Education / Marketplace
SellMyNotes
A marketplace for South African students to buy and sell study notes, summaries and past papers.
What it does.
SellMyNotes connects students who create study materials with others looking for useful resources. Its architecture combines listings, protected file delivery, AI-assisted organisation and PayFast payment integration.
- Upload, price and discover study materials
- Organise notes by topic with AI assistance
- Use payment-linked access to purchased files
THE VALUE IN EVERYDAY USE
How it helps.
Created for South African students looking for relevant study resources and students who want to offer materials they have prepared. It gives both sides a dedicated marketplace around notes, summaries and past papers.
Make study resources easier to discover
Listings and topic organisation help buyers explore available material and narrow their search to resources relevant to their studies.
Give note creators a route to buyers
Upload and pricing tools let students present their own materials in a structured listing rather than managing each potential sale through separate messages.
Connect purchase and delivery
PayFast integration and payment-linked file access connect the transaction with the buyer’s route to the purchased resource.
In practice.
A student with a set of revision summaries can create a listing and set a price. Another student can discover the material, complete the purchase flow and access the purchased files through the platform.
BEHIND THE BUILD
Technology stack.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Python
- FastAPI
- Supabase
- PayFast
- OpenAI
Development activity.
First and latest recorded commits on the repository’s default branch, checked on 16 October 2026.
Our contribution.
Marketplace design and development across the student interface, document handling and payment integration.