Tips on starting your marketplace

An introduction to online marketplaces. What they are, why they are booming, and why you should build one.

How to spot marketplace opportunities and transform them into great business ideas.

Learn how the marketplace model works and brings benefits to all parties involved: the sellers, the buyers, and the marketplace owner.

Lessons from 30+ Sharetribe-powered marketplaces that have raised a total of $66M in venture funding.

Problem-solution fit is a sign your product is solving a real problem for users. Here’s how to identify if you’ve reached it—and what to do if you find out you haven’t.

Example of a first year’s marketplace startup budget, and how to spend it wisely.

Don’t build a desert platform. Here are the steps to take to prevalidate your marketplace idea.

Product-market fit is a critical stage that shows your marketplace can be profitable. Here's how you can reach it with your marketplace.

There are dozens of online marketplace software alternatives to choose from. Learn how to make the right choice for your marketplace idea.

What you should focus on when you’re creating the first version of your marketplace platform.

‘Time is money’, and other teachings to inspire you to take the plunge and launch your marketplace as soon as you can.

Are you considering Fondy to power your marketplace payments? Here's our thorough overview on its key features, pricing, and more.

Is Trustap the right marketplace payment partner for you? Here's an overview of Trustap's key features, pricing, support, and more.

Are you considering Ryft to power your marketplace payments? Here's a detailed overview of Ryft's pricing, key features, and more.

Stripe Connect key features, fees, security compliance, integration and more.

Should you choose Adyen for your marketplace payments? Read this article to know Adyen's features, fees, supported currencies and countries, tax handling, & more.

PayPal for Marketplaces is a widely used marketplace payment provider. Explore its features, fees, available countries, currencies, payouts, and more.

Are you considering Mangopay to power your marketplace payments? Here's a detailed overview of Mangopay’s marketplace payment features.

Marketplace payments are very complex. This guide helps you list your feature requirements and compare and choose the best marketplace payment provider for you. (Yes, there's a comparison table!)

A recession is a challenge for any business. But a downturn can also offer tremendous opportunities for marketplaces

Mike Williams discussed building and scaling Studiotime all without external funding. Before Mike sold the business, Studiotime was the largest online marketplace for booking music studios.

How can a marketplace startup compete with platform giants? Connor Gillivan, co-founder and CMO of the freelance marketplace FreeeUp, shares their story.

Stasher co-founder and CCO Anthony Collias reveals how Stasher validated their business idea, built their tech, found partners and funders, and expanded the marketplace to three continents.

Sharetribe's new book, The Lean Marketplace, is now available for Kindle and as a paperback on Amazon.com. Learn more about this practical guide to building a successful online marketplace business.

Grant Polachek shares his approach on how to determine the right name for your marketplace.

A list of 10 important marketplace thought leaders to follow in this rapidly changing industry.

Starting your marketplace with one city and one vertical is key. But for every rule, there's an exception.

Our CEO Juho picked the five books he strongly recommends to all marketplace entrepreneurs.

In this interview, Oliver Bremer discusses how and why his first marketplace business Tangareef failed and what he learned from it to start a new project.

Boris Wertz, the prolific marketplace investor and former COO of AbeBooks, believes there are still many untapped verticals that are ripe for disruption by new marketplace businesses.

An interview with the founders of Cycle.land, the Sharetribe-powered bike-sharing marketplace that raised more than £400,000 in equity crowdfunding.

A list of ten marketplace founders, who remain CEOs of their successful marketplace companies. Follow them for inspiration and advice.

From the stage at Cabaret Sauvage in Paris, Robin is telling the vivid story about how she likes to stay at friends’ houses when she travels.

Peer-to-peer marketplaces can be great businesses. They combine the convenience of online stores with scale that comes from the notion that every consumer can also be a provider.