Flauntify – E-commerce Website

A full-stack e-commerce platform built with the MERN stack, featuring product management, PayPal integration, shopping cart, and order tracking.

🔗 Live Sites:

• Vercel: Flauntify on Vercel
• Render: Flauntify on Render

📂 Repository: GitHub

✨ Features

• 🛍️ Full-Stack E-commerce Platform – Browse and buy from a catalog of multiple products.
• 📦 Shopping Cart & Order Management – Add/remove items, place orders, track deliveries.
• 💳 Secure Payments – Integrated PayPal for smooth transactions.
• ⭐ Product Reviews & Ratings – Users can review and rate purchased products.
• 🔄 State Management – Redux ensures efficient global state handling.
• 📸 Image Uploads – Cloudinary used for optimized product and user image uploads.
• 🔎 Product Search & Filters – Users can easily search for products and apply filters.
• 🛠 Admin Dashboard – Admins have a separate panel to:
  • Add, edit, or delete products
  • Update order status
  • Feature images on the homepage
• 📱 Mobile-First Design – Tailwind CSS ensures responsiveness across all devices.

🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Authentication: JWT
• Payments: PayPal API
• Image Uploads: Cloudinary
• State Management: Redux

🚀 Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/EcstaticFly/Flauntify.git
cd Flauntify

2️⃣ Install dependencies:

cd client && npm install
cd server && npm install

3️⃣ Set up environment variables:

#set up .env for client:
VITE_API_URL=your_vite_api_url

#set up .env for server:
REACT_APP_MONGODB_URL = your_mongodb_connection_string
CLIENT_BASE_URL = your_client_base_url
PORT = your_server_port
CLIENT_ACCESS_SECRET = your_client_access_secret
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME = your_cloudinary_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY = your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET = your_cloudinary_secret
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID = your_paypal_client_id
PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET = your_paypal_client_secret

4️⃣ Run the app:

# Start backend
cd server
npm run start  

# Start frontend
cd client
npm run start

5️⃣ The app will be live at http://localhost:5173

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to fork the repo and submit a pull request.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3.

📬 Contact

For inquiries, reach out to me at Suyash Pandey.