Build any type of marketplace with Sharetribe

No matter what your marketplace concept is, you can build it with Sharetribe

A sample landing page for a local marketplace in Lapland. Overlaid on top is a map with price bubbles and two booking forms: one for fat bike tours and another where a hotel is looking for a chef.

A snapshot of a landing page for Localtribe, a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. Overlaid is a classified ad. Someone is looking for a roommate in Lapland.

A snapshot of a landing page of a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. Overlaid is a listing of someone looking for a snowboard with the option to gift one.

A snapshot of a landing page of a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. Overlaid is a listing of a tour provider, Lapland Tours, looking for new snowshoe tour guides.

A customer has posted a listing looking for a husky safari in Ylläs, Lapland. A service provider is about to submit them an offer.

A snapshot of a landing page for Localtribe, a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. Overlaid are two boxes, one for reserving a snowshoeing tours and another where the tour company is looking for tour guides.

A snapshot of a landing page for Localtribe, a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. Overlaid on top is a box showing code and a handshake symbol.

Realize any marketplace concept

Most marketplaces built with Sharetribe are for products, services, and rentals. But Sharetribe can power many other types of platforms too. Here are some examples.

: Build a classic platform for classified ads in the vein of Craigslist and Gumtree. Use Sharetribe’s built-in listing creation and free messaging to help people connect. Charge a listing fee from users to get their listing published.
: Create a marketplace where no money exchanges hands. Enable users to barter or gift their products or time.
: Build a site where you match people with businesses or each other. Such as a job board, a dating app, or something else. Use Sharetribe’s built-in search and messaging features to help people find each other.
: Build a marketplace where customers list what they need. Providers make offers based on the customer’s request and the customer chooses the best one.
: Enable multiple different transaction types from rentals to product sales, on the same platform. Let suppliers both offer services and rent spaces. Or rent and sell things. Add both regular and reverse transactions.
: Can’t put your marketplace in a box? Sharetribe’s built-in marketplace features and headless architecture allow you to build any type of platform.

Launch your marketplace without coding

All important marketplace features, available without coding.

Users and listings

Search and matching

Messaging and notifications

Transactions

Content management

Pre-built integrations

An image taken at the top of the Ylläs mountain. Below, a listing creation page is opened on the Details tab. A supplier is filling in a tour name, type, description, and recommended fitness level.

The top of the Ylläs mountain. Below are other images of wintry Finnish Lapland and a map. Overlaid on top is a booking form with a Reserve tour button.

An image taken at the top of the Ylläs mountain. Below, a listing creation page is opened on the Details tab. The old listing fields have been crossed over and replaced with new fields to show that the listing fields are customizable. Overlaid on top is a search thumbnail for the completed tour listing.

Users and listings

Let users create profiles and add listings.

: Every user gets a profile page where they can add information. The profile includes their listings and reviews from other users to create trust.
: Create different user types, like providers and customers, and build each group a unique user experience. Add custom user fields to the signup form to collect important information. Ask for different information based on user type. Restrict permissions to post listings, start transactions, or even view listings on user-by-user basis.
: Users enjoy a clear, step-by-step listing creation process. They can save draft listings and finish them later.
: Choose the listing page layout that fits your marketplace best. Go for a cover photo or an image carousel.
: Create categories and subcategories. Add custom fields to create a unique listing creation experience. Collect all the relevant information about what your suppliers offer.

A map on the Localtribe marketplace, with bubbles for addresses where tours happen. Below, there are some additional filters like date and keywords. Then, some tour thumbnails. Overlaid on top is a location search bar with suggested locations.

A map on the Localtribe marketplace, with bubbles for addresses where tours happen. One bubble is opened, showing a free snowshoeing tour. Below, there are some additional filters like category and dates. Then, some tour thumbnails.

Search results on the Localtribe marketplace filtered for tours only, with search filters limited to tours.

Search results on the Localtribe marketplace filtered by winter gear, followed by categories.

A grid of tour thumbnails with an image, title, and price on a search page. Overlaid on top is a box with filters: category, starting point, and price.

Search and matching

Choose the search functionality and layout that fits your platform best.

