College marketplace software for one campus.
Yclas is college marketplace software for a university, college or students' union: textbooks, bikes, desks, rooms and tickets, bought and sold between students who can meet on campus. Sign-up can be limited to your university email, and schools can apply to use it free.
Free for 15 days · No credit card · Free for schools and universities that qualify
Run by the students' union, a department or a student.
The best campus boards are run by someone students already trust. These are the usual owners.
A student marketplace platform, page by page.
Real screenshots of Loop, our neighbourhood demo. A campus site uses the same pages with its own categories, such as textbooks, rooms and tickets.
University classifieds only students can join.
List your university's email domains under Allowed email domains, such as uni.edu and students.uni.edu, and only those addresses can sign up. Email verification makes sure the address is real. Keep browsing public to welcome next year's students, or require a login to open a listing.
- Blocked domains and blocked subdomains, if you need them.
- Private site if nothing should be seen from outside.
- Phone numbers for signed-in visitors only.
There is no single sign-on with your university's login system: students sign up with their university email.
Built for the rush at the start and end of term.
Students post from a phone in a minute, with photos. Categories for textbooks by course, furniture, bikes, tickets, rooms and free stuff. A Free tag replaces the price when it is zero, so leftovers find a home instead of a skip.
- Fields that matter: course code and edition for books, size for bikes.
- Mark sold and renew from My listings.
- Saved searches with alerts for "desk lamp" or "MATH 101".
Chat on the site, meet on campus.
Students message each other on the site, with offers and push notifications, and nobody needs to share a number. Listings can name a meeting point such as the library. Reports go to your team, and AI checks hold listings that look like scams.
- Reviews between buyers and sellers.
- Safety tips in the chat when a message looks like a common scam.
Shown on Loop, our neighbourhood demo.
Rooms next to the textbooks.
Add a Rooms category with rent per month, available from and furnished fields, and switch on the map so students see how far a room is from campus. For a full housing site, see our student housing page.
Student housing website →
Everything college marketplace software needs.
On Starter, $19 a month, unless it says otherwise. Qualifying schools and universities can apply for it free.
For students
- Search by category, course and price
- Free tag for things given away
- Messages and offers
- Saved searches and alerts
- Reviews
- Install on the phone's home screen
Students only
- Allowed email domains
- Email verification
- Login to view, contact or post
- Private site option
- Reports and a blacklist
For the union
- Categories and fields for your campus
- Moderation of new listings
- Pages, blog and FAQ
- Newsletters
- Your own domain or subdomain
- The Campus and Roomies looks
Funding the board without charging students.
Most campus boards are free to use. If yours needs income, local businesses are the usual source.
Prices are examples: you set your own, in your currency. Yclas takes no commission on what you earn. All the ways to make money →
From sign-up to the first term.
- Apply or start a trialSchools apply for the free plan through our contact form; anyone can start a 15-day trial.
- Limit sign-upAdd your university email domains and switch on verification.
- Add categoriesBooks by faculty, furniture, bikes, rooms, tickets, free stuff.
- Launch at move-in weekPrint the QR poster for halls and send the link in the welcome email.
What is college marketplace software?
Software for a buy-and-sell site that serves one campus: students list books, furniture, bikes and rooms, message each other and meet on campus, and the site can be limited to the university's email addresses.
Is the college marketplace software free for universities?
Schools and universities can apply for the Starter plan free. Send us the institution's name, who will run the site and what it is for through the contact form, and we reply with the next steps.
Can I limit it to students?
Yes. Only the email domains you list can sign up, and email verification checks each address.
Can it use our university login?
No. There is no single sign-on with university systems. Students sign up with their university email address.
Can a student start one without the university?
Yes, with a normal plan. Check your university's rules on using its name and logo.
Can students sell tickets and rooms?
Yes, as categories with their own fields. Payments between students happen in person unless you are on the Marketplace plan.
Does it work on phones?
Yes. Every look is made for phones and the site can be added to the home screen with push notifications.
Related pages.
The parts of Yclas this leans on.
A marketplace for your campus, ready by move-in week.
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