MSMEs in the APEC region struggle to expand their reach into the international marketplace due to the lack of access to up-to-date information, resource constraints and communication barriers. Therefore, we have developed CollabMarket, a comprehensive marketplace and collaboration platform to facilitate seamless communication, resource and knowledge sharing and collaboration among MSMEs in the APEC region. By breaking down international barriers and providing MSMEs access to vital resources, we empower them to unlock their full economic potential in the global marketplace.

1. Marketplace: Businesses posts a request and MSMEs bid to fulfill the request
2. Collaboration platform: MSME looking to collaborate with another enterprise proposes to collaborate via a call for collaboration

This startup guide outlines the steps to run the application locally. This segment also contains the steps required to configure your browser to (posibbly - as of 29th May 2023) run the access the deployed application.

1. Install Node.js - https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager#nvm
2. Run npm install
3. Resolve any issues that arise with npm audit fix
4. If all else fails, npm install --legacy-peer-deps
5. Run the application with npm start

1. Before starting, allow your browser to access insecure content - an example for chrome is included here
2. This is because our backend server is hosted on an insecured HTTP endpoint.
3. Go to our application - https://web-front-sooty.vercel.app/directory
4. Profit