This video tutorial helps you complete your marketplace setup. It goes through the most important settings to update to get your marketplace ready to go live.
The sample marketplace in the video is a bike rental platform, but you can build any kind of marketplace with Sharetribe – whether for products, rentals, services, or something else.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Adjust your listing type
01:45 Add custom fields and filters
03:45 Set your commission
04:30 Change the logo and branding
05:15 Edit the landing page
08:41 SEO and social metatags
09:32 Edit or remove the About page
09:52 Edit the Terms of service and Privacy policy
10:26 Conclusion
Video content organized by chapter:
00:00 Introduction This section outlines the tutorial scope: adjusting listings, custom fields, commissions, branding, and content pages.
00:56 Adjust your listing type To configure how customers interact with listings, navigate to the Listing types settings from the menu on the left side of the Console. Verify your current listing type (e.g., "Daily rental"). Under Transaction settings, define the transaction process (such as "Calendar booking" for rentals versus "Buying and selling" for products). For rentals, set the Booking unit to determine availability (e.g., Daily, Nightly, or Hourly). You can also create new listing types if your marketplace supports multiple models, such as selling and renting simultaneously.
01:45 Add custom fields and filters Navigate to Listing fields to define data suppliers must provide.
Create/Edit a Field: Enter a Field label (visible to users) and a unique Field ID.
Select Field Type: Choose "Select one" for single-choice dropdowns, "Select multiple" for checkboxes (e.g., Accessories), or "Free text" for written descriptions.
Define Options: For selection fields, add specific options (e.g., "City bike," "Road bike").
Search Settings: To allow users to filter by this data, check Display as a filter on the search page. Set important fields as the Primary filter and others as Secondary filters. For text fields, check Include in keyword search to make the content searchable via the main search bar.
03:45 Set your commission To monetize the platform, navigate to Transaction settings. Locate the Commission section. Enter a percentage number (e.g., 12) into the field. This percentage will be automatically deducted from the customer’s payment before the payout is transferred to the supplier via Stripe. Click Save changes to apply the rate.
04:30 Change the logo and branding Navigate to the Branding tab to update visual assets:
Main Color: Select your marketplace's primary color using the color picker.
Logos: Upload your main Logo (ensure correct display height settings), a Favicon (for browser tabs), and an App icon (for mobile home screens).
Images: Upload a Login background image and a Social media image (for link previews).
Click Save changes to update.
05:15 Edit the landing page Open the Landing page in the Console editor.
Hero Section: Edit the "Hero" block to update the main Title, Description, and Call-to-Action button text. You can replace the background image and add a dark overlay to improve text readability.
Content Blocks: Use "Column" templates to explain how the marketplace works. Update the titles and descriptions. You can use Markdown in the description fields to create hyperlinks (e.g., linking to the "New Listing" page).
Remove Sections: To delete unwanted content (such as a placeholder video section), select the section and delete it.
Save: Click Save to publish changes.
08:41 SEO and social metatags To optimize a page for search engines, open the page editor (e.g., Landing Page) and click the SEO & Social tab.
Page Title: Enter the text to be displayed in browser tabs and as the blue link in Google search results.
Page Description: Enter a summary of the page content. This text appears under the title in search engine results.
Social Image: Verify or update the image that appears when the page link is shared on social media.
09:32 Edit or remove the About page To remove an optional content page like "About":
Navigate to the list of content pages.
Click the three dots icon next to the page name.
Select Delete page from the dropdown menu.
09:52 Edit the Terms of service and Privacy policy Mandatory legal pages (Terms of Service and Privacy Policy) cannot be deleted, but must be edited.
Open the page in the editor.
Scroll to the text content block.
Delete the sample placeholder text.
Paste your specific legal text (or text generated from a service like TermsFeed) into the editor.
Save the page.
10:26 Conclusion Once all settings, branding, and content pages are finalized, you can launch the platform. Locate and click the Go live button in the Console to subscribe and publish your live marketplace.
Extended version
This tutorial has an extended version. How build a marketplace with Sharetribe goes through all of Sharetribe's no-code features and how to configure them. It also shares additional information about running an online marketplace business.