Wedding Vendor Marketplace and Booking Platform

Wedding services are high-value, high-anxiety purchases made through scattered WhatsApp chats and Instagram DMs: prices are negotiated opaquely, availability is confirmed manually, and advances are paid with no recourse if a vendor cancels. Vendors, meanwhile, depend on seasonal referrals and lose enquiries to slow responses. A vertical marketplace fixes both sides with structure — verified profiles, transparent package pricing, genuine date availability, and a booking flow that protects the advance. This project builds that marketplace as a complete web application: couples browse by category and city, compare packages side by side, check a vendor's calendar before enquiring, and move through enquiry, quote, advance, event and review stages in one place.

1. Vendors onboard with document verification and build storefronts: category, packages with fixed inclusions and prices, portfolio photos, service areas.
2. A couple searches by city and category, applying budget, rating and availability filters to the ranked listing.
3. The vendor page shows the availability calendar; picking a date opens an enquiry thread with event details.
4. The vendor responds with a formal quote inside the platform; the couple accepts or negotiates.
5. Accepting creates a booking with a 25% advance captured and held until the event is confirmed complete.
6. After the event, the balance workflow completes and the couple posts a verified review that future couples see.

Tech stack:

• Python (Django) or Node.js (Express) REST backend
• PostgreSQL/MySQL plus object storage for portfolios
• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript responsive frontend
• Payment gateway (Razorpay/Stripe) for advance capture
• Email/SMS notifications for enquiries and quotes
• Admin panel for verification and dispute moderation

• [Two-sided marketplace] Couple-facing search and booking plus vendor storefronts with portfolios, packages and verification badges.
• [Faceted search] Filter by category, city, budget band, rating and availability; ranking blends rating, response rate and verification.
• [Date-availability calendars] Vendors block dates; couples only enquire for genuinely open ones.
• [Staged booking flow] Enquiry, formal quote, 25% advance, event completion, balance and verified review.
• [Protected advances] Advances are captured at booking and released to the vendor after event confirmation.
• [Verified reviews] Only completed bookings can leave reviews, keeping ratings trustworthy.
• [Vendor dashboard] Enquiry inbox, quote builder, calendar management and earnings view.

• Complete marketplace application (couple, vendor and admin modules)
• Database schema with seeded vendor listings and packages
• Payment-gateway wiring for advance capture and release
• Availability-calendar and review-gating logic
• Project report PDF (marketplace design, trust mechanisms, schema)
• PPT presentation for final review
• Viva Q&A preparation document (two-sided platforms, escrow, ranking)

• Real money movement needs a live payment-gateway account and KYC, arranged at deployment.
• Vendor verification in the demo is admin-approved sample data; production needs a document-check process.
• The escrow pattern is modeled in application logic, not a licensed escrow service.
• Portfolios are sample images; vendors upload their own work at onboarding.
• Dispute resolution tooling is admin-assisted, not an automated arbitration system.