YusuphSalimu/ecommerce-price-tracker

Tanzania E-commerce Price Intelligence Platform # 🛍️ Tanzania E-commerce Price Intelligence System 🚀 **Advanced AI-powered price tracking and prediction system for Tanzanian e-commerce platforms** ## 📋 Project Overview This system tracks product prices across major Tanzanian e-commerce platforms, stores historical data, and uses machine learning to predict future price trends. It provides valuable insights for both sellers and buyers in the Tanzanian market. ## 🎯 Problem Statement In Tanzania's rapidly growing e-commerce sector, prices fluctuate frequently due to: - Supply and demand variations - Import cost changes (USD/TZS fluctuations) - Regional price differences (Dar es Salaam vs Dodoma vs Mwanza) **Current Challenges:** - Sellers lack tools to track competitor prices - Buyers struggle to find optimal purchasing times - No centralized system for price comparison and prediction ## 🛠️ Tech Stack ### Backend - **Python** (FastAPI/Flask) - **Machine Learning**: Scikit-learn, Prophet, ARIMA - **Database**: SQLite/PostgreSQL - **Web Scraping**: BeautifulSoup, Selenium, Scrapy ### Frontend - **React.js** with modern hooks - **Tailwind CSS** for styling - **Recharts** for data visualization - **Chart.js** for interactive charts ### Data Processing - **Pandas** for data manipulation - **NumPy** for numerical operations - **Matplotlib/Seaborn** for visualization ## 🏗️ System Architecture ``` [Web Scrapers] → [Database] → [ML Models] ↓ [Backend API] ↓ [Frontend Dashboard] ``` ## 📊 Features ### 🔍 Data Collection - **Multi-platform scraping**: Jumia Tanzania, ZoomTanzania, Kilimo Mart - **Real-time price tracking** - **Historical data storage** - **Product categorization** ### 🤖 Machine Learning - **Price prediction** using Linear Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost - **Time series forecasting** with ARIMA and LSTM - **Trend analysis** and anomaly detection - **Regional price comparison** ### 📈 Analytics Dashboard - **Interactive price charts** - **Product search and filtering** - **City-wise price compa …