Build a rental marketplace with Sharetribe

Create a marketplace for renting spaces, vehicles, equipment, or any other productsc

Launch a rental marketplace website in a day

All essential rental marketplace features available out of the box. cNo coding needed.

Users and listings

Availability and ookings

Secure payments

Messaging and notifications

Reviews

Content management

Pre-built integrations

A sample storefront for a bike marketplace Pedal Haven. The page has six bike listings from BMX to electric bikes. Images of glowing five-star reviews are overlaid on top of the page.

A sample page for a marketplace user called Juho. Juho looks a lot like Sharetribe's CEO, also called Juho. The page includes two bike listings from Juho as well as glowing reviews as both a renter and a customer.

A listing page featuring a sleek, powerful mountain bike. Below, there are images of details of the bike and a map for the bikes location. Overlaid on top is the booking form for the bike. Sharetribe's designer Janne is about to book this bike a day in September.

A city bike, basking in evening sunlight. Below the image, the listing creation page is opened on the Details tab. The old listing fields have been crossed over and replaced with new fields like bike size, year of manufacture, and services to show that the listing fields ar customizable. Overlaid on top is a search thumbnail for the completed listing.

Users and listings

Let users create their own profiles, storefronts, and rental listings

: Whether individuals or businesses, your suppliers get a public storefront that displays their rentals, reviews, and more.
: Customer profiles include information about the individual or business and previous ratings from suppliers to create trust.
: Create different user types, such as hosts and guests, 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.
: Suppliers 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. To increase trust, customers can see reviews for the supplier on the listing.
: Create categories and subcategories. Add custom fields to your listing creation flow to help users generate the ideal listings for your marketplace.

Example of availability management. Three images of a calm, modern cottage styled in light colors. The cottage even has two fireplaces, very cozy. A snapshot of the weekly availability management tool is overlaid on top. The supplier is removing Wednesdays from availability.

Booking types example. Images of a modern cottage, a city bike, and a sports bike are overlaid with two booking forms. The first is for a cozy cottage with a fireplace at 199 dollars per night. The second is for a versatile hybrid fitness bike at 35 euros per day.

A customer has chosen to book a bike rental with a helmet: this is slightly more than just booking the bike but much safer!

A customer is about to book two bikes for one day. A breakdown shows the price of the booking.

Example of availability exceptions. Images of a modern cottage, a city bike, and a sports bike are overlaid with two booking forms. The availability exception feature is overlaid on top. The provider is removing two days in October from availability.

Someone is about make a rental bike booking. The marketplace operator has added a field to ask if the customers needs a helmet into the checkout flow.

Availability and bookings

Help your renters manage availability and bookings

: Suppliers can set the availability of their rental on a weekly schedule for each weekday or by the hour.
: Bookings in a Sharetribe marketplace can have availability by the day, night, or hour. Choose the one that your platform needs.
: Let rental providers add several different price points to their listing, based on things like number of guests or simple add-ons.
: Choose whether rentals on your marketplace can be booked only once per time slot or if providers can add multiple seats to each time slot.
: Suppliers can control their schedule by adding day and hour-specific availability exceptions to rental availability.
: At the start of a booking, ask customers for relevant information, such as current skill level for tutoring, so providers can prepare appropriately vehicle dimensions for RV parking or preferred arrival time for vacation rentals.

Marketplace search example. A search for bikes in Helsinki, Finland. Bubbles with the daily price show the location of each bike on a map. Beneath the map, there are listing thumbnails for the bikes with images and titles.

Search results example. A search for bikes in Helsinki, Finland. Bubbles with the daily price show the location of each bike on a map. One bubble is opened to show a listing thumbnail with an image and title. Beneath the map, there are more listing thumbnails.

Search filters example. A grid view of the search page with bike listing thumbnails, no map. Search filters are overlaid on top: category, price, keywords, and tire size. The customer has chosen to look for bikes in the price range of 120-520 dollars.

A grid view of the search page with bike listing thumbnails and no map. Someone has chosen the mountain bike category to view.

Choose the search functionality and layout that fits your rental marketplace

: Our versatile search experience works for both local and global marketplaces. Make your primary search function location-based or keyword-based.
: Choose your search page layout: map and listings for location-based marketplaces. Listings in a grid list for others.
: Search rental properties by availability, sort by price or keyword. Use filters to update search results instantly.
: 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 marketplace’s needs. Use custom listing data fields as search filters and create a unique filtering experience for customers.

Marketplace payments. The checkout page for bike rental booking with payment card and billing details. The booking is for a bike called Downhill Destroyer. Overlaid on top is box with accepted payment methods, all big credit cards.

A sample page for a marketplace user called Juho. Juho's image is overlaid with a badge that denotes verification.

The checkout page for bike marketplace booking with payment card and billing details. The booking is for a bike called Downhill Destroyer. Overlaid is a bix that shows many accepted currencies, from pounds to dollars to euros.

