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Industry
Overview: service for people who have
loved and lost a pet
Site: http://www.peace4pets.com
Description: Everyone working at
Peace4Pets.com is a pet owner and pet lover.
This site was created as a genuine service for
people who have loved and lost a pet, as we
have. We have discovered that an online
memorial is a wonderful way to help the
grieving process and to create a lasting
remembrance. Our members tell us the same
thing every day... |
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About
Organization |
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Everyone
working at Peace4Pets.com is a pet owner and
pet lover. This site was created as a genuine
service for people who have loved and lost a
pet, as we have. We have discovered that an
online memorial is a wonderful way to help the
grieving process and to create a lasting
remembrance. Our members tell us the same
thing every day.
Peace4Pets.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of
PartingWishes Inc., a privately held
corporation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
PartingWishes Inc. is an independent
organization which provides a number of
Internet-based services to the public in the
areas of legal document creation, estate
planning, advance directives, funeral plans,
wills, power of attorney, living wills,
medical health care directives, final
messages, and online memorials. Formed in
September 2000, the company has a dedicated
team devoted to ensuring high customer
service, as well as an extensive list of
partners and private investors. |
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Mission |
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Peace4Pets is
a site dedicated towards building an online
community providing pet loss support and a
place to create an online pet memorial that
truly captures the life that you shared with
your dearly departed pet in one of our many
uniquely themed pet cemeteries. The Peace4Pets
staff is made up of people just like you who
understand that a pet is more than just a
three letter word.
It means so much more to all of us. Your pet
was a companion, a buddy, a loved one. As pet
lovers, we loved and cared for our pets and
they faithfully loved us back. It’s not easy
for others who have not shared in the
experience of caring for a pet to understand
the emotions coupled with pet loss.
The loss of a devoted pet and companion can be
traumatic. We understand the pain of this loss
because we have felt it as well. The heart
ache and emptiness that wells up inside is
very real. The pain can linger, for the loss
of a pet doesn't break the special bond of
love that tied you together. Our knowing and
our caring are the reasons we can be of
comfort during this difficult time.
Our goal is to be of comfort to owners by
assuring them that their pet is treated in a
thoughtful, respectful and caring manner. Our
services and products are provided through
veterinary hospitals, pet cemeteries and pet
stores. |
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Project
Overview |
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Peace4pets is
a site that provides facility of creating your
online pet memorial. While creating the online
memorial you are requested to enter the
information about your pet. You can enter main
photograph, biography and additional
photographs regarding your pet.
We calculate our profits as incoming revenue
primarily from those members who choose to add
more space or time to their pet memorial
beyond the standard free 3 months and 100
Kbytes of space. |
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Features |
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1. Memorial
Creation |
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When the new
user wants to create a pet memorial then he is
not forced to enter his/her registration. The
user can create his account later also. In
this way the site brings the message that it
main concern is for pets rather than to the
owner. After memorial creation, if user wants
to modify a particular page then he can
directly choose that section or page without
going right from the first page of
registration.
During creation of memorial the information
added instantly to database. Thus there is no
fear of loss of filled information if in case
some irregularity appears. |
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2. Searching
Facility |
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The searching
facility that is provided in this site is
differently unique. Before login into his
member area the user can view memorials
created till date or can specify the criteria
for search as per his requirement for the pet
memorials.
After login the user can view his/her pet
memorial for the same search criteria along
with facility to view all others pet memorials
also.
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3. Forum
Facility |
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There is a
facility of forum which means that the
registered member can exchange their view and
can have discussion over topics posted already
on site. There is a facility by which member
can also post a topic of his choice. The
topics are categorized into categories.
Forum facility is also equipped with searching
criteria. Thus for user there is no need to
shuffle over pages each time he want to view
the desired information. |
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4. Membership
Facility |
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The members
are privileged with different type of
memberships according to which they are
assigned the benefits available on the site.
If the user opts for Golden membership then he
will have lesser facilities as compared to one
who is having a Platinum membership. According
to the membership the member can upload number
of photographs to his/her pet memorial. |
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5. Look and
Feel |
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The look and
feel of the site is so nice and attractive
that any one wishes to have his/her pet
memorial on such site. The color combination
makes the look of the site simple and a
peaceful one. |
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6. Security
Features |
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There are
various aspects of security that makes this
site totally secured from any loss of data or
information. The highlighted ones are: |
- Storage of all of member’s online
memorials in a highly encrypted format on
our own secure servers.
- The ability to add photos, memorabilia
and personal notes to anyone else's online
memorial.
- The ability to add additional storage
space and time to any of online memorials
belonging to members account.
- Complete privacy protection of members
personal information --- we will not sell,
trade, lease or rent to third parties any
personally identifiable information about
members.
- Daily backups of all of member’s
information to protect against catastrophic
data loss.
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7. Content
Management System |
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Content
Management System (CMS) is about having
control over the website. CMS allows
administrator of the website to change the
look and feel and the content of the site more
quickly to reflect the dynamic nature of the
site.
The CMS of this site is powerful and easy to
handle that allows the administrator to manage
the site without much need to worry about the
look and feel of the site.
Some of the features are as follows: |
- Memorial Manager
Memorial manager is a feature that manages
the pet memorials created by the members.
Administrator can make changes from CMS
regarding any memorial.
Administrator can manage photo gallery,
personal notes regarding the memorial.
If administrator finds that a particular
member is violating the rules then that
member and his pet memorial will be removed
from the site.
- Back Ground Manager
Administrator can change the background
options provided to the member while
creating the pet memorial.
- Forum Manager
This part is most admirable feature of this
site. Administrator manages the complete
forum associated at the front end of the
site. Administrator can add new room for
conversation between members.
Forum manager also supports the searching
facility for the members who are having
right to chat.
- News Manager
News manager provides facility to view, add,
modify and delete the news. The news will be
highlighted on the front end. Administrator
can add special news if he wants to specify
particular news the site.
- Statistical Highlights
The statistics regarding members and
memorials are also highlighted. These
statistics helps administrator to view the
analyzed part of the entire site.
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Conclusion |
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The final
reviews about the site are remarkable and the
proof is the highlighted testimonial section
on the user end. The testimonial section shows
that a large number of people are admiring
this site and on same hand using it also. |
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