC, lists offers on catalogue products, holds stock in its warehouses, accepts and packs orders, handles returns, receives payouts. |
| Driver | Applies, is approved into zones, works shifts, picks up from sellers, delivers with proof, collects cash on delivery. |
| Dispatcher | Watches the task board, assigns or reassigns, manages shifts, reconciles driver cash. |
| Admin / super admin | Approves sellers, drivers and products, resolves disputes, approves payouts, configures commission, tax, shipping, content and feature flags. |
The surfaces
Storefront
The buyer shop: home, categories, brands, search, product pages, cart, checkout and the full account area.
Seller console
Orders, catalogue, inventory, shipments, returns, finance, reviews, questions, staff and onboarding.
Dispatch console
Task board, drivers and routes, shifts, SLA view and cash-on-delivery reconciliation.
Admin console
Moderation, KYC review, orders, disputes, payouts, chargebacks, commission, tax, content, users, audit trail.
Buyer app
Phone-OTP sign-in, browse and search, cart, checkout, orders, returns and notifications.
Seller app
Order queue and acceptance. Packing and seller tools are still placeholders.
Driver app
Tasks, shift and planned route, cash, earnings; an onboarding screen for applicants; offline action queue.
API + worker
One REST API (/api/v1) for every surface, and a worker process that sends notifications and runs scheduled jobs.
One purchase, many sellers
A buyer's checkout produces one order, one payment and one order number. Inside it the order is split into one order group per seller. Each group is accepted, packed, delivered, cancelled, returned and settled on its own clock, so a slow seller never holds up a fast one.
The catalogue model
- Product — the shared listing (title, images, specifications, category, brand).
- Variant — the buyable SKU, e.g. a size and colour.
- Offer — one seller's price, condition and stock on that variant. Several sellers can offer the same variant; a Buy Box ranks them and the product page shows the others as "other offers".