Sharetribe
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Marketplace Software for Founders
How to Replace SharetribeOverview
Features
84 features across 19 categories
Access Control(6)
Enable listing approval to review each listing before publishing with optional call to action like listing fees
Make marketplace private and only show listings to users who are logged in
Enable 'Restrict rights to view listings' on private marketplaces so users can only see their own profile and listings
Enable 'Restrict posting rights' so only users with explicit permission can post listings with optional call to action
Enable 'Restrict transaction rights' so only users with explicit permission can start transactions with optional call to action
Enable user approval to review each user before publishing with optional call to action like payment subscription
Admin & Management(1)
Monitor and manage activity on marketplace with data-driven decision tools for growing business at any scale
Availability & Bookings(6)
Suppliers can control their schedule by adding day and hour-specific availability exceptions
Suppliers set and manage listing availability on a weekly schedule
Providers can determine fixed booking slot lengths from 15 minutes to 11 hours 45 minutes
Enable bookings by the hour, day, or night with customers choosing start and end times
Listings can have one seat by default or suppliers can add multiple seats to each time slot
Providers can add multiple pricing packages to a single listing and manage all bookings in the same calendar
Content Management(7)
Modify top bar with custom links directly or through a collapsible dropdown menu
Create any number of content pages like FAQ, team pages, or alternative landing pages with ability to duplicate pages with similar structure
Customize automatic email notification content to fit your tone and style with translation support
Edit user interface texts like buttons, error texts, and help texts to match your concept, language, and style with translation support
Add slogan, copyright disclaimer, and social media links to footer with custom links to important pages and logo target URL
Build a beautiful landing page with custom sections including text, images, video, and ability to feature categories and providers
Create a simple blog for content marketing to build expert status and feature suppliers
Core Platform(1)
Launch a fully functional marketplace in minutes with all essential features pre-built including profiles, listings, payments, and monetization without requiring coding skills
Customization(4)
Choose listing thumbnail aspect ratio from square, portrait or landscape to fit your marketplace offering
Choose marketplace brand color and primary action button color that define buttons, icons, and listing thumbnail titles
Choose between cover photo layout with large image at top or carousel layout with image carousel for multiple angles
Customize marketplace with logo and brand images including favicon, app icon, sign-up page image, and social media image
Developer Platform(5)
API-first event-based architecture for easily building custom integrations to any third-party service or custom backend with single sign-on
Determine how users store, search, and see data on marketplace platform with customizable data schema to build tailored search and matching experiences
Design unique transaction flows effortlessly with flexible transaction engine that can handle complex processes
Take full control over user experience and design with headless solution to build marketplace website or mobile app connected to powerful backend
Code on top of no-code marketplace by modifying configurable open-source marketplace template while continuing to run business on Sharetribe
Infrastructure(1)
World-class cloud hosting that maintains marketplace backend at any scale, managing traffic spikes, performance, data security, and compliance
Integrations(3)
No-code mobile app wrapper integration to create native mobile apps
Pre-built integrations to third-party services for expanding marketplace functionality
Connect hundreds of third-party services through pre-built Zapier integration to expand marketplace tool set
Inventory Management(4)
Inventory automatically reduces when products are sold and listings close when inventory runs out
Set stock to infinite to support selling digital goods and services without manual inventory management
Suppliers define inventory quantity when creating listings and can manually modify it later
Enable inventory for product listings with one-item stock for second-hand items or multiple-item inventory for new products
Listings(5)
Determine specific information to collect from suppliers using dropdown selections, checkboxes, number fields, free text fields, and video embeds
All listings include title, description, price, location, delivery options, availability, and stock fields that can be customized
Create up to three levels of categories with category-specific listing fields for dynamic listing creation and search experiences
Users can post rental, service, or product listings through a streamlined listing creation form
Add unlimited listing images with customizable aspect ratios including square, portrait, and landscape options
Marketplace Management(1)
Create a pre-launch onboarding mode where users can sign up and add listings but not see content created by others
Messaging & Notifications(3)
