Product database design(part1)

So, for my first task, I want to design a database for handling products. Picture this — you're building an e-commerce platform or maybe an inventory management system. In both cases, there's one thing you're definitely going to deal with: a product section.

This part of the system is super important. It’s where you’ll handle things like:

• Adding a new product,

• Updating an existing one,

• Retrieving product details from the database,

• And of course, deleting products that are no longer needed.

But that’s just the basics.

Now, think about this: what happens when stock levels drop too low? Or when a product hasn’t been sold for a while? You might want to:

• Warn the user when stock falls below a certain point,

• Automatically trigger promotions for slow-moving items,

• Or even let users choose products they want to promote manually.

These are the kinds of business rules we can layer on top of the standard product model.

Also, to make the frontend easier to navigate, it’s a great idea to categorize products. That way, users can filter or browse by category—just like they do on most online shops.

---

🔧 How I’m Building It

To bring this to life, we’ll use Django models.

We’ll create:

• A Category model — for grouping products,

• A Product model — where each product belongs to a category (via a foreign key).

The product might have fields like:

• Name

• Category

• Quantity / stock

• Price

• Date added

• Description

• Discount levels

• Reviews

• Image

And for categories, we’ll just need:

• A name

• A short description

---

This is just the beginning of the journey. There’s a lot more we can build on top of this—features like user reviews, price tracking, analytics, etc. But one step at a time.

Let’s dive in and build something cool together!