I build production-grade multi-vendor marketplace platforms — on Sharetribe Flex for speed, or fully custom from scratch when your model needs it. Stripe Connect payments, real-time messaging, advanced search, and admin dashboards included.
10+ marketplaces shipped. 20,000+ live users. Every transaction layer you can imagine — products, services, rentals, freelance, B2B.
10+
Marketplaces Shipped
20k+
Live Users Served
6+
Years Experience
5+
Marketplace Types
Every marketplace has unique transaction logic. I've built across all of these models.
Buyer–seller platforms for physical or digital goods. Multi-vendor storefronts, product listings, cart, checkout, and seller dashboards.
Connect customers with service providers. Booking flows, availability calendars, milestone-based payments, and review systems.
Short or long-term rental platforms. Availability management, damage deposits, flexible pricing rules, and guest/host flows.
Upwork-style platforms with proposal flows, milestone contracts, escrow payments, and dispute resolution.
Wholesale, procurement, or lead generation platforms with verified seller onboarding, bulk pricing, and multi-user buyer accounts.
Demand-led platforms where buyers post requirements and sellers bid. Custom tender flows, shortlisting, and award logic.
Both paths deliver production-grade marketplaces. The right choice depends on your timeline, budget, and how unique your marketplace model is.
Sharetribe Flex provides proven marketplace APIs (listings, transactions, search, payments) as the backend engine while I build a fully custom Next.js frontend. Best for standard marketplace models where you want production speed without sacrificing UX control.
Built ground-up with Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Stripe Connect. Best when your marketplace model is unique, you need deep platform ownership, or Sharetribe's data model doesn't fit your use case.
Sharetribe Flex provides the backend marketplace engine — listings, transactions, search, payments — as a ready-made API, letting me focus the build time on your frontend and custom features. A fully custom build gives you complete control over every layer but takes longer and costs more upfront. I'll recommend the right approach after understanding your marketplace model — there's no one-size-fits-all answer.
Product marketplaces (Rareboots — football boots, 20,000+ users), NIL athlete service marketplaces (Niliance — 5 user types with milestone transactions), dancewear rental marketplaces (Tutulist), and reverse marketplaces where buyers post requirements and providers bid (InsightGig). I've also built booking platforms, B2B wholesale marketplaces, and freelance platforms.
A focused MVP — listing creation, search, buyer/seller profiles, Stripe payments, and messaging — typically takes 8–12 weeks on Sharetribe Flex or 12–18 weeks custom-built. More complex features (multi-currency, shipping integrations, milestone transactions, custom availability calendars) add 3–6 weeks. I provide a detailed timeline in the written proposal after our discovery call.
Yes — marketplace payments are a core speciality. I implement Stripe Connect for vendor onboarding, split payments, automatic payouts, and escrow holds. I also build milestone-based payment flows (pay per deliverable), offer/counter-offer flows, and wallet systems. GoShippo and EasyPost webhooks for shipping-enabled marketplaces are also within my standard scope.
Yes. A marketplace without a good admin panel is hard to operate. I build custom admin dashboards covering user management, listing moderation, transaction oversight, analytics, payout monitoring, and dispute resolution — tailored to your operations team's workflow.
Yes — I've built AI features directly into marketplace flows: automated listing descriptions, smart search with semantic ranking, AI-powered brief and proposal generators, and content moderation pipelines. If you want intelligent features in your marketplace, that's something I scope as part of the same project.
Tell me about your marketplace idea — the model, the two sides, the transaction. I'll reply with a honest assessment and rough scope within 24 hours.