This document provides an introduction to building online marketplaces using no-code tools. It discusses how the author has successfully built multiple marketplaces, including Studiotime, using no-code. The guide outlines considerations for conceptualizing a marketplace idea, different marketplace business models, common marketplace functionality, benefits of no-code, potential limitations, and popular no-code platform options for building a marketplace like Sharetribe, Bubble, and Webflow. The goal is to help others understand how to leverage no-code tools to develop, launch, and scale their own online marketplace.
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If you're interested in making your online store expansion efficient, read the ebook Global Rollouts for eCommerce: https://bit.ly/global_rollouts_for_ecommerce
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Selecting the right platform for the company’s global eCommerce is probably the most important decision at the early stage. Depending on the current and future needs, the selected eCommerce application will define your company’s direction and the elements required for fast development.
We compare five eCommerce solutions by analyzing six major aspects that should be considered when selecting a platform for global eCommerce. These functionalities were selected due to their impact on rollouts and future global eCommerce management, they include: country and language; structure and design; order and product management; customer and group management; pricing, taxes, and currencies; payments and shipping.
If you're interested in making your online store expansion efficient, read the ebook Global Rollouts for eCommerce: https://bit.ly/global_rollouts_for_ecommerce
It's a comprehensive book for CTOs, CMOs, and CDOs facing the challenge of global eCommerce rollouts: a practical guide to planning and expanding online stores using existing and emerging technologies.
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Multi-vendor ecommerce portal is the most widely adopted business model for businesses that are planning to carve a niche. Turnkey multi vendor solutions have made it easy for businesses to go online in record time. However, the best marketplace platform should offer comprehensive features and modules to start, run and grow a marketplace. To make the selection process easier you need to have an understanding of the features and modules needed in the best marketplace platform.
Check out the comprehensive guide that lists all the must have features and modules for the best marketplace platform.
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No Developer Required
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For those who know us: GRID was our initial product we released 2007 based on an existing monolithic JEE platform. We decided 2010 to replace it with a new technology built-from-scratch that we called internally GRID 2.0 - which later became public as SPHERE.IO. Today it's simply the commercetools platform.
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right place / to the right people to take action on it .If you could control this flow of information , tap on
interactions between Brand and consumers at local global level through a product will unlock new
avenues for growth in markets and sectors worldwide.
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Phase 1 is BizBol.com to get Brand and Consumer interactions, under a roof, directly through middle
men, Local Retailers and bring this whole experience through a cloud base online platform, in a web
savvy tomorrow market structure. If you could control this flow of information you out master
competition and have a say in how, what, when inform was exchange, acted upon and where. Than
unlocking new avenues for growth into markets and sectors worldwide:
http://www.orgapp.com/whatwedo.html
Other Products
HealthBol.com :sector healthcare (under development)
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While looking for multi vendor ecommerce software every business owner wants to settle for the best marketplace solution. But what are the features and requirements that define the #1 multi vendor website builder? Is it limited to technology, vendor management, shipping and marketing or there is more to it?
Check out a detailed guide that explains the various facets of a multi vendor ecommerce software and helps you choose the #1 marketplace builder for your business.
Experts forecast that B2B eCommerce, when compared to B2C, will grow two-fold in the future, clearly indicating an upward trend that businesses must focus upon.
These projections reflect the need for companies to develop their online B2B marketplace to outpace competitors.
Therefore, the key is to understand your users’ needs, expectations, and pain points and then create an online B2B marketplace that is distinct, seamless, and free from all snags.
For more such fascinating blogs, click:
https://www.capitalnumbers.com/blog
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Building a multi-vendor marketplace platform involves setting up a user-friendly website, integrating secure payment gateways, and enabling seamless vendor management. Focus on features like product listings, reviews, and robust customer support. Effective marketing strategies and analytics tools are essential to attract vendors and customers, ultimately boosting sales and expanding your market reach.
Looking for the eCommerce platform for online store development? Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, OpenCart these eCommerce platforms have their own benefits. check it out.
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Visit On:- https://www.samaritaninfotech.com
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Multi-vendor ecommerce portal is the most widely adopted business model for businesses that are planning to carve a niche. Turnkey multi vendor solutions have made it easy for businesses to go online in record time. However, the best marketplace platform should offer comprehensive features and modules to start, run and grow a marketplace. To make the selection process easier you need to have an understanding of the features and modules needed in the best marketplace platform.
Check out the comprehensive guide that lists all the must have features and modules for the best marketplace platform.
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Start a scalable online marketplace with the Yondo Platform Plan.
No Developer Required
For more info go to:
https://yondo.com/platform-plan.html
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In 2011 we started the development of a new kind of technology platform for eCommerce. What today is called "Head-less" or "API-first" we kicked off late 2010. To explain our ideas behind it to all our stakeholders at that time - our employees, our investors and our partners - I created that vision paper and released it in April 2011. Not everything that we envisioned at that time came exactly that way, but the core of the concept and its assumptions became reality. A reality that in 2019 was proven with a 145M USD investment round led by Insight Partners for our company that empowers the commerce offerings of companies like AT&T, Express, Lego and VW today. Though this was already quite a journey we still feel that we are at the beginning. So if you are also up to something with your business or you have a great vision for technology and markets - go for it. This document should encourage you to go the extra mile. This is why I released it here. Have fun reading it (and please excuse my language, it was never supposed to be released to the broader public and share with you the un-edited version).
For those who know us: GRID was our initial product we released 2007 based on an existing monolithic JEE platform. We decided 2010 to replace it with a new technology built-from-scratch that we called internally GRID 2.0 - which later became public as SPHERE.IO. Today it's simply the commercetools platform.
