# BusinessABC

> BusinessABC (businessabc.net) is a comprehensive business intelligence and networking portal for discovering companies, influencers, investors, educational institutions, and organizations. It offers membership-based access to premium features including press releases, a marketplace, AI-powered assessments, rankings, and in-depth business profiles.

## About

BusinessABC is a B2B/B2C platform powered by a Next.js frontend, a Strapi CMS backend, and Meilisearch for full-text search. It aggregates business data and content across multiple entity types, supports subscription plans, and integrates AI tools for readiness assessments and content generation.

## Main Sections

- **Directory**: Discover and filter companies, influencers, investors, educational institutions, and organizations.
- **Resources / Blog**: Articles, guides, and industry content managed via Strapi CMS.
- **Marketplace**: Member-only marketplace for buying and selling offerings.
- **Press Releases**: Create, manage, and publish press releases with subscription management.
- **Rankings & Indices**: Top companies by market cap, top Malaysian companies, top blockchain authors and influencers.
- **Wiki**: Knowledge base of business-related wiki pages.
- **AI Readiness Assessment**: AI-powered tool to evaluate organizational AI maturity.
- **AI DNA**: Personalized AI analysis feature.
- **Certification**: Business certification program pages.
- **University Partnerships**: Information on academic collaboration programs.
- **Plans & Membership**: Tiered subscription plans with Stripe-based checkout.
- **Profiles**: Individual and company profile pages for members.

## Key Pages

- `/` — Home page with dynamic CMS-driven content
- `/directory` — Filterable listing of all business entities
- `/resources` — Blog and article hub
- `/marketplace` — Member marketplace (authenticated)
- `/plans` — Subscription and pricing plans
- `/membership` — Membership management (authenticated)
- `/profile` — User account and profile (authenticated)
- `/press-release` — Press release management (authenticated)
- `/ai-readiness-assessment` — AI readiness evaluation tool
- `/aidna` — AI DNA analysis
- `/top-companies-by-market-cap` — Global company rankings by market cap
- `/top-malaysian-companies-by-market-cap` — Malaysian company rankings
- `/top-200-blockchain-authors-and-influencers` — Blockchain influencer rankings
- `/wiki/[slug]` — Wiki article pages
- `/author/[slug]` — Author profile pages
- `/page/[slug]` — CMS-driven dynamic pages
- `/best-interviews` — Featured interview content
- `/certification` — Certification program information
- `/universities-partnership` — University partnership details
- `/auth/login` — Authentication entry point
- `/signup` — New user registration
- `/forgot` — Password reset

## API Endpoints

- `/api/articles` — Fetch article listings
- `/api/authors` — Fetch author data
- `/api/company-ranking` — Company ranking data
- `/api/listing/*` — Company listing CRUD
- `/api/influencer/*` — Influencer profile CRUD
- `/api/marketplace/*` — Marketplace operations
- `/api/search/*` — Search queries via Meilisearch
- `/api/ai-readiness-assessment/*` — AI assessment processing
- `/api/chats/*` — AI chat interactions
- `/api/create-checkout-session` — Stripe checkout initialization
- `/api/plan-checkout` — Plan purchase checkout
- `/api/press-release/*` — Press release management
- `/api/contact-form` — Contact form submission
- `/api/feed/` — RSS/Atom feed generation
- `/sitemaps/*` — XML sitemaps for companies, influencers, posts, organizations, investors, and educations

## Sitemaps

- `/sitemap.xml` — Sitemap index (references all sub-sitemaps)
- `/sitemaps/static.xml` — Static routes
- `/sitemaps/pages.xml` — CMS-driven pages
- `/sitemaps/posts.xml` — Blog and article pages
- `/sitemaps/companies.xml` — Company listing pages
- `/sitemaps/influencers.xml` — Influencer profile pages
- `/sitemaps/organizations.xml` — Organization pages
- `/sitemaps/investors.xml` — Investor pages
- `/sitemaps/educations.xml` — Education institution pages

## Tech Stack

- **Frontend**: Next.js 12, React 18, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components
- **CMS**: Strapi (GraphQL API)
- **Search**: Meilisearch
- **Auth**: AWS Cognito (Amplify), Keycloak, Firebase, Next-Auth
- **Payments**: Stripe, Medusa Commerce
- **AI/LLM**: OpenAI GPT, Google Vertex AI, LangChain
- **Video**: D-ID (AI avatar generation)
- **Blockchain**: Concordium
- **Email**: SendGrid
- **Storage**: AWS S3
- **Analytics**: Google Analytics

## Authentication

Most content is publicly accessible. The following areas require authentication:

- Marketplace
- Press release management
- Membership and plan management
- User and company profile editing
- Listing creation and editing
- Import tools

## Optional

- [robots.txt](https://businessabc.net/robots.txt)
- [sitemap.xml](https://businessabc.net/sitemap.xml)