One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Ski StopThe One-Stop Ski Destination

Amit Wadhwa

Vinod Nanthan

Kathi Gardner

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Agenda• Target Customers/Competitors

• Financial Opportunities

• Mashups/APIs

• Additional Features

• Architecture/APIs

• Technological Innovation/Novelty

• Future Enhancements

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Target Customers

• Target Customers – Beginners– Intermediate– Advanced

• Target Skiers– Downhill– Cross Country– Snowboarding

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Service Provided• Services Provided

– Destination Map, Video and Weather Report– Shopping search of Ebay for ski items– Forums– Recommender Search

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Competitors• www.usskiing.com (no mashups)

• www.goski.com (many clicks)

• www.abc-of-skiing.com/ (learning)

• Many regional by state– www.skicolorado.com/– www.skiwashington.com/– www.go-utah.com/skiing

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Financial Opportunities• Advertising Revenue

– Google Adsense– Amazon Shopping

• Business Partners – Ebay Shopping (% of sale)– Ski Clothing/Equipment– Travel Companies– Ski Resorts– Sporting Goods Stores

• Expenses– ISP hosting ($1,080/yr)

– Development Team

– Open Source Tools

– Position links on other websites to boost Google standing

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Architecture/APIs

JSP

API calls

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Mashups/APIs• Map/Video/Weather search

• eBay shopping search

• Spidering

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Additional Features• Video ski lessons

• Forum

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Novelty• Recommender System using Jung

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Team Members• Amit Wadhwa

– Google Maps/YouTube/search/Jung

• Vinod Nanthan– Ebay/weather/Jung/spidering

• Kathi Gardner– Web design/forum/business model

One Stop Ski Destination on the web

Questions?