E Commerce / Marketplace / Web Application
Unimart
Advanced Student E Commerce Ecosystem
Unimart is a complete university focused marketplace ecosystem designed around trusted student to student commerce. It is more than a normal e commerce website it combines e commerce with identity verification, marketplace functionality, secure transaction workflows and multiple student services inside one platform.
Client / Project Type
E Commerce / Marketplace / Web Application
My Role
Founder • Product Designer • Developer
Live Site
unimartt.co.zaDesigned to reduce marketplace scams through identity verification and controlled platform access.
The Challenge
Student marketplaces are built on trust, and untrusted peer to peer selling creates a high risk of scams. A normal online shop could not solve this: the platform needed verified identities, controlled access and operational tooling for both sellers and administrators.
The Solution
I designed Unimart as a full ecosystem rather than a store. Students register, get verified and approved before trading. Sellers receive their own dashboard for listings and orders, while administrators manage users, products, verification and marketplace analytics from a central dashboard. Additional services such as Unimart Eats extend the platform beyond product sales.
Key Functionality
- Student registration and authentication
- Student verification
- Manual account approval
- Seller verification
- Product listings
- Buyer and seller accounts
- Marketplace categories
- Secure transaction workflows
- Buyer and seller communication
- Order management
- Seller dashboard
- Admin dashboard
- User management
- Product management
- Marketplace analytics
- Student services
- Unimart Eats
- Mobile first responsive interface
- Custom platform logic
Designed to reduce marketplace scams through identity verification and controlled platform access.
Outcome
A single verified ecosystem where users, sellers, transactions and marketplace operations are managed in one place, with custom business logic designed specifically around a university marketplace.