: Make your primary search function location-based or keyword-based. Sharetribe’s versatile search experience works for both local and global marketplaces.
: Choose your search page layout. Map and listings for location-based marketplaces. Listings in a grid list for others.
: Create unique search experiences based on the type of listing someone is looking for. Add a listing type filter on your search page or build entirely separate search paths for different audiences, such as buyers and sellers.
: Help customers find what they're looking for with listing categories. Create up to three levels of categories and add category-specific filters to build a dynamic search experience.
: Customize your search experience to your platform’s needs. Use custom listing data fields as search filters and create an effortless matching experience for customers.

A chat between a prospective customer and a provider offering snowshoeing tours. The customer wants to know more about the experience and if equipment is provided. It is! The customer is looking forward to the tour.

In the background, there are three images of groups in the winter wonderland of Finnis Lapland skiing, hiking, and dog-sledding. Two inbox banners overlaid in boxes on top show messages from prospective customers.

A box with an email notification to Janne, a tour customer, overlaid on top of a map and a listing bubble. The email shows the tour provider Lapland Tour's message from the marketplace and has a call-to-action button to answer the message.

Messaging and notifications

Enable in-app communications between the users of your platform.

: Let your users connect with each other and send messages to ask questions and agree on details.
: Each user has an inbox where they receive messages from ongoing conversations.
: Sharetribe has an automated email notification system for when things happen on your marketplace. No one will miss a new order or booking request. You can also decide to exclude specific built-in emails from your marketplace messaging.

The top of the Ylläs mountain. Below are other images of wintry Finnish Lapland and a map. Overlaid is a booking form for a free snowshoeing tour.

Skiiers and snowboarders at the top of a ski slope at sunset. Below are other images of wintry Finnish Lapland and a map. Overlaid is a booking form for snowboarding lessons.

A customer is about make a booking for a snowshoeing tour. The marketplace operator has added many fields to structure a booking inquiry: group size, date, dietary restrictions, and arrival time.

The checkout page for a tour booking with a payment card and billing details. Overlaid on top is a box with accepted payment methods, all big credit cards.

The top of the Ylläs mountain. Below are other images of wintry Finnish Lapland and a map. Overlaid is a box where a tour guide and customer are about to give each other five-star reviews.

Transactions

Enable exchanges of value between users. Monetary or not.

: Make transactions conversations without online payments. Perfect for sites where matching itself is the value.
: Support bookings by the day, night, or hour—or let providers define their own booking length. Enable product sales with inventory and shipping options.
: Build a marketplace where customers and suppliers can negotiate on the price, using a regular or reverse transaction flow. Customers can request for quotes from providers or post requests on the marketplace and get multiple offers.
: Ask customers and providers for the right information at the beginning of a transaction. Use transaction fields to structure inquiries, quote requests, offers and more with relevant details and make transacting more easy and efficient.
: Enable secure payments through Stripe, complete with a KYC process for suppliers. Support payments in 26 countries. Find out if Stripe supports payments in your currency.
: Stripe automatically sends a payment to the supplier once a booking is over. You do not need to send money manually.
: Define your commission percentage and an optional minimum commission fee in Console. Stripe automatically charges it on all bookings.
: Build trust through two-sided reviews. Every monetary transactions automatically includes one to five star ratings and text reviews from both parties.

A snapshot of a landing page for Localtribe, a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. An image of a 5-star review and a video thumbnail are overlaid on top.

A sample page on a marketplace. At the top, an image of a road going through a snowy landscape. Below, there's classic Lorem ipsum text. Images of Finnish Lapland and a box of text are overlaid on top.

An image of a checkout page for a snowshoeing tour booking. All small texts, like billing details and address, are highlighted in yellow, showcasing that you can modify all of these texts.

Content management

Create beautiful content pages.

: Create a highly converting home page and communicate your value proposition in style. Add text, images, and video.
: Create any page you need, from an FAQ to a Team page or a mission statement. Create targeted content that features listings from a specific category or location.
: Start a simple blog for content marketing and build expertise in your field.
: Edit even the smallest texts in your marketplace. Match every term with your concept, language, and style.

Use Sharetribe's pre-built integrations to automate tasks without coding.