Automated email notification system for marketplace events like new orders and booking requests with ability to exclude specific built-in emails
Each user has an inbox where they receive booking requests, notifications of accepted bookings, and messages, filterable by newest transaction and latest activity
Allow customers and suppliers to message each other to ask questions and agree on details
Payments(6)
Collect necessary information from suppliers to send them their earnings from transactions
Once a transaction is over, payment is automatically sent to the supplier without manual processing
Split payments between the supplier and marketplace with percentage, minimum, or flat fee commission options
Stripe securely holds a customer's payment until a transaction is over before sending to the supplier
Process online payments in 26 countries through Stripe integration
Customers can store credit card details for future purchases to streamline the buying process
Reviews & Ratings(6)
Manually add reviews to any transaction and edit review content to ensure it adheres to marketplace guidelines
Reviews received by users appear on their listings and profiles to build trust with visible testimonials
Reviews are published only after both parties have left them or the review period is over to prevent feedback extortion
Collect one-to-five star ratings after each paid transaction for easy evaluation of offerings
Collect free text reviews after every paid transaction for detailed feedback about the experience
Collect reviews from customers and suppliers automatically at the end of every paid transaction to build trust
Search(8)
Customers can filter listings by the date and time they're looking to make a booking for
Customers can filter by category and subcategory with category-specific filters that appear for specific categories
Create unique search experiences with listing type filters on the search page or separate paths for different audiences
Customers can filter listings by price or keyword and use custom filters to update search results instantly
Search functionality works with keyword, location-based, or map-based searching for both local and global marketplaces
Choose search page layout between map-and-listings view for location-based marketplaces or grid list view for others
Add a beautiful multi-option search bar to the homepage to help customers find what they need
Customers can order results based on filters like price, date, and keyword relevancy
Shipping & Delivery(3)
Shipping fees are added to the listing price at checkout and itemized on a separate line
Suppliers can choose shipping, pick-up, or both as delivery options for their products
Suppliers can determine shipping fees and additional fees for multiple item purchases
Transactions(8)
New feature allowing collection of custom data from users during transactions
Enable bookings by the day, night, or hour where suppliers determine availability and customers book from a listing calendar
Ask customers and providers for relevant information at the beginning of a transaction in a structured way using custom transaction fields
Enable transactions without online payments for use cases like gifting, bartering, recruitment, and matching
Allow multiple different transaction flows in one marketplace through different listing types with up to 20 listing types without coding
Build a marketplace where customers and suppliers can negotiate on price with providers giving quotes and customers countering offers
Enable product selling with single or multiple-item inventory that updates automatically when products are sold
Support transactions where the provider starts the transaction with customers listing what they need and providers making offers
User Management(6)
Collect specific information from users during signup using dropdown selections, checkboxes, free text fields, and video embeds with public or private visibility
Every user has a profile that includes their information, ratings from other users, and reviews to build trust
Users can sign up and log in using Google or Facebook accounts
Supplier profiles double as public storefronts displaying their listings, reviews, and business information
Users can sign up with email and verify their email address with automatic reminders for unverified accounts
Differentiate between providers and customers with unique onboarding flows and specific information collection based on user type
Pricing
Build
- ✓Fully-featured no-code marketplace builder (Test mode)
- ✓Customize Test marketplace code
- ✓API access to Test marketplace
- ✓Mobile app development (Test mode)
- ✓14-day free trial
Lite
- ✓Everything in Build
- ✓Live marketplace
- ✓mysharetribe.com domain and outgoing email address
- ✓50 free transactions per month
- ✓Additional transactions $0.19 or less per initiated transaction
Pro
- ✓Everything in Lite
- ✓Custom domain and custom outgoing email address
- ✓Integrations with Zapier
- ✓Third-party integrations
- ✓Facebook and Google login
- ✓250 free transactions per month
- ✓Additional transactions $0.19 or less per initiated transaction
Extend
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Customize Live marketplace code
- ✓API access to Live marketplace
- ✓Allows launching a mobile app
- ✓500 free transactions per month
- ✓Additional transactions $0.19 or less per initiated transaction
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Integrations
10 known integrations