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 # Campus-Plug
 The ultimate plug for student deals
 
+## Features Breakdown
+
+### Buying Features:
+- [ ] **Browsing & Searching for Products:**
+  - [ ] Categories (e.g., electronics, textbooks, clothing)
+  - [ ] Keyword-based search
+  - [ ] Advanced filters (price range, condition, seller rating, location)
+
+- [ ] **Viewing Product Details:**
+  - [ ] Product descriptions
+  - [ ] Pricing details
+  - [ ] Seller contact information
+  - [ ] Product condition (new, like new, used)
+  - [ ] Multiple images
+
+- [ ] **Contacting Seller:**
+  - [ ] Seller's contact details (email/phone)
+  - [ ] Direct communication without in-app chat
+
+- [ ] **Reviews & Ratings:**
+  - [ ] 5-star rating system
+  - [ ] Review text for seller feedback
+
+### Selling Features:
+- [ ] **Add/Edit Product Listings:**
+  - [ ] Dashboard for sellers to add, edit, and delete listings
+  - [ ] Upload images, set prices, and update availability
+
+- [ ] **Sales Tracking:**
+  - [ ] Dashboard for sales tracking (total sales, revenue)
+
+- [ ] **Track Order History & Customer Info:**
+  - [ ] Access to records of transactions, order details, and customer contact info
+
+### Authentication & Security:
+- [ ] **Sign up and Sign in with UCalgary Email:**
+  - [ ] Email-based authentication (using @ucalgary.ca) with OPT
+
+### Recommendation System:
+- [ ] **Product Recommendations:**
+  - [ ] Suggest products based on user browsing and buying history
+
 ## some ground rules
 1. Add both node_modules from client and server to your `gitignore` file
 2. Do not use `.ENV` variables
-3. For any functionality make a brach with the prefix of your name `Name-<some branch name>` use this namign convention 
+3. For any functionality make a brach with the prefix of your name `Name-<some branch name>` use this namign convention
 4. For all method added a comment as to what it does
 
-
 ## Client
 - Use React Js
 - Use vite as the node manger
@@ -16,11 +57,11 @@ The ultimate plug for student deals
 ```  bash
     npm install express mysql2 dotenv cors
 ```
-2. make sure in the `package.json` file type is set to module, if it not there add it. 
+2. make sure in the `package.json` file type is set to module, if it not there add it.
 ```json
     {
         ...,
-        "type": "module" 
+        "type": "module"
     }
 ```
 3. To start the server, cd into server dir and then type command `npm run start`
diff --git a/client/test.txt b/client/test.txt
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+just a placeholder file
diff --git a/database/test.txt b/database/test.txt
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+just a placeholder file