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Onboarding & Introduction
Welcome to the development of the collector marketplace.
This documentation portal is aimed at developers, helpers and project participants and serves as a central knowledge platform for a quick project start, the local development environment and a uniform understanding of the architecture and core terms.
Available Onboarding Chapters
Use the following active documentation pages to set up your local XAMPP environment including the 58 DB tables or to understand the strategic business model:
- Quickstart – Local Setup & 6-part SQL Script (PowerShell)
- Project Overview – Overall Concept & Monetization Model
- System Requirements – Server (PHP 8.2.12 / MariaDB 10.4.32)
- Glossary – Core terms defined (mm / g norms)
- Licensing – Legal open-source frameworks
- Support Channels – Where to get help
- Contributing Guide – Guidelines for helpers
- Use Cases – Practical examples from live operation
Project Description
This project is a private, non-commercially funded passion project that is being developed entirely on a voluntary basis. The goal is to create a modern platform for collectors and dealers that makes trading and searching for products as simple, fast and transparent as possible.
The platform combines two central areas:
- Classic marketplace – an open platform for buying and selling a wide variety of items.
- Collector trading platform – a specialized area for collectors where sought-after items can be found quickly and offers can be compared directly with each other.
The technical architecture is deliberately designed to be flexible and can be expanded at any time to include new collecting areas and product categories.
A particular focus is on the active participation of the community. Users should be able to suggest and help shape new categories, products and master data in the early development phases. All user-generated content is controlled by a multi-stage review and release system to ensure high data quality.
In later development phases, additional tools and functions are planned that will expand the platform into a comprehensive ecosystem for collectors, dealers and enthusiasts.
Guiding Principle
The platform should become a digital paradise for collectors – a place where sought-after items can be found quickly, offers can be compared transparently and new collecting areas can be developed together with the community.