Multi Vendor Marketplace Development

Our expert marketplace development team will take you from concept to launch and beyond.

Our expert marketplace development team will take you from concept to launch and beyond.
Build your online marketplace business with our powerful custom marketplace platform options.

THE UK'S ONLY MARKETPLACE SPECIALIST AGENCY

We build and support successful online marketplace businesses

Our collective obsession with multi vendor marketplace websites is agency wide. From project managers, UX designers, full stack developers to marketeers, we live and breath marketplaces.

And with that full range of ‘product to market’ expertise, we will guide and support your business, whether a new start up or a well established market leader, we help get the big calls right throughout the journey. Think of us a your online marketplace business partner.

Through our Product Discovery, UX and UI Workshops, to consulting with our marketplace developers, our headless and scalable approach to building your multi vendor marketplace is tried and tested for success.

Custom Marketplace

A truly unique experience, our full bespoke marketplace platforms are built exclusively for your business, from first line of code, to the last.

  • User Experience (UX) Workshop
  • Full User Interface (UI) development
  • Custom Laravel frontend
  • Custom backend for both product and service or hybrid platforms
  • Custom features and functions unique to your business requirements
  • Full IP ownership
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Jollo

The Ultimate Kids Party Booking Marketplace, connecting party suppliers and children’s entertainers, with mums and dads across the country

  • Digital Strategy
  • UX Design Workshop
  • Laravel Custom Development
  • Marketplace Platform
  • Stripe Connect API
Coming Soon

Teachers to Your Home

Custom Laravel Marketplace solution pairs students looking for home tutoring with local teachers in their area.

  • Digital Strategy
  • CRM Development
  • UX Design Workshop
  • Laravel Custom Development
  • Marketplace Platform
  • Stripe Connect API
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A-Z Modesty

Custom Marketplace solution that connects buyers and sellers looking for high fashion modesty wear.

  • Digital Strategy
  • UX Design Workshop
  • Laravel Custom Development
  • Marketplace Platform
  • Stripe Connect API
Coming Soon

PharmXS

A multi vendor solution connecting pharmacies to the wider healthcare market

  • Digital Strategy
  • UX Design Workshop
  • Laravel Custom Development
  • Marketplace Platform
  • Stripe Connect API
Coming Soon

Jamma

Custom B2B Marketplace platform that brings together independent music artists with sound engineers, booking agents and venues.

  • Digital Strategy
  • CRM Development
  • UX Design Workshop
  • Laravel Custom Development
  • Marketplace Platform
  • Stripe Connect API
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What are the different types
of marketplace businesses?

What are the must-have features of amulti vendor marketplace?

Product Listings

Vendors can easily list products to our marketplace, inputting information such as title, description, images, prices and discounts.

Seller Managed Stores

We make it easy for your sellers to list and manage their store in one easy step, with all the tools they need to get started.

Market Moderation

We offer two types of moderation, ensuring everything on your marketplace fits within your brand ethos and business model.

Stock Management

Online stores rely on perfect stock data, and you can’t provide that without a robust system that’s live, easy-to-update, and managed by your sellers.

Order System

The ordering systems we put in place allow vendors to take orders and accept payments from their customers with ease.

Payment Gateways

Using payment gateways, our marketplaces allow seamless onboarding for sellers and the distribution of multiple payments to each seller on checkout.

Customisable Fees

We’ll give you the tools to empower your sellers to apply discounts and base prices to their products, simply and with ease.

Delivery Tracking

Consolidate orders and make shipping fast and easy whilst allowing you to set your preferences ahead of time.

Reviews & Ratings

Reviews are a core part of the marketplace, which is why our marketplaces allow a 2-way ratings, where buyers and sellers can rate.

Messaging & Notifications

Successful online stores require direct communication. We’ve built in email notifications to handle and automate daily transactions.

Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) combine the look and feel of an app but are distributed through the web rather than through an app store.

3rd Party Integrations

Integrate with third party tools and software to utilise external data via APIs (Application Program Interfaces).

How to build an online marketplace business

Starting with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is often the preferred approach when it comes to online marketplaces.

But before you start developing, you first need to think about your business model, how you will attract both vendors and users, and research the competitive landscape.

  1. Confront an untapped market or create a niche
  2. Discover what features are required
  3. Explore different pricing models
  4. Engage your users with high-end UX and UI
  5. Plan how you will attract both vendors and users
  6. Start with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
  7. Scale and optimise your platform

Start growing your online marketplace with our expert team

Why use Code23 for yourMarketplace development?