: Use Zapier to automate different monetization methods for your marketplace. Add memberships, subscriptions, listing fees, and lead fees with services like Stripe or Chargebee.
: Connect your marketplace with another Zapier app, text messaging service Twilio, and notify users by SMS when something happens on your platform.
: Connect your marketplace with a marketing automation platform like Hubspot or Salesforce.
: Connect with a shipping company through Zapier and automate shipping label creation on your marketplace.
: Zapier supports over 5,000 apps. Connect your marketplace to the services and platforms you need through zaps.
: Use integrations from Sharetribe's partners to extend operator tools and make marketplace management a breeze. Add analytics by Lemonado, social media automation by ShopSync, or get marketplace insights with twosided.io.

Realize your unique marketplace through custom features, tailored design and workflows, and third-party integrations.

Headless marketplace solution

Customizable data schema

Transaction engine

Custom integrations

A snapshot of a landing page for Localtribe, a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. On top, there are multiple boxes. The one on top shows a color selector.

A snapshot of a landing page for Localtribe, a sample marketplace in Finnish Lapland. Overlaid on top are two boxes showing code and the logos for Apple and Google's app stores, respectively.

Headless marketplace solution

Full control over your design and layout, on all devices.

: Make your marketplace look and feel exactly the way you want.
: Build your own mobile app and connect it to our powerful backend. Sharetribe's headless approach allows you to build a frontend application for any device. You can also use a no-code wrapper or a third-party template to launch a marketplace mobile app.

Personalize your user experience and add new features quickly.

: Create a streamlined matching experience. Ask your users about their preferences and match them with the best fit or present them with a curated selection of choices.
: Add supplier dashboards to manage and monitor performance, highlight specific reviews, and more.
: With Sharetribe's customizable data schema, you can create the exact seller and buyer experiences you want.

Build unique transaction flows.

: Add steps to your transaction process, such as identity verifications, portfolio or resume uploads, and more. Facilitate complex payment flows or remove payments altogether.
: Add a virtual currency like purchase credits and integrate it into your transaction process. Allow people to pay with their time or donate to a charity of the supplier's choice.

Connect your marketplace with any third-party software.

: Integrate your platform with an identity verification provider to increase security and trust in your marketplace.
: Integrate with a third-party identity provider through single sign-on. Help users sign up through Facebook, Google, or LinkedIn, or even allow sign-on with credentials to an in-house system.
: Use the Integration API to connect your marketplace with your own in-house system.

Sharetribe's hosted cloud infrastructure and advanced marketplace management tools ensure your platform scales to any size.

Marketplace management

Hosted cloud infrastructure

Localtribe's user management page. At the top, there's a bar for searching users, and under it, multiple user cards. The data is filtered by account creation date, posting rights, and payout details.

In the background, there are three images of groups in the winter wonderland of Finnis Lapland skiing, hiking, and dog-sledding. Overlaid on top are two boxes of listings the operator needs to approve before they're published.

The user page for an experience and rental provider in Lapland. The page has glowing reviews from customers. The operator is considering banning the seller from the marketplace. They must know something we don't.

A sample page for a bike renter, Juho. The operator is adding a late review manually through Console.

Marketplace management

Manage your marketplace with Sharetribe's world-class tools.

: Filter users, listings, and transactions based on different conditions to streamline day-to-day operations. Analyze and monitor data to discover actionable insight.
: Preview and approve listings before publishing. Fix typos and contact suppliers to improve listings to keep quality high.
: Make sure everyone respects your marketplace's terms and conditions. Monitor discussions and take action when needed.
: Warn and remove users who engage in inappropriate behavior on your platform.
: Add reviews to any transaction. Edit review content to make sure it adheres to your marketplace guidelines.

No matter how many users, listings and bookings, your marketplace will perform.

: Sharetribe’s robust infrastructure will handle your data storage and traffic needs, regardless of how big your marketplace becomes.
: Don’t worry about performance issues or traffic spikes. We take care of server monitoring for you and maintain excellent uptime.
: Sharetribe backs up your marketplace data and keeps it safe and secure.
: Sharetribe secures your data and complies with all relevant regulations. You can focus on building your marketplace business.

From first-timers to seasoned veterans, Sharetribe has helped thousands of founders make their idea a success.

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A barefoot artist, dressed in black is photographed from the back, working on an abstract painting that fills the entire wall.