Secure payments

Monetize your rental marketplace through commission

: Sharetribe uses Stripe to facilitate secure online payments. Stripe is an online payment processing solution for businesses of all sizes and has great solutions for marketplace payments.
: Collect all the necessary information from your suppliers to send them money. Stripe conducts a Know Your Customer process for each supplier who signs up to receive payments through your platform.
: Through Stripe, Sharetribe automatically supports payments in 26 countries. Find out if we support payments in your currency.
: Once a booking is over, Stripe will automatically send a payment to the supplier. You do not need to send money to anyone manually.
: Stripe holds the customer's payment until the booking period is over. Only after a successful rental transaction is concluded will the payment be sent to the supplier.
: Define your commission percentage and an optional minimum commission fee in Console. Stripe automatically charges it on all bookings.

A bike rental conversation in chat format between Janne, the customer, and Juho, the bike owner. They discuss knee pads, which Juho unfortunately does not have to offer Janne. Juho instructs Janne to check the bike is tuned to their weight and size when they come to pick it up.

Marketplace inbox example. For rent at 199 dollars per night: a calm, modern cottage. Two inbox banners overlaid in boxes on top show message notifications from prospective guests. Sjoerd wants to book the cottage in October, Katri in September.

Marketplace email notifications. A box with an email notification to Juho, a bike owner, overlaid on top of a map and a listing bubble. The email shows Janne's message from the marketplace and has a call-to-action button to answer the message.

Messaging and notifications

Enable in-app communications between your users

: Allow your customers and suppliers to send messages to each other.
: Each user has an inbox where they receive messages of booking requests, accepted bookings, new messages, and more.
: Choose the email notifications that are sent from your marketplace. Determine the content and style of the emails. No user will miss a new booking request or order.

Marketplace review feature. A bike listing with images and a map. Overlaid on top is a box with images of two marketplace users, Sjoerd and Juho, giving each other five-star ratings.

A bike marketplace listing with images and a map. A box overlaid on top shows a review from a customer, Sjoerd, to Juho, the bike owner. The review consists of a five start rating and a glowing text review.

A bike marketplace listing with images and a map. Overlaid on top is a bix with the review flow. Sjoerd, the customer, is prompted to leave Juho, the bike owner, a review so that they can see the review they received in return.

Reviews

Build trust through two-sided reviews

: Two-sided reviews are an industry standard. Collect reviews automatically from customers and suppliers after the booking period is over.
: Five-star ratings are an easy and fast way to evaluate different listings. Text reviews give more detail about the experience.
: Double-blind reviews prevent feedback extortion. Reviews are published once both parties have left them or the review period is over.
: The reviews a user has received appear on their listings and profiles. Build trust with visible reviews.

A snapshot of a landing page for a marketplace called Biketribe. An image of a 5-star review and a video thumbnail are overlaid on top.

A marketplace sample page. On top, a black-and-white image of a mountain biker in air on a muddy forest road. Below, there's classic Lorem ipsum text. Two images and one text content example are overlaid on top.

A snapshot of an example blog page titled "10 reasons why your shop should be on Biketribe". A blog thumbnail and an image of a happy biker are overlaid.

An image of a checkout page for a booking request. 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 for your rental marketplace

: Communicate your value proposition with style. Add text, images and video. Feature locations, categories or listings. Include testimonials to build trust.
: Easily create beautiful content pages like an FAQ, a Team page, or mission statement. Build alternative, highly converting landing pages that feature listings from relevant categories or locations. Manage and edit everything in Console.
: Create a blog for content marketing. Build your expert status and feature your suppliers in your blog.
: Edit even the smallest texts like button labels, error messages, and help texts. Match every term with your concept, language, and style.

Use integrations from Sharetribe and our partners to automate tasks

: 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 Sharetribe 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.
: 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 and social media automation by ShopSync.

Customize your rental marketplace with code. Build custom features, create unique designs and workflows, and integrate third-party tools.

Headless marketplace solution

Customizable data schema

Transaction engine

Integrations

A snapshot of the Biketribe marketplace home page. The page says "Bikes and gear for every surface!" On top, there are multiple boxes overlaid. The one on top shows a color selector.

A snapshot of the Biketribe marketplace home page. The page says "Bikes and gear for every surface!" 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 rental marketplace design and layout, on all devices.

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

Personalize your user experience and add new features quickly

: Ask your customer about their preferences and offer recommendations. Add wish lists, favorites, options to follow other users, among others.
: Add supplier dashboards to manage and monitor performance, highlight specific reviews, and more.
: With Sharetribe's customizable data schema, you can create the exact supplier and customer experiences you want.

Build unique rental marketplace booking flows

: Go as complex as you want. Offer discounts for longer bookings. Differentiate between high and low seasons. Make pricing dynamic.
: Instead of asking the supplier to approve each rental, make them instant when a customer books.
: Integrate a deposit system to alleviate the fears of making online payments.
: Allow free cancellations up to a week before the booking. Or charge 50% of the payment for cancellations that come too late.
: With Sharetribe's powerful transaction engine, the possibilities of customization are vast. Build the exact booking process you need.

