Request a tiny app again

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Nichael: Mar 30, 2011

Humble Request
Problem: I work on a political campaign and need something simple that could interact with volunteers.
Description and requirements: I admittedly don't know much about software design but if possible I'd like something that has a newsfeed of events and updates from the campaign that someone on our staff could periodically update, as well as the possibility of sending push notifications to people. Finally, I was thinking it could have in-app purchases that act as donations to the campaign, which can take Play and Apple credits.

I admit this probably is demanding, but I was thinking we could work out a payment scheme based off of donations gotten through the application. And in my opinion, this would be used for a good cause as this is a grassroots campaign funded by small donations.
Nice to have features:
-Push notifcations
-News feed
-Donation mechanism (in-app purchases?)

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Nichael: Mar 30, 2011

Capri Sun Tzu posted:

That is definitely NOT a tiny app mate

Yeah, figured. Sorry, is there a better place to post that?

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 18:05

Nichael: Mar 30, 2011

Hadlock posted:

Try posting this on a WordPress developers forum, there might to be enough off the shelf plugins that a developer ought to be able to put it together for you for $1500-3000 plus maintenance fees. What you're describing would bill for at least 100 hours including initial setup and support.

There's a bunch of software as a service sites that might offer what you're looking for in the $5-75/mo range

Thank you, I'll see what I find. Again, sorry for the initial post. I don't know a ton about this field.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 19:35

Nichael: Mar 30, 2011

Aunt Beth posted:

There's software for this already, though it costs money. Look at NationBuilder. It's basically a cloud-based CRM for political campaigns. If you're in the USA and this is a Democratic campaign, SmartVAN is also an option, though has less of the volunteer management. I've used both. The mobile app integration and turf cutting for canvassing is better with SmartVAN but NationBuilder is the better "general" campaign solution. If you need free, CiviCRM is an option though it is a lot more work to get up and running.

You're right, but there's various reasons those don't work for us. We are using a platform that is equivalent to NationBuilder and SmartVAN but their mobile software isn't quite appropriate for this.

I'm always looking for advice though. Want to PM me on Twitter? @PerennialFuckUp.
Or buy PMs here, Lowtax needs the cash.

Volguus posted:

I don't know much about Facebook, but these requirements to me look like everything Facebook does. Or is it twitter? Nah, Facebook probably.

It does, but in my mind, every added step of engagement (such as installing something like that), is good for motivating people.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 23:24

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