Project Synopsis

Please introduce your project here. Answer the following questions in separate paragraphs: 

(1) What is the problem being addressed? 

Keeping track of gift ideas and coordinating purchases between friends and family can be more complicated than it needs to be. People often save things they want in different places, such as notes, screenshots, shopping carts, or text messages, making it difficult to keep everything organized. When it comes time to buy gifts, there is also the possibility of multiple people purchasing the same item or accidentally spoiling a surprise by asking about it. Our project aims to address these issues by giving users one place to organize gift ideas, share them with specific people, and coordinate purchases while keeping gifts a surprise until the right time.

(2) What is your project idea and how will it work (what are its components etc). 

Our team is developing GiftZapz, a mobile application designed to make gift planning, organization, and sharing easier. Users will be able to create an account, add items to their personal gift lists, and organize them using tags for different people, events, or occasions. Gifts can be added manually with information such as a name, description, image, and product link, and we are also working on barcode scanning and product lookup to make adding items more convenient. Users can connect with friends and choose which individual gifts they want to share. When someone purchases a shared gift, the application is designed to prevent others from purchasing the same item while keeping the purchase hidden from the recipient until a selected reveal date. We are also developing location-based features to help users keep track of where gifts can be purchased. Our goal is to bring the different parts of gift planning and coordination together into one easy-to-use mobile application for both iOS and Android.

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