Contact person: E-Learning Website for Data Engineering Courses

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Location: johannesburg, South Africa

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"Project Overview

We require a professional, secure website to sell and deliver pre-recorded courses. The site should allow students to purchase courses, create/login to an account, and watch course content in a protected video player. Videos must be streamed (not downloadable) to curb piracy.

This is an MVP, but it must look polished, professional, and support South African + international payments from day one.

2. Objectives

Provide a branded platform to showcase and sell courses.

Support PayFast, Payflex, and PayPal for student payments.

Restrict access so only logged-in, paying students can watch purchased content.

Deliver video securely (no file downloads, domain-restricted streaming).

Ensure the site is mobile-friendly and scalable for future features.

3. Scope of Work
A. Website Features

Public Pages

Home page (overview, featured courses).

Course catalog (list/grid of available courses).

Course detail page (trailer video, syllabus, price, instructor bio).

About, Contact, FAQ pages.

User Accounts

Student registration/login (email + password + magic-link option).

“My Courses” dashboard showing purchased content.

Password reset, profile management.

Course Delivery

Video lessons streamed securely via Vimeo OTT / Mux / Wistia.

Domain restrictions (videos only playable on our site).

Optional visible watermark (student email/order ID) on video player.

Supporting material downloads (PDF, datasets, notebooks).

Lesson progress tracking (completed/not completed).

Payments

Integration with PayFast (cards + EFT + debit order).

Integration with Payflex (buy now, pay later).

Integration with PayPal (for international students).

One-time course purchases (subscriptions optional in Phase 2).

Automatic email invoices/receipts.

Admin / Tutor Features

Admin dashboard to:

Create/edit courses.

Upload videos (pre-edited), add lessons, set pricing.

Upload attachments (slides, notebooks, datasets).

Basic reporting (enrollments, revenue per course).

4. Deliverables

Fully functional, deployed website (production-ready).

Admin/tutor documentation (how to add/edit courses, manage students, view payments).

Source code access (if custom-built).

1–2 weeks of bug-fix/warranty support after launch.

5. Budget

Bidders must provide:

Estimated cost (fixed or hourly).

Breakdown per milestone.

Any recurring costs (hosting, video platform, plugins/apps).

6. Technical Requirements

Option A (Shopify + Apps):

Shopify for website/e-commerce.

Course gating app (e.g., Courses Plus, SkyPilot).

Video via Vimeo OTT / Wistia.

Payment integration for PayFast, Payflex, PayPal.

Option B (Custom Django + Frontend):

Django + Django REST Framework backend.

Auth via Django AllAuth (email + magic links).

Payment via PayFast, Payflex, PayPal APIs.

Secure video streaming via Vimeo OTT / Mux.

Hosting on Azure/AWS with HTTPS + CDN.

Bidders may propose other option, but must specify stack and timeline.

7. Evaluation Criteria

Prior experience building e-learning / digital course websites.

Understanding of South African payment systems.

Clear delivery milestones.

Cost-effectiveness and scalability of the proposed solution.

Post-launch support options." (client-provided description)