Multi-Vendor Marketplace
Marketplace SaaS caps the business you are trying to build
Hosted marketplace platforms take a cut, limit your commission structures, control the seller experience and own the relationship with your data. That is tolerable at ten sellers. At a thousand, the platform is dictating your business model and the exit cost grows every month.
- Commission rules constrained by what the platform supports
- Seller onboarding taking weeks of manual work
- Payouts and reconciliation done by hand
- No real-time view of marketplace health
- Rebuilding required to scale past the platform tier
What the platform includes
Seller portal
Sellers manage their own listings, inventory, orders, shipping and returns, with the onboarding steps you require built into the sequence.
Admin control plane
One view across sellers, listings, orders, disputes and payouts, with the moderation controls to enforce your standards.
Flexible commission models
Flat fees, percentage splits, category rates, tiered structures and promotional terms — changeable after launch without a rebuild.
Split payments and payouts
Buyer payment split automatically between platform and sellers, with scheduled payouts, held funds for disputes and full reconciliation.
Listing quality control
Automated checks plus review queues, so catalogue standards hold as seller numbers grow.
Buyer experience
Unified search, cart and checkout across sellers, with orders from several sellers handled as one transaction for the buyer.
Ratings and dispute resolution
Seller and product ratings, structured dispute handling and the evidence trail to settle them.
Marketplace analytics
Gross merchandise value, take rate, seller performance, category trends and cohort retention.
What changes after launch
Days
Seller onboarding, not weeks10 → 10k
Sellers on one platform100%
Of the take rate is yours4-6 mo
Typical deliveryBuilt for
- Retail and consumer goods marketplaces
- Food and grocery platforms
- B2B wholesale and distribution marketplaces
- Services and professional marketplaces
- Property and rental platforms
- Niche and community-led marketplaces
Connects to
- Payment processors with split payment support
- KYC and seller verification services
- Shipping carriers
- Tax and compliance reporting
- Accounting systems
- Communication and notification providers
How we deliver it
Four to six months, starting with the business model rather than the software.
Book a CallBook a Call- Weeks 1-3
Model the marketplace
Commission structure, seller terms, dispute policy and payout rules agreed first — these decisions shape the whole build.
- Weeks 3-6
Design both sides
Buyer experience and seller portal designed together, since a marketplace fails if either side finds it hard work.
- Months 2-4
Build
Catalogue, checkout, seller tools and the commission engine, built so the rules stay configurable after launch.
- Month 5
Payments and compliance
Split payment setup, seller verification, tax handling and reconciliation tested against real money movement.
- Month 6
Seed and launch
Onboard a founding seller cohort, run a closed pilot, then open the platform.
Frequently asked
Yes. Commission is configuration, not code — you can adjust rates by category, seller tier or promotion without development work. That flexibility is designed in from the start.
The buyer's payment is split at the point of capture. Seller balances accrue, payouts run on your chosen schedule, and funds can be held against open disputes. Everything reconciles to a report your finance team can audit.
Automated listing checks on submission, required attributes per category, and a review queue for anything flagged. Standards are enforced by the system rather than by whoever is watching.
It is architected for it — search, catalogue and payout processing are the components that break first at scale, and they are built accordingly rather than retrofitted later.
Online stores and marketplaces
Online Store
Commerce for B2B, B2C and government buyers.
B2B Store
Let trade customers order without phoning your sales desk.
Booking System
Take bookings at 10pm without anyone answering the phone.
POS System
A till that also runs your stock and your branches.
Tell us what you are trying to fix
A short call is usually enough to establish whether this is the right answer for your operation, and what it would take. No obligation and no pitch deck.
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