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Case Study

Here we detail brief information about what we have implemented for an existing client

About pic-toc
Tictocology Ltd are a start-up company offering an über cool clock for mobile phones called pic-tocTM. These stylish time pieces are the first new concept in telling the time for nearly 200 years.

example pic-toc
See http://www.pic-toc.com for more information

Components

  • Database driven rich media content site
  • Payment methods
  • Flash applications including the TimeFactory
  • Online Office Environment
  • WAP shop

Database driven site
The pic-toc website is highly content driven, to enable this to be affectively managed it is completely database driven. This enables changes to be easily made and instantly accessible to their customers. pic-toc is heavily design driven and had their own design concepts for the site created by http://www.fit-pixels.com/. We worked from these conceptual designs to create the fully function site.

Payment methods
pic-toc provides a wide variety of payment methods to enable maximum flexibility to the users.
The methods offered are:

  • Credit / Debit cards
  • Internet currency transactions via http://www.paypal.com
  • Premium rate hotline, where customers ring a purchase line to get the pic-toc sent directly to them
  • SMS Reverse billing

Flash programming
We also offer our services at creating flash clips and applications. pic-toc required a way to allow their customers to create their own unique pic-tocs as such the TimeFactoryTM was born. This is a graphically intensive flash application which links into server side applications and purchasing systems.
Why not try it out yourself at http://www.pic-toc.com/TimeFactory/

Mobile internet store
To enable users to access new pic-tocs at any time, a pic-toc mobile shop was created. This contains the same content as the main site, but with a new mobile specific interface. The shop allows customers to browse / search through the available pic-tocs and purchase them directly from their mobile phone.

Online Office
To enable the distributed company to functional effectively an online office environment was created. This allows all employees to access their email/calendar/address book where ever they are in the world. It is also central to the running of the company as it enables the sales staff to real time sales figures and graphs.



Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 September 2004 )