GoCart: An IoT-Based Cart System with Promotional Feature in Mobile Application

This project focuses on the development of an IoT-based cart system to improve the shopping experience of clothing store customers. It aims to ease the checkout process, minimize store employee workload, and provide customers with a stress-free and efficient shopping experience. RFID technology and mobile applications are used in the system to offer self-service checkout, real-time transaction monitoring, and complete product information for customers. The project comprises three main components. First, an IoT to scan the RFID tags connected to each item to view product information. The system also comprises of a web application which covers the transaction handling modules such as payments, transaction history, and sales overview. A mobile application is also created wherein the customers can browse and explore the store's items. This helps the store to promote products, create special and new items arrival announcements which impacts the store's marketing and sales. The developers have extensively tested and refined the system based on user feedback from respondents and outcomes from the testing, resulting in significant improvements to the overall functionality. The enhancements and implementation of this project in a store provides various advantages. The IoT based cart system's successful development provides customers with a seamless and efficient shopping experience.