ZeroMarket 🛒 A Full-Stack Marketplace Web Application
🌐 Live Demo: https://zeromarket-ezc8bvchd0hbdtfu.southafricanorth-01.azurewebsites.net/
📌 Overview
ZeroMarket is a full-stack marketplace web application that connects advertisers (sellers) and customers (buyers) within a structured digital trading environment. The platform simulates a real-world marketplace similar to Facebook Marketplace, where sellers can publish and manage listings while buyers browse and interact with available products. This project was built to demonstrate real production-style architecture, including authentication, database integration, cloud storage, role-based dashboards, and full CRUD functionality.
🎯 Project Objective The goal of ZeroMarket was to design and deploy a scalable marketplace system that: Supports multiple user roles Persists data in a cloud database Handles image uploads Tracks post engagement (views) Implements business logic and validation Demonstrates real-world SaaS application flow This is not a simple CRUD demo — it reflects how modern marketplace platforms operate internally.
👥 User Roles 🔹 Advertiser (Seller Dashboard)
Advertisers have full control over their listings through a dedicated dashboard.
They can:
✅ Create new listings with images
✅ Edit existing posts
✅ Delete listings
✅ Track number of views per listing
✅ Manage profile information
✅ Upload or update profile picture
This mimics professional seller tools found in commercial marketplace platforms.
🔹 Customer (Buyer Dashboard)
Customers interact with the marketplace through a browsing interface.
They can:
🔎 View all available listings
🖼️ View product images
📄 Open detailed listing pages
📞 Access advertiser contact information
The system focuses on content discovery and usability.
🏗️ Technical Architecture Backend & Database
Supabase (PostgreSQL)
Cloud-hosted relational database
REST API communication
Secure data handling
Structured relational schema
Core Functionalities Implemented
🔐 User authentication system
📦 Full CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
🖼️ Image upload & storage
📊 Post engagement tracking (view counter logic)
👤 Role-based access control
🌍 Cloud deployment
🧠 System Design Approach
ZeroMarket was built with a real-world architecture mindset:
Separation of roles and permissions
Business logic validation
Session management
Cloud-based database integration
Scalable design principles
The project demonstrates understanding of both frontend interaction flow and backend data structure.
🚀 Deployment
The application is deployed and publicly accessible via Microsoft Azure.
This demonstrates:
Cloud deployment knowledge
Production configuration handling
Remote database connectivity
💡 What This Project Demonstrates
Full-stack web development
Database design with PostgreSQL
API integration with Supabase
Cloud storage management
Real-world marketplace workflow implementation
Deployment to a live production environment
📈 Future Improvements
Messaging system between buyers and sellers
Advanced search & filtering
Payment integration
Rating & review system
Admin moderation dashboard
👨💻 Developer
Developed as a portfolio project to demonstrate practical software engineering skills in building scalable, real-world web applications.