Connect your rental marketplace with any third-party software

: Automatically sync booking information between your marketplace and third-party calendars with the Integration API.
: Integrate your platform with an identity verification provider to increase security and trust on your marketplace.
: Automate insurance purchases and payments through an integration with a marketplace insurance provider.
: Integrate social logins to streamline user creation. Have users sign up easily with their Facebook, Google, or LinkedIn accounts.
: Integrate the payment provider of your choice to support payments in the country and currency of your choice.
: Use the Integration API to connect your marketplace with your own in-house system.
: With Sharetribe's Integration API, events, and SSO, the sky's the limit. Build and integrate all the unique functionality your marketplace needs.

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

Marketplace management

Hosted cloud infrastructure

Sharetribe Console'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.

Marketplace user-generated content. Images of a modern cottage, a city bike, and a sports bike are overlaid with two listings waiting for approval from the marketplace operator.

Images of a modern cottage, a city bike, and a sports bike are overlaid with two listings waiting for action from the marketplace operator. A booking for a fitness is about to be canceled. A stay at a cozy cottage is going to be completed.

A sample page for a marketplace user called Juho. Under Juho's image, there are two options: to contact or ban the user. The marketplace operator is about to ban the user, but it might be smarter to contact them first. Juho's page shows some great reviews.

Marketplace management

Manage your rental marketplace with 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 rental listings before they are published. Fix typos and contact suppliers to improve listings.
: Manage your marketplace bookings. Take action on behalf of users, cancel bookings or orders in case of problems, add late reviews, and more.
: Make sure your users respect your marketplace's terms and conditions. Monitor your marketplace discussions and remove anyone engaging in platform leakage or inappropriate behavior.

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

: No matter how big your marketplace becomes, Sharetribe’s robust infrastructure will handle your data storage and traffic needs.
: Never worry about traffic spikes or performance issues. Sharetribe takes care of server monitoring for you. We maintain excellent uptime.
: Sharetribe backs up your marketplace data and keeps it safe and secure.
: Sharetribe secures your data and complies with relevant regulation. 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.

Screenshot of the landing page of Sharetribe customer Swimmy, a pool rental marketplace.

Raphaëlle de Monteynard from Swimmy

Swimmy grew to hundreds of thousands of users and millions in bookings

Screenshot of the landing page of Drive lah, a car rental marketplace.

Gaurav Singhal and Dirk-Jan ter Horst from Drive lah

Drive lah raised millions in venture capital and scaled internationally

Browse rental marketplaces built with Sharetribe or check out what people say about us on review sites:

Capterra

G2 Crowd

Trustpilot

Frequently Asked Questions

: An online rental marketplace is a website (or a mobile app) that brings rental property from multiple suppliers to the same place. Customers find many rentals on the same platform and transact with the suppliers. A transaction can be a calendar booking, an inquiry, or anything else that leads to an exchange of value between a customer and a supplier. Airbnb, Vrbo, and Turo are examples of popular rental marketplaces.

Here's our complete guide on building a rental marketplace.
: 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 set 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.
: 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. 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 a rental marketplace with Sharetribe

Create a marketplace for renting spaces, vehicles, equipment, or any other productsc

All essential rental marketplace features available out of the box. cNo coding needed.

Let users create their own profiles, storefronts, and rental listings

Storefronts for suppliers

Customer profiles

Customizable user data

Streamlined listing creation

Stunning listing pages

Customizable listing data

Help your renters manage availability and bookings

Rental availability management

Daily, nightly or hourly bookings

Price variations

One or multiple seats

Easy availability exceptions

Custom booking details

Choose the search functionality and layout that fits your rental marketplace

Location or keyword search

Search results on a map or list

Availability, keyword and price filters

Category filter

Custom search filters

Monetize your rental marketplace through commission

Secure online payments

KYC process for suppliers

Payments in 26 countries

Automatic payouts

Delayed payouts for bookings

Automatic commission payments

Enable in-app communications between your users

Messaging system

Inbox

Email notifications

Build trust through two-sided reviews

Two-sided review system

Five-star ratings and text reviews

Double-blind review process

Reviews in profiles and listings

Create beautiful content pages for your rental marketplace

Landing page

Content pages

Blog

Marketplace texts

Use integrations from Sharetribe and our partners to automate tasks

Different marketplace monetization methods

SMS notifications

Marketing automation

​Thousands of other app integrations

Third-party integrations

Customize your rental marketplace with code. Build custom features, create unique designs and workflows, and integrate third-party tools.

Full control over your rental marketplace 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

Build unique customer experiences

Build supplier tools

...and a lot more!

Build unique rental marketplace booking flows

Add customizable pricing

Enable instant bookings

Build trust with refundable deposits

Create custom cancellation rules

...and a lot more!

Connect your rental marketplace with any third-party software

Sync availability with third-party calendars

Verify user identity

Offer insurance automatically

Add social logins

Integrate any payment provider

Integrate with your own in-house system

...and a lot more!

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

Manage your rental marketplace with world-class tools

Filter and analyze marketplace data

Curate user generated content

Control the booking process

Remove bad actors

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

No hard limits on data and traffic

Thousands of other app integrations