We need a complete website and billing system for a hosting company. This project is neither about a "website layout design" nor about a hosting service automation, but instead it requires developing from scratch a custom order management system with custom features. In the frontend, customers can verify whether a domain is available, register it, order a hosting package, see their profile (orders history, services expiry dates, etc) and order new services or upgrade/renew previous ones. We don't need any integration with server panels (cpanel, etc): instead, when a service has been paid, it will enter a "technical queue", viewable from backoffice, so that our technical staff can manually activate services. The same happens when a service expiries. In other word, our technical staff should have an automatically updated list of things "to do", based on customers orders and payments. In the backoffice it will be possible to to view + edit services, orders and customers details, expiry dates, services status, etc. The backoffice will also show the technical queue as described previously. When a service is expiring the system will send an early notification to customer, allowing him to renew/cancel/upgrade it. Most important, the system will calculate fractional prices for services upgrades. The system must be developed with PHP + MySql. Layout of the site must be based on editable templates; all text should be editable too. The selected coder may be asked to modify how this site works in the future with extra agreements/bonuses; therefore he should write all the code himself and not use any commercial or third party package. we are looking for a long-term business relation, and if we find a good outsourcing partner we are going to give them more projects in the future. Please place your bid only after having reviewed the attached full documentation.
## Deliverables
1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done.
2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows (depending on the nature of the deliverables):
a) For web sites or other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment.
b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request.
3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement).
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We thank all of you for participating in this bid request. We know that this has required time and effort on your side, expecially for a complex project; but a choice has to be made, and one coder has been selected.
We wish you good luck for next bids, and we will welcome your offers on our future projects on RAC.
Thanks again,
Luca
## Platform
Linux + Apache + PHP + MySql