MSU Second Hand Shop, which launched in January, is a website created by marketing sophomore Jongseok Lee and media and information senior Michael Beyene with the same goal as the Facebook groups – to facilitate buyers and sellers.

“There’s so many of (the groups), they’re scattered all over the place, people get tons of notifications and basically this is a consolidation of all those pages into one place,” Beyene said.

Students register an account on the site or they can sign in using Facebook, Twitter or Google.

Once signed up, members have the opportunity to post their ads in a variety of categories from electronics, clothing, subleases or jobs.

As opposed to the Facebook groups, which Beyene said can be more “search and find,” the categories on the website make selling and finding goods to purchase, easier.

The website might come across as competition for the Facebook marketplace, but Lee said that’s not the goal.

“Many people use Facebook and Craigslist, but a lot more people don’t use either,” Lee said. “Some people are not entirely trusting of online sources such as Facebook.”

He said he wanted to create a convenient website which would simplify the “tiresome process” and help students save money by buying used goods or make money by selling their goods.

Beyene described the website as a combination of all the Facebook pages many people are familiar with but geared towards Spartans only.

He said sometimes, finishing a transaction from Craigslist might seem shady so hopefully the MSU branding will make people more comfortable.

Currently, more people are using the website as interested buyers and Lee said they are looking for more people to join and sell items.