Final Update!

What we have accomplished so far is, first we invented a snow shovel-salt dispenser. Then for variety of models, we assigned two different types of salt dispenser, by motion and by a motor. Furthermore, we assembled two diverse shovel kinds which are regular one and dozer one. Purpose of the regular one was for a quick shoveling for your doorsteps or somewhere small. On the other hand dozer one is bigger places such as your drive way or garage. After we had figured out the types of our discovery we comprehended our market. Using our class knowledge through weeks we spent in class, we built an effective web page by web page strategy and we also used shov-salt as the URL address to be stayed in mind easily. We used excel to find out required shovel dimensions, mozy to back up our data and Authorize.net for secure payments.

Lastly, what we need to do is to use database to handle with huge amount of information. As we learned during week 9, how convenient to have a database to deal with adding deleting and editing information of the customers and combining clients orders, we are going to use My SQL. We are going to have different databases for billing, marketing, sales and support so that both we and our clients will be pleased not to have any confusion.

GO "THE SHOVELIZER"!!!!

Uptade!

As we talked about our market in the previous blogs, it is now time to mention the URL address and related services that clients can get.

First off, since we discussed the importance of having an "easily recalled" web site name in the lecture during week 8, we need to be specific about the name of our internet site. Not only should it remind people of the word shovel, but also it should give the purchaser an idea of salt. Hence why we came up with the URL address www.shov-salt.org. Reading it loud turns the name into a "show salt" which can easily stay in mind.

We picked .org because it is an unsponsored domain name so that anyone can preserve the rights to use it.

We decided to make ordering available by phone purchases, which provides shoppers the ability to not waste time, as we are aware of people's busy schedules. Again, to be recalled simply, we prefer to get a line which has 1-800-Shovels. Through this phone number, people would not have to search it up from internet or yellow pages. This will enable us to gain more profit by being popular.

Update!

The second type of snow shovel is a much simpler design. The appearance of it resembles much more closely to the "typical" snow shovel. There will be just a shovel, with a shaft containing the salt box. Compared to the first type of shovel, this shovel will be much smaller and therefore more useful for smaller jobs, like the front door step. Because this shovel contains no wheels, it may require a little more physical exertion, however, as previously mentioned, it would be intended for small areas.
Once all the final details regarding the functional and physical components of the shovels are decided upon, the next task would be ensuring the product is "mine". As we learned in week 7, this would require creating a trademark and name of my products to ensure customers could associate the shovel with other products of mine, and entice them to buy it. The name of my product is....THE SHOVELIZER!!!!!I would hope I could be granted a patent in order that others could not copy my idea and therefore partake in receiving revenue for my initial idea.

Uptade!

After giving information of how to dispense salt, now it is time to talk about the different "types" of snow shovel salt dispensers.
The first one is going to be on a wheel, like a dozer. The way it works is simply by pushing from the back. The wheel will be placed on the shaft that has a curve, so that the wheel will fit underneath it. When you start shoveling, you will simply lift up the handle a couple inches so the shovel part will touch the ground. Then you will push until the shovel is filled with snow. By doing this, the wheel will help you, by rotating, push snow easily. Once your shovel is full, this time you will move the handle down to create a torque and carry the snow wherever you want to dump. Convenience of this situation is that the wheel will do all the work. Thus you do not have to deal with back problems and so on. Once shoveling is done, you will be able to start dispensing salt with either of the ways, by motion or with a motor device, that we explained before.
As we have discussed so far there are different types of shovels and also different ways to dispense salt. Having all these options requires a lot of data, which would occupy a huge space in the computer. Since we do not want to take risks regarding loosing the information we have accomplished so far, we need to store our data somewhere. Now our knowledge from class kicks in. At week 5, we learned about the importance of backing up files. There are many online sites that we can use. Therefore we will back up our data online to "mozy", which is the cheapest per gigabyte.

Uptade!

The second way of distributing salt particles will be with a motor device. There is going to be a button on the handle of the shovel so that whenever you need to dispense salt you simply press the button. Salt particles will be released from the back of the shaft-bottom corner of the salt bag with a perpendicular degree related to the ground. Therefore, salt particles will not disturb you.
The motor salt dispenser will be placed on the shaft. Related cords and batteries will be placed inside the shaft so that you will not have to deal with cables. Simply what you will see is just a simple system including a shovel, snow bag and a button on the handle.
The motor will be rechargeable with electricity to prevent customers from buying batteries every time they die, however they will have to be rechargeable batteries.

update!

This post's subject deals with a variety of snow shovels. There is going to be two different ways of dispensing salt onto the ground..
As we learned in class at week 3, excel is extremely functional, and therefore we will be using excel functions to calculate data that is converted from the "maple"(program for formulas). We will write functions to find the most convenient design and then with the help of excel we will find the actual calculations for the product.
The first way, by motion, uses the gravitational force once you start shoveling to help you distribute salt particles. The salt bag, located at the middle of shovel shaft, will contain holes which are covered with tape. In order not to drop snow particles from salt bag when changing your initial position, holes will be drilled at the side of the salt bag so that releasing salt will only occur if you hold the shovel at 45 degrees or more.
Before you begin to use the shovel, you will need to get rid of the tape covering the salt holes. This will allow you to dispense salt particles nice and smoothly. For convenience purposes, when your work is done, you will be able to cover the holes back up so you do not have to use the entire salt at once.

Update!

Before talking about the contents of the invention, I want to talk about our market. I had stated before that anyone could be able to find the product in stores and malls. Now, in addition to that, you will be capable of buying it online. We are going to design a web page which refers to all the relative products(ie. the different models of snow shovels). You, as a buyer, would be able to select different sizes, shapes and colors of the shovel with the corresponding size of the attached salt bag.
In order to have an effective web site, just like we had talked about in the class content in week 2, we are going to design it with effective technology and with a wide content. Moreover, whenever a customer purchase an item, they will feel secure and comfortable with the transaction. We will be using PCIDSS so that neither the customer nor us suffer in case of hacking issues. Hence their payments are going to be through Authorize.net.