www.whereisopennow.com

The story

The idea for the application came from talking to my dad one day , we were trying to figure out the closest place to get fuel, this lead us onto the idea of 'if only there was an app that could tell me this!'.

From this idea we wondered how we far we could take it e.g. could we come up with a way of figuring out where the closest book store is - considering they are next to impossible to find these days! which lead us onto this app.

Moving on from our discussions I started thinking about all the times that I had to pull late nighters working on an assignment back when I was in school or times when I had been out late at night not really too sure where I could grab a bite to eat. And from there the idea for this app was born.

The App

The application is essentially going to be an online directory , This app will give you a list of all the places that are currently open (at the time you are searching) whether it be for food , clothing , electrical items etc.

There will be multiple categories and subcategories so you can search for pretty much everything you can think of ! ( Categories and subcategories will be updated as needed) , once in the categories you choose what subcategory you want e.g. Clothes , you then want to find a shoe shop near to you that is open so you click on the shoes subcategory , once there there will be a list of all the shoe shops within your selected zone (by default 5 KM's however you can select up to 100KMS) , as the shops start to close up they will be removed off the list and only the ones currently open will be displayed.

Once you are inside your selected shoe shops it will list their name , a star rating - which users give to them , and all the contact details as well as closing times and a brief description of what they sell and about the store itself.

The Goal

If we manage to get the funding through kickstarter the aim is to get the app developed for android first - IOS will come soon but not straight away - the app will be the gateway to where is open around yourselves in the multitudes of different categories that will be available to look up - and will be constantly updated with new categories and new business's

This app is also going to help smaller business's that you are unaware of right now because they are so close to you but off that side street you've never thought of going down! - I for example live near a very nice coffee shop , however if my friend hadn't taken me to it I never would have found it as it is right in the middle of suburbia down streets I never would have gone down let alone thought there would be shops down there!

The Funds

10% will go to paying the fee's 

30% will go to the design of the apps and the back end website 

50% will go to the creation of the app itself 

10% will go to the creation of the back end of the website (where all the magic happens to link it to the app)

Any Extra

If I am lucky enough to surpass my goal , I will use whatever funds go over to get the IOS app into production and out there soon enough.

If anybody is interested I have made a mock up of the app (It is extremely basic) however it will show everything that is needed to show roughly how the app will work.  If your interested just pop me an email and I shall share the link

Also if anybody is willing to help out in other ways , such as a designer would rather get their name in the credit / thank you in the app than donate money , please get in contact with me again as I would be more than happy to do this!

P.S.

If you would like to donate or even if you chose not to - however you own your own company - please go onto the website and list yourself so when this all gets up and running I have your business listed! - Even if you are not in Australia, you could be the stepping stone to expand it into your country!

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