E-buhonero: a proposal to alleviate the problem of people selling goods on the Venezuelan streets

Abstract

Buhonero is a Spanish word which refers to a person who sells goods on the streets (i.e. a peddler). In the last years, the number of peddlers has increased in Venezuela causing problems such as traffic jams, frequently assaults and robberies and a lot of garbage leaving on the streets close to peddler stands. In the last months, local governments are trying to solve the problem by prohibiting them to be on some public places. On the other hand, e-commerce provides an option to people sell goods on line. In Venezuela, there are more than a hundred of public communication centers and many others which are private. This situation provides an acceptable scenario to intend to alleviate the problem of people selling goods on Venezuelan streets by developing an e-commerce-based solution, called e-buhonero. This paper describes e-buhonero together with the design issues and presents an initial web-based interface.