The document discusses Tradeport, a social networking-based online auction platform implemented as a Facebook application. It allows users to choose product categories, view available products for bidding or buying, place bids higher than the current bid, and declare winners when bidding expires. Notifications are sent to participants. The platform aims to humanize auction experiences and increase trust through Facebook's social features and popularity. It was built using technologies like Java EE, JSP, servlets, Tomcat, MySQL, and the Facebook API.