diff --git a/backend/scripts/seeds.js b/backend/scripts/seeds.js
index 4989da1..96b2313 100644
--- a/backend/scripts/seeds.js
+++ b/backend/scripts/seeds.js
@@ -1 +1,58 @@
-//TODO: seeds script should come here, so we'll be able to put some data in our local env
+require("dotenv").config();
+const mongoose = require("mongoose");
+require("../models/User");
+require("../models/Item");
+require("../models/Comment");
+
+const User = mongoose.model("User");
+const Item = mongoose.model("Item");
+
+const connectToDatabase = () => {
+  const connection = process.env.MONGODB_URI || "mongodb://localhost:27017/anythink-market";
+  mongoose.connect(connection);
+  mongoose.set("debug", true);
+};
+
+async function main() {
+  connectToDatabase();
+  const verifiedUser = new User({
+    username: 'verifiedUser',
+    email: `verifiedUser@gmail.com`,
+    isVerified: true
+  });
+  await verifiedUser.save();
+
+  const notVerifiedUser = new User({
+      username: 'notVerifiedUser',
+      email: 'notVerifiedUser@gmail.com',
+      isVerified: false,
+    }
+  );
+  await notVerifiedUser.save();
+
+  const itemForVerifiedUser = new Item({
+    slug: `verified_seller_item`,
+    title: `Verified seller item`,
+    description: `description for the item`,
+    seller: verifiedUser,
+  });
+  await itemForVerifiedUser.save();
+
+  const itemForNotVerifiedUser = new Item({
+    slug: `not_verified_seller_item`,
+    title: `Not Verified seller item`,
+    description: `description for the item`,
+    seller: notVerifiedUser,
+  });
+  await itemForNotVerifiedUser.save();
+}
+
+main()
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log("Finished DB seeding");
+    process.exit(0);
+  })
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.log(`Error while running DB seed: ${err.message}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });