An e-commerce website that promotes smart, sustainable and eco-friendly products with advanced user experiences enabled through social networking.

• Connect with friends, family and people around the world
• Real-time chatting with connected people and combined shopping
• AI-powered product recommendations based on social connections
• Voice-Powered Eco Assistant: Use your voice to navigate, search for products, and add items to your cart. Click the microphone icon in the header to get started.

• https://socialcart.netlify.app/
• login feature is not available across browsers as the prototype uses the browser database for userprofile storage.
• Signup with random dummy credentials as the prototype has no password restrictions.
• sample credentials
• Name : person1
• Username : user1
• Password : abc

To run this project on your own computer, you'll need Node.js installed.

Open your terminal in the project directory. The necessary packages will be installed automatically when you start the development server.

The AI features in this app use the Google AI API. You will need to provide your API key.

1. Create a new file in the root of the project named .env.
2. Add the following line to the file, replacing the placeholder with your key:

   GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
   

• Terminal 1: Next.js Web App Run the following command to start the main website:

  npm install next
  npm run build
  npm run starts

  Your site will be available at http://localhost:3000.