S Mart

Stay smart with Student Mart

Inspiration

Every college student knows the struggle of looking at the syllabus and seeing the recommended books for each subject, only to be shocked at the cost of buying these books in hard copies. Then after paying the price, they take weeks to arrive. After using them for a semester, what can we do with them?

What it does

We have a solution for you: Student Mart! S Mart is a marketplace for all your student needs, right in our IIITK campus.Once you open the Smart app, you can register with your details , including your branch and semester, and hostel in college. When you log in, you can browse the categories for what you are looking for, or search here. Find what you’re looking for? Open it up to find it’s price and details. You can see the user’s hostel to help you find an ad closest to you. If you can’t afford the price listed, look out for ads with the tag “willing to give for free to needy students”. You can call the user through the app to finalise the purchase. If you want to sell something, you can go to Sell, pick your category of item, and fill in the details. We have seven categories of things to buy and sell from: Books, Electronics, Vehicles, Music Instruments, Sports Equipment, Snacks, and Miscellaneous.

How we built it

Figma was used to make the UI design for the app , android studio was used to build the app while firebase was used for the authentication and database required.

Accomplishment

We are exceptionally proud to be an all girls' team working on this app.

Challenges we faced

2 of our three-member team were beginners at android studio, and we faced several issues with running the heavy android studio app on our machines. Luckily we were able to overcome these issues, and dividing the work to our strengths helped us achieve the end product in time.

What's next for S Mart

Given time, we would like to add: -Search filters, -Ad recommendations on the home page using ML to help buyers find what they want easily, a public wall where students can post requests for items they can’t find. -And of course, expand our app by adding other college communities to S Mart. We would love to see students use S Mart to make their lives easier, and make a buck while helping others save a buck!