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Frequently Asked Questions

: An online marketplace is a website (or a mobile app) that brings supply from multiple people or companies to the same place. Customers find a wide variety of supply on the same platform and transact with suppliers. A transaction can be a purchase, a booking, a message, or anything that leads to an exchange of value between a customer and a supplier.
: Sharetribe is for marketplace founders, whether first-time or seasoned entrepreneurs. Our software is built to support your journey from building your platform to onboarding supply and launching your platform – and beyond. Sharetribe supports your marketplace from its early days to when it has hundreds of thousands of users. And our educational content on Marketplace Academy is a fantastic resource for any founder.
: You create an account and start setting up your marketplace with our no-code builder! It's as simple as that. You can review your setup and changes on your Test marketplace. In our builder, you determine general settings like your marketplace's name, layout and design, search settings, and transaction and listing settings. You also create your marketplace's content pages from your landing page to any other pages you might need, like a blog or an FAQ. Once your marketplace is ready, you subscribe to set it live.
: You can build any kind of marketplace with Sharetribe. Sharetribe’s functionality is great for rental marketplaces, service marketplaces, and product marketplaces, but also for marketplaces that don’t fit into any of these categories. You can build a job board, a classifieds site, a timebank, or something else! If you’re wondering if Sharetribe will fit your idea, reach out to us at hello@sharetribe.com. We’re happy to help.
: Yes! With Sharetribe, you can build a marketplace without touching a single line of code. You define your marketplace layout, listing settings, transactions, and more in Console with our intuitive marketplace builder. Since Sharetribe is dedicated to marketplaces, all settings align with industry best practices and are easy to configure.
: Get in touch with us! Our support team is here to help with any questions or problems you might have. We answer all questions within 24 hours, often way faster. We will help you get the most out of Sharetribe. And if you're not a developer but would like to have some custom functionality on your Sharetribe marketplace, we’ll be happy to help you find a qualified marketplace developer.
: The Sharetribe Build plan is $39/month with a 14-day free trial. Once you're ready to set your marketplace live and invite actual users, you can subscribe to a live plan, which start at $99/month. If you want to build custom functionality, you can hire a qualified expert from our network. Hire a developer to build just one feature or create a fully unique custom design. The cost of custom development on top of Sharetribe depends on your requirements.

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Build any type of marketplace with Sharetribe

No matter what your marketplace concept is, you can build it with Sharetribe

Realize any marketplace concept

Classified ads

Bartering and gifting platform

Matchmaking site

Reverse marketplace

Multiflow marketplace

Any kind of marketplace

All important marketplace features, available without coding.

Let users create profiles and add listings.

User profiles

Customizable user data

Streamlined listing creation

Stunning listing pages

Customizable listing data

Choose the search functionality and layout that fits your platform best.

Location or keyword search

Map or list view

Listing type filter

Category filter

Custom search filters

Enable in-app communications between the users of your platform.

Built-in messaging system

Inbox

Email notifications

Enable exchanges of value between users. Monetary or not.

Non-monetary transactions

Bookings and product sales

Price negotiation

Custom transaction fields

Secure payments

Automatic payouts

Automatic commissions

Reviews

Create beautiful content pages.

Landing page

Content pages

Blog

Marketplace texts

Use Sharetribe's pre-built integrations to automate tasks without coding.

Different marketplace monetization methods

SMS notifications

Marketing automation

Automatic shipping labels

​Thousands of other app integrations

Third-party integrations

Realize your unique marketplace through custom features, tailored design and workflows, and third-party integrations.

Full control over your design and layout, on all devices.

Design a unique visual style and layout

Build a native mobile app

Personalize your user experience and add new features quickly.

Create a unique matching experience

Build supplier tools

...and a lot more!

Build unique transaction flows.

Custom transactions processes

Implement a virtual currency

Connect your marketplace with any third-party software.

Verify user identity

Add social logins

Integrate with your own in-house system

Sharetribe's hosted cloud infrastructure and advanced marketplace management tools ensure your platform scales to any size.

Manage your marketplace with Sharetribe's world-class tools.

Filter and analyze marketplace data

Curate user generated content

Monitor discussions

Remove bad actors

Add or edit reviews

No matter how many users, listings and bookings, your marketplace will perform.

No hard limits on data and traffic

Server monitoring

Data backups

Security and compliance

From first-timers to seasoned veterans, Sharetribe has helped thousands of founders make their idea a success.

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