[BUIDL '22] Webgum

[sarahschwartz]

Web3 Gumroad

Name of Project: Webgum

Proposer: sarahschwartz

Do you agree to Encode Club's Terms and Conditions?: Yes

Do you agree to the grant process outlined by WBW3?: Yes

Project Description

Centralized online marketplaces for digital files such as Thingiverse and Gumroad depend on decentralized communities, but aren't set up to properly to reward or incentivize creators. Creators either can publish their digital work for others to download for free, or they are charged exorbitant fees to be able to sell them.

Webgum is a new marketplace based on web3 technology and principles designed to reward and empower digital artists. Creators will be able to sell digital content with a low fee, and a portion of those fees will go towards rewarding creators who upload popular free content.

Tech Stack

Fuel / Sway: Smart contract
Fuel SDK: Frontend interactions with Fuel smart contract
IPFS: File Storage
Lit Protocol: File Encryption / Access Control
NextJS & Typescript: Frontend framework
Vercel: Hosting

Development Roadmap

Milestone 1

• Summary: Smart Contract MVP
• Team: Sarah, Cami, Afoma, Kristen
• Budget: $2,500
• Duration: 2 weeks

Number	Deliverable	Specification
1.	Tested and deployed MVP smart contract	Smart contract written in Sway with ability to list a project, buy access to a project, and rate a project.

Milestone 2

• Summary: Frontend Design & UI, Twitter Launch
• Team: Kristen, Afoma, Linda, Tomi
• Budget: $2,500
• Duration: 2 weeks

Number	Deliverable	Specification
1.	Design and create MVP UI components	Decide on a design system and build the pages and components for basic user flows, including exploring existing projects, viewing project details, uploading files for a new project, buying a project, and viewing projects created/bought by account
2.	Getting Started Documentation Draft	Start writing v0 of a Getting Started documentation. Should include: how to create an account & customize your profile, how to browse items, list items, and other general user flow. A lot of data will be missing, but starting this during development will help us as we continue structuring our dApp while building it.
3.	Twitter launch	Created and launched official Twitter account. Account should have a complete bio, a profile photo & have tweets issued a minimum once per week.

Milestone 3

• Summary: Upload/Download Files & MVP Smart Contract Functionality
• Team: Sarah, Cami, Afoma, Kristen, Tomi, Linda
• Budget: $5,000
• Duration: 4 weeks

Number	Deliverable	Specification
1.	Implement components on front page	Created MVP UI components will be implemented on the front page.
2.	File storage	Create a form where creators can upload files. Files will be encrypted with Lit and stored on IPFS. The IPFS CID will be stored in the smart contract inside a new Project struct
3.	Integrate with smart contract	Add draft components to interact with each smart contract function

Milestone 4

• Summary: Implement responsiveness, Build Rewards Mechanism
• Team: Sarah, Cami, Kristen, Afoma, Linda, Tomi
• Budget: $5,000
• Duration: 3 weeks

Number	Deliverable	Specification
1.	Finalize and build rewards structure	Add to smart contract an automatic reward mechanism for creators that upload free content
2.	Add rewards UI component	Design and build way to show creators their rewards & sales
3.	Invite users to test platform	A small pool of users should be invited to test the platform.
4.	Conduct research with the users	Users should be asked for their thoughts & feedback on using the platform (via form & social media)
5.	Improve UI/UX	After compiling feedback, the webgum team will meet and discuss improvements and update the UI/UX to improve the flow or fix any bugs. Additionally, the team will work on updating layouts' responsiveness.

Total Budget Requested

$15,000

Project Links

Contract:
https://github.com/Webgum/webgum-fuel-contract
Frontend:
https://github.com/Webgum/webgum

Team Members

Sarah / sarahschwartz
Afoma / Afoma
Tomi / Milayo
Linda / thegirlcoderr
Kristen / cuddleofdeath
Cami / camiinthisthang