Sharetribe

sharetribe.com
E-commerce
Few Days

Marketplace Software for Founders

How to Replace Sharetribe

Overview

Sharetribe is a no-code marketplace platform that enables founders to launch online marketplaces in a day without coding skills. It provides a complete marketplace engine with profiles, listings, payments, monetization tools, and admin features that can be extended infinitely with custom code to scale to millions of users.

Features

84 features across 19 categories

Access Control(6)

Listing Approval

Enable listing approval to review each listing before publishing with optional call to action like listing fees

Make Marketplace Private

Make marketplace private and only show listings to users who are logged in

Restrict Listing View Rights

Enable 'Restrict rights to view listings' on private marketplaces so users can only see their own profile and listings

Restrict Posting Rights

Enable 'Restrict posting rights' so only users with explicit permission can post listings with optional call to action

Restrict Transaction Rights

Enable 'Restrict transaction rights' so only users with explicit permission can start transactions with optional call to action

User Approval

Enable user approval to review each user before publishing with optional call to action like payment subscription

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Admin & Management(1)

Marketplace Management Tools

Monitor and manage activity on marketplace with data-driven decision tools for growing business at any scale

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Availability & Bookings(6)

Availability Exceptions

Suppliers can control their schedule by adding day and hour-specific availability exceptions

Availability Management

Suppliers set and manage listing availability on a weekly schedule

Fixed Booking Slots

Providers can determine fixed booking slot lengths from 15 minutes to 11 hours 45 minutes

Hourly, Daily, and Nightly Bookings

Enable bookings by the hour, day, or night with customers choosing start and end times

Multiple or Single Seat Listings

Listings can have one seat by default or suppliers can add multiple seats to each time slot

Price Variations

Providers can add multiple pricing packages to a single listing and manage all bookings in the same calendar

Content Management(7)

Add Links to Top Bar

Modify top bar with custom links directly or through a collapsible dropdown menu

Custom Content Pages

Create any number of content pages like FAQ, team pages, or alternative landing pages with ability to duplicate pages with similar structure

Edit Email Notification Content

Customize automatic email notification content to fit your tone and style with translation support

Edit Marketplace Texts

Edit user interface texts like buttons, error texts, and help texts to match your concept, language, and style with translation support

Edit Website Footer

Add slogan, copyright disclaimer, and social media links to footer with custom links to important pages and logo target URL

Landing Page Builder

Build a beautiful landing page with custom sections including text, images, video, and ability to feature categories and providers

Simple Blog

Create a simple blog for content marketing to build expert status and feature suppliers

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Core Platform(1)

No-Code Marketplace Builder

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)

Customize Listing Image Thumbnails

Choose listing thumbnail aspect ratio from square, portrait or landscape to fit your marketplace offering

Customize Marketplace Colors

Choose marketplace brand color and primary action button color that define buttons, icons, and listing thumbnail titles

Two Listing Page Layouts

Choose between cover photo layout with large image at top or carousel layout with image carousel for multiple angles

Upload Logo and Brand Images

Customize marketplace with logo and brand images including favicon, app icon, sign-up page image, and social media image

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Developer Platform(5)

API-First Architecture

API-first event-based architecture for easily building custom integrations to any third-party service or custom backend with single sign-on

Customizable Data Schema

Determine how users store, search, and see data on marketplace platform with customizable data schema to build tailored search and matching experiences

Flexible Transaction Engine

Design unique transaction flows effortlessly with flexible transaction engine that can handle complex processes

Headless Marketplace Solution

Take full control over user experience and design with headless solution to build marketplace website or mobile app connected to powerful backend

Open-Source Marketplace Template

Code on top of no-code marketplace by modifying configurable open-source marketplace template while continuing to run business on Sharetribe

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Infrastructure(1)

Hosted Cloud Infrastructure

World-class cloud hosting that maintains marketplace backend at any scale, managing traffic spikes, performance, data security, and compliance

Integrations(3)

Mobile App Wrapper by Twinr

No-code mobile app wrapper integration to create native mobile apps

Third-Party No-Code Integrations

Pre-built integrations to third-party services for expanding marketplace functionality

Zapier Integration

Connect hundreds of third-party services through pre-built Zapier integration to expand marketplace tool set

Inventory Management(4)

Automatic Stock Reduction

Inventory automatically reduces when products are sold and listings close when inventory runs out

Infinite Stock

Set stock to infinite to support selling digital goods and services without manual inventory management

Inventory Editing

Suppliers define inventory quantity when creating listings and can manually modify it later

Multiple and One-Item Inventory

Enable inventory for product listings with one-item stock for second-hand items or multiple-item inventory for new products

Listings(5)

Custom Listing Fields

Determine specific information to collect from suppliers using dropdown selections, checkboxes, number fields, free text fields, and video embeds

