🛒 E-Commerce Web App

A full-stack e-commerce platform built with the MERN stack.
It supports role-based access control, image uploads, and dynamic product management for retailers and consumers.

🔐 User Roles

• Retailer

  • Upload products with images
  • View and purchase other products

• Consumer

  • Browse products
  • Add to cart and buy items

🚀 Key Features

• JWT-based User Authentication
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Image Uploads using Multer
• Product Listings with Dynamic Rendering
• Cart Functionality with Purchase Flow

🛠️ Tech Stack

Area	Technology
Frontend	React.js
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB

Package Manager Support

This project supports multiple package managers:

• npm (package-lock.json)
• yarn (yarn.lock)
• pnpm (lock.yaml)

💻 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone "https://github.com/rutu-modha/e-commerce.git"
cd ./e-commerce

2. Install dependencies

• using npm

npm install
cd frontend
npm install
cd ..
cd backend
npm install

OR

• using yarn

yarn install
cd frontend
yarn install
cd ..
cd backend
yarn install

OR

• using pnpm

pnpm install
cd frontend
pnpm install
cd ..
cd backend
pnpm install

3. Setup a .env at root file with your own Mongo_URI and JWT_SECRET variables

4. Run both servers

cd ..
npm run start

OR

cd ..
yarn run start

OR

cd ..
pnpm run start

✅ Upcoming Features

• OAuth with Google
• Customer Support Page
• Static About and Contact Pages

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

If you liked this project, then please don't forget to give this repository a star. Your 1 star means a lot for me.

👨‍💻 Author

Hrutav Modha ([email protected])

🤝 Contributions

Feel free to fork, submit PRs, or open an issue. Let's build something cool together!