Drupal 8.x

Hi,

I am looking for a CMS that I can use to build an online community. Two of the main features I'm looking for are:
- Multiple separate communities of which a user can be a member
- Within a community users should be able to swap items with each other (no money involved, just swapping). The backend should gather all items that all users put up for trade and display it and make it searchable for all other users

I want to develop a custom directory which contains profiles of people.
The profiles are not of people who are users of the site, rather the site will be used only by a handful of people who will use it as a directory containing profiles of a large number of people.

Dear All,

I am new at website development and I am seeking to put up a marketplace website where sellers can register advertise for free and buyers can see all the products available for certain categories like used laptops, used smart phones and electronic devices.

Can anybody point me to the right module/modules to install in my drupal?

I would appreciate help from you expert in drupal.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Irabelle

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