A Sustainable Approach to Academic Resource Management: Digital Marketplace for Students

ABSTRACT Students are severely impacted financially by the growing price of academic supplies including textbooks, notes, and devices, many of which are thrown away after a course is over. We suggest StudentMart, a student-focused online marketplace created to facilitate the reasonably priced trade of used educational resources, as a solution to this problem. The MERN stack—MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js—was used in the system's development to guarantee scalability, security, and user-friendliness. User authentication, product listings, search and filtering, recommendation systems, and safe transactions are just a few of the crucial elements that StudentMart offers.To preserve platform integrity, an admin module manages user administration, transaction tracking, and content filtering. StudentMart lessens financial strain and promotes sustainability by encouraging resource reuse and recycling. The platform's architecture serves as an example of how to successfully integrate contemporary web technologies to create scalable, student-focused e-commerce solutions. Future improvements like support for mobile applications and recommendations based on machine intelligence could further boost user uptake and experience. Keywords: Student marketplace, book rental system, Student Digital Mart, MERN E-Commerce.