A fully supported service

Unlike ‘off the shelf’ marketplaces like CS Cart, Dokan, Sharetribe or any others, we offer you the full support of our expert marketplace and agency team. From project managers, UX designers, digital managers, developers and even advice from our in-house marketing team, a full support system is in place here in Reading, Berkshire for your marketplace business.

Fully custom and scalable

Using our custom marketplace platform, there are no limitations to growth and scalability for your concept or business. Our expertise in custom software and digital product development allows you the freedom to flex your creative muscles and not be limited by dull design themes, pre-programmed tools and clunky admin dashboards giving your business ideas the freedom to flourish.

Over 18 years of experience

We have been building multi vendor marketplaces for over 18 years, long before they were even called ‘Marketplaces’! Our team and our experience has grown in that time, and with multi vendor platforms being more popular than ever with the popularity of Amazon, Etsy, AirBnB and more, our knowledge, expertise and understanding has grown with them.

Multi-sector experience

We have worked on many types of multi vendor systems in our time, from retailer-led product and e-commerce systems, to platforms in the financial, music, wellness, education and trade sectors, with every sector having a set of bespoke challenges to overcome. Your project can benefit from our multi-sector experience, creating a stress tested and profit generating business from day one.

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Our 6 stage process for successfulcustom marketplace websites

1. Product Discovery

- Understand the business goals

- Identify the target audience

- Discuss the functionality and features

4. MVP Development

- Architecture and development

- Pre launch in-depth QA

- Release a scalable product to market

2. User Experience (UX)

- Confirm it achieves the user's goals

- Create low fidelity diagrams

- Walk-through user journeys

5. Optimisation

- Analyse user behaviour and data

- Resolve user barriers from MVP

- Review and align business goals

3. User Interface (UI)

- Design wireframes

- Create high fidelity screens

- Cross-device responsiveness

6. Support & Growth

- Managed cloud hosting and devops

- Continued development support

- Further alignment of business goals

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    Frequently asked questions

    A multi vendor marketplace is an ecommerce marketplace that enables consumers and vendors to buy and sell their products and services online and in one place.
    The marketplace platform gives the buyer a wider choice from multiple vendors and the seller a ready made base of consumers to sell to.
    The difference between an online marketplace and a traditional ecommerce store is that the prior has the capability to house multiple vendors and the latter does not.

    By using our custom marketplace platform, there are no limitations to growth and scalability.
    Our expertise in custom software and digital product development allows you the freedom to flex your creative muscles and not be limited by dull design themes, pre-programmed tools and clunky admin dashboards giving your business ideas the freedom to flourish.

    There are six typical business models that the majority of online marketplaces use:

    1. Commission – A popular business model for marketplaces is to charge a commission fee for each transaction made. This can either be charged as a percentage fee or a flat fee.
    2. Membership/subscription fees – A membership or subscription fee is a recurring revenue model, where buyers and sellers can be charged a recurring fee to use the platform.
    3. Listing fees – A listing fee is where the seller is charged a fee when they post new product/listings.
    4. Lead fees – Lead fees are similar to commission based models e.g. the customer posts a request and the providers pay a fee to bid for the customers request.
    5. Freemium – A freemium marketplace can be monetised by offering premium services. For example, the marketplace could offer insurance that guarantees the item will be replaced if it is lost, stolen or damaged.
    6. Featured listings and ads – Featured listings and ads are a way for sellers to buy advertising space on the website to promote their offerings.This could either be on the homepage or at the top of a specific category.

    Increasing the amount of vendors and in turn the number of items listed on your marketplace, will help to grow your userbase, which will lead to more sales.
    But first you must identify and understand your target audience.
    Once you have a clear picture of your audience, you can start to build a database of potential vendors that can be approached directly, via email campaigns, or by utilising the power of social media – joining groups, communities and forums or through paid social media campaigns.

    A typical marketplace project will take up to 12 weeks to complete. Our approach starts with the Research and Product Discovery phase, before moving into User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI), and finally into MVP Development.
    But we don’t stop there. Unlike other providers, we will guide and support you as your business grows and challenges throughout your journey.

    The short answer is that a custom marketplace development will depend entirely on the features and functionality required and how mature your current marketplace platform is.
    The first step in our approach is always the Product Discovery stage, from which we will better understand your requirements and create a business roadmap forward with you.

    Yes. Unlike ‘off the shelf’ marketplaces, we offer you the full support of our expert marketplace and agency team. From project managers, UX designers, digital managers, developers and even advice from our in-house marketing team, a full support system is in place for your marketplace business.

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