Please help me budget a project for a metasearch engine. Not hiring; just seeking an honest quote.

Please help me budget a project.

Hello, I need a consultancy session to understand how much a project I’m planning would cost.

I will not hire a freelancer to implement it; this is just a quote request.

I need an in-depth technical and cost review of the project, along with a 20-30 minute call to discuss the details.

Website functionality:

▪️ The main function is a metasearch engine for apartments using web scraping, with updates about twice per hour or more.

Data is taken from smaller sites that allow scraping and some bigger sites like booking.com. For [login to view URL], we need to find a way to get an API. For some sites we show all the results for a specific date and place for others just for specific URLs.

▪️ Property upload page with the possibility to select and add: Property type (hostel or apartment), description, Amenities list.

▪️ Comprehensive search filters.

▪️ Rank listing by, lowest price, highest price, popularity, newest first.

▪️ User login with info, description, and photo, and wishlist.

▪️ Mailing list.

▪️ Map integration after “search”: similar to [login to view URL],98.19236722219931,8.080902212550667,98.46770102435023.

▪️ Drop-down menu on the right: account, wishlist and more.

▪️ BLOG with easy access to create new content (CMS style) with login to blog posting for different users with different abilities (only posting).

️▪️ Popular destinations section, explore by region, explore by destination type (islands, beach) , easy access to create new content (CMS style).

▪️ At least 10 languages and all the major currencies (about 40).

▪️ SEO friendly

▪️Captivating design

Questions:

What tech stack do you recommend for the project?

How much should it cost?

How much should maintenance cost? Should there be a yearly fixed rate?

What are the critical factors to consider when undertaking such a project?

How to go about the design for the website?

The website should also implement these features at a later stage (the website will go online without these features initially):

1 Use the search engine as a widget for integration on other websites. Additionally, how challenging would it be to track reservations from these sites and implement a commission-sharing tool?

2 create a small social media with our community

3 Track users who complete a purchase and offer them discounts on their next booking through a cashback program, providing 50% of the commission we [login to view URL] the number of bookings made by users and introduce a reward system, for example, after 1, three, and 7 bookings.

4 Implement a full on booking system with booking requests , availability , back office for property managers.

Please rate 1,2,3,4 separately .

Please rate the main project and the secondary features separately.

I need an in-depth technical and cost review of the project, along with a 20-30 minute call to discuss the details.

I’M NOT LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPPER, JUST A HONEST QUOTE.

About you:

Technical expertise in web scraping, API integration, and software development; project management for cost estimation; UX/UI design for user interfaces; database management; affiliate tracking and analytics; CMS experience for blog functionality; social media integration; security and compliance knowledge; effective communication; and maintenance support.

THANKS

PHP Nett-scraping MySQL JavaScript Javascript ES6

Prosjekt-ID: #38572994

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