Future Enhancements

This document tracks features and improvements to be implemented in future iterations.

Vendor Onboarding

Postcode Lookup for County Population

Context: The county field was added to the vendors table to improve Typesense search functionality (e.g., searching for "Sussex" should return vendors from cities like "Worthing" in West Sussex).

Requirement: Implement automatic county population during vendor onboarding based on postcode lookup.

Implementation Notes:

• Add postcode field to vendor profile if not already present
• Integrate with a UK postcode lookup API (e.g., Postcodes.io, ideal-postcodes.co.uk, or Google Geocoding API)
• Auto-populate county field when vendor enters their postcode during onboarding
• Consider adding address validation/autocomplete for better UX
• Update existing vendor records with county data via migration/command if postcode data exists

Priority: Medium

Related Files:

• app/Models/Vendor.php
• database/migrations/2025_10_23_012816_add_county_to_vendors_table.php
• config/scout.php (Typesense search configuration)

Related Issue/Task: Vendor onboarding flow improvements