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FifiBook - Online Store for Digital Study Notes

A complete marketplace for selling digital study notes online, with a protected in-app reader that makes the content safe to sell.

Client: FifiBook Year: 2026 Duration: 2 months

Technologies Used

Next.js 16 (App Router)TypeScriptPostgreSQL & Prisma 7Server-side rendering (PDFium, sharp)Tailwind v4 & shadcn/uiDocker & Caddy

Challenge

Students want to buy quality study notes online, but creators won't sell digital notes that can be copied and re-shared the instant they're downloaded — a single sale can leak to an entire class. The business needed a storefront that makes buying effortless and makes piracy impractical enough that selling premium notes finally becomes viable, all while supporting the card-to-card payments that are standard in the local market.

Solution

I built FifiBook end-to-end as a product: a clean storefront with search, categories, ratings and discount codes; a frictionless checkout designed around local card-to-card payments; and the core differentiator — a protected in-app reader where notes are read online and never handed over as a downloadable file, with every page carrying the buyer's own watermark so any leak is traceable. The reading experience is mobile-first (page-turning, focus mode, notes, bookmarks, saved progress) and supports multiple formats, and a full admin panel lets the team run products, orders, customers, payments and support from one place.

Key Features

  • Protected, Watermarked Reader (safe to sell)
  • Frictionless Card-to-Card Checkout
  • Full Storefront (search, ratings, discounts)
  • Complete Admin & Support Panel

Project Process

Discovery & Product Design

Defining the store experience, the anti-piracy reading model, and how buyers and admins would actually use it day to day.

Storefront & Checkout

Catalog, search, ratings, discount codes and a card-to-card purchase flow built for the local market.

Protected Reader

The mobile-first, watermarked online reader that lets notes be sold without ever being downloadable.

Admin & Launch

An admin panel for products, orders, customers and support, followed by launch and handoff.

Results

Per-Buyer Watermarked Content
Card-to-Card Built-in Payments
Multi-Format PDF & EPUB Reading

Screenshots

Storefront & Catalog Storefront & Catalog
Secure Online Reader Secure Online Reader
Admin Panel Admin Panel

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