Default Listing Fields

All listings include title, description, price, location, delivery options, availability, and stock fields that can be customized

Listing Categories

Create up to three levels of categories with category-specific listing fields for dynamic listing creation and search experiences

Listing Creation

Users can post rental, service, or product listings through a streamlined listing creation form

Listing Images

Add unlimited listing images with customizable aspect ratios including square, portrait, and landscape options

Marketplace Management(1)

Onboarding Mode

Create a pre-launch onboarding mode where users can sign up and add listings but not see content created by others

Messaging & Notifications(3)

Automatic Email Notifications

Automated email notification system for marketplace events like new orders and booking requests with ability to exclude specific built-in emails

User Inbox

Each user has an inbox where they receive booking requests, notifications of accepted bookings, and messages, filterable by newest transaction and latest activity

User Messaging

Allow customers and suppliers to message each other to ask questions and agree on details

Payments(6)

Automated Know-Your-Customer (KYC)

Collect necessary information from suppliers to send them their earnings from transactions

Automatic Payments to Suppliers

Once a transaction is over, payment is automatically sent to the supplier without manual processing

Commission Collection

Split payments between the supplier and marketplace with percentage, minimum, or flat fee commission options

Delayed Payouts

Stripe securely holds a customer's payment until a transaction is over before sending to the supplier

Online Payments with Stripe

Process online payments in 26 countries through Stripe integration

Store Credit Card Details

Customers can store credit card details for future purchases to streamline the buying process

Reviews & Ratings(6)

Add and Edit Reviews

Manually add reviews to any transaction and edit review content to ensure it adheres to marketplace guidelines

Display Reviews in Profiles and Listings

Reviews received by users appear on their listings and profiles to build trust with visible testimonials

Double-Blind Review Process

Reviews are published only after both parties have left them or the review period is over to prevent feedback extortion

Five-Star Ratings

Collect one-to-five star ratings after each paid transaction for easy evaluation of offerings

Text Reviews

Collect free text reviews after every paid transaction for detailed feedback about the experience

Two-Sided Reviews

Collect reviews from customers and suppliers automatically at the end of every paid transaction to build trust

Shipping & Delivery(3)

Collect Shipping Fees at Checkout

Shipping fees are added to the listing price at checkout and itemized on a separate line

Shipping and Pickup Options

Suppliers can choose shipping, pick-up, or both as delivery options for their products

Shipping Fees

Suppliers can determine shipping fees and additional fees for multiple item purchases

Transactions(8)

Ask for Custom Data During TransactionsPremium

New feature allowing collection of custom data from users during transactions

Booking Transactions

Enable bookings by the day, night, or hour where suppliers determine availability and customers book from a listing calendar

Custom Transaction Fields

Ask customers and providers for relevant information at the beginning of a transaction in a structured way using custom transaction fields

Free Messaging Transactions

Enable transactions without online payments for use cases like gifting, bartering, recruitment, and matching

Multiple Transaction Flows

Allow multiple different transaction flows in one marketplace through different listing types with up to 20 listing types without coding

Price Negotiation

Build a marketplace where customers and suppliers can negotiate on price with providers giving quotes and customers countering offers

Purchase Transactions

Enable product selling with single or multiple-item inventory that updates automatically when products are sold

Reverse Transaction Flow

Support transactions where the provider starts the transaction with customers listing what they need and providers making offers

User Management(6)

Custom User Fields

Collect specific information from users during signup using dropdown selections, checkboxes, free text fields, and video embeds with public or private visibility

Public User Profiles

Every user has a profile that includes their information, ratings from other users, and reviews to build trust

Social Login (Google and Facebook)

Users can sign up and log in using Google or Facebook accounts

Supplier Storefronts

Supplier profiles double as public storefronts displaying their listings, reviews, and business information

User Sign-up with Email Verification

Users can sign up with email and verify their email address with automatic reminders for unverified accounts

User Types

Differentiate between providers and customers with unique onboarding flows and specific information collection based on user type

Pricing

Build

$39/mo
  • 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

$99/mo (billed yearly)
  • 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

$199/mo (billed yearly)
  • 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

$299/mo (billed yearly)
  • 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

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Sharetribe

Monthly$39/mo
Yearly$468/yr
5-Year Total$2.3k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~9 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyEasy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $228
SaaS
$468
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $684
SaaS
$1.4k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $1.1k
SaaS
$2.3k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 84 features at easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Sharetribe alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 84 features.

Buy Sharetribe

Better Value
Monthly cost$390/mo
3-year total$14,040
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$72,000
Maintenance$1,080/mo
3-year total$110,880
Dev time~6 months

Buying Sharetribe saves ~$96,840 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 84 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

10 known integrations

Facebook LoginGoogle AnalyticsGoogle LoginGoogle MapsMapboxPlausibleRenderStripeTwinrZapier