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‘Market timing, ‘demand certain innovation and strategy to out master competition and a continuum to
be winner and market leaders. In a racing digital age it always about content: at the right time / at the
right place / to the right people to take action on it .If you could control this flow of information , tap on
interactions between Brand and consumers at local global level through a product will unlock new
avenues for growth in markets and sectors worldwide.
Orgapp Technologies was always an Advertisement / PR / Market research company. However to get
all odds into even, you have to Innovate. Hence, Phase 1:
Phase 1 is BizBol.com to get Brand and Consumer interactions, under a roof, directly through middle
men, Local Retailers and bring this whole experience through a cloud base online platform, in a web
savvy tomorrow market structure. If you could control this flow of information you out master
competition and have a say in how, what, when inform was exchange, acted upon and where. Than
unlocking new avenues for growth into markets and sectors worldwide:
http://www.orgapp.com/whatwedo.html
Other Products
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Check out a detailed guide that explains the various facets of a multi vendor ecommerce software and helps you choose the #1 marketplace builder for your business.
Experts forecast that B2B eCommerce, when compared to B2C, will grow two-fold in the future, clearly indicating an upward trend that businesses must focus upon.
These projections reflect the need for companies to develop their online B2B marketplace to outpace competitors.
Therefore, the key is to understand your users’ needs, expectations, and pain points and then create an online B2B marketplace that is distinct, seamless, and free from all snags.
For more such fascinating blogs, click:
https://www.capitalnumbers.com/blog
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The Guide To No Code Marketplaces
1.
The Guide To No
Code Marketplaces
Everything you need to know about building,
launching, and scaling an online marketplace
using no code.
JULY 2020
CREATED BY
Mike Williams (Yoroomie)
A RESOURCE FOR EVERYTHING MARKETPLACES
www.everythingmarketplaces.com
2.
Introduction & Background
I’m Mike Williams or you might know me as Yoroomie. I’ve built and launched multiple
marketplace startups, most notably (that’s relevant to this) I built and launched
Studiotime (www.studiotime.io) in an evening using no code. I quickly took an idea to
what’s now a highly profitable and largest online marketplace for music studios in the
world (35+ countries) using no code, minimal time, & little to no resources.
In addition to building, launching, and operating Studiotime using no & low code, I run
Thinkbox (www.thinkbox.io), which is a marketplace focused studio that focuses on
building marketplaces for others using no & low code. We’ve helped build, launch, and
support 75+ marketplaces using no & low code that have generated millions in GMV
annually.
Since I first built Studiotime years ago, no code tools and platforms have matured and are
now ideal to take most marketplace ideas to launch (and even revenue generating) by
leveraging no code tools and platforms. I’ve put together this extensive guide to help
others understand their specific marketplace needs, quickly identify the options for no
code marketplace builds, understand the tools & platforms that are best-suited for their
marketplace through, provide a basic framework, examples, and also brief interviews and
insights from operators of successful no code marketplaces to accelerate the typical
learning curve.
If you’d like to access more marketplace resources you can join the marketplace founders
group that I also started, Everything Marketplaces (www.everythingmarketplaces.com).
By joining, you’ll have access to a more comprehensive version of this guide, tutorials,
deals on some of these tools & platforms, and also help every step along the way from
myself and other marketplace founders.
Thanks for reading and be sure to let me know when you launch your own marketplace!
-Mike
1
3.
Contents
1. Thinking through your marketplace idea as a business
2. The basics of marketplace business models
3. The main types of online marketplaces & typical functionality
4. Why no code?
5. The no code tools & platform options for building
6. The considerations & decision making factors for building a marketplace using no
code related to each option
7. Operating no code marketplaces
8. Overcoming potential no code limitations & customizing your marketplace-specific
to it’s requirements & workflows
9. No code marketplace founder insights
10.Summary
11. Resources
2
4.
Your Marketplace Idea
When you initially come up with your marketplace idea (& before you start building), it is
beneficial to thoroughly think through it and ask yourself a few key business questions:
1. What problem are you solving?
2. For who are you solving it for?
3. What are your skills, resources, and timeline for building, launching, and running
your online marketplace?
3. How are you uniquely positioned to solve this yourself and through creating an
online marketplace?
4. As a marketplace, how are you going to add value to both supply and demand?
With that answered, what is your desired relationship with each as a
marketplace? (i.e: providing listings as a simple directory, connecting them with
demand, owning the transaction and payment layer, etc)
5. How are you going to monetize this? (i.e: listing fees, booking commission fees, etc)
6. How are you going to differentiate as a marketplace and ensure there is no
platform overlap with other marketplaces?
3
5.
Marketplace Business Models
Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect supply and demand directly and facilitate the exchange of
value, sales, or services directly through their platform.
Business-To-Consumer (B2C) Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect business to consumers directly through their platform.
Business-To-Business (B2B) Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect businesses to other businesses directly through their platform
for the exchange of services, goods, or other value exchange.
Managed Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect businesses to other businesses or businesses to consumers
directly through their platform for the exchange of services, goods, or other value
exchange.
*Note that managed marketplaces typically assume more liability and risk through inventory,
holding costs, etc. Examples of this are both The RealReal and GOAT App with inventory.
4
6.
The Main Marketplace Types
Spaces Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect supply and demand directly and facilitate the exchange of
value, sales, or services directly through their platform.
Services Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect business to consumers directly through their platform.
Products or Goods Marketplaces
Marketplaces that connect businesses to other businesses directly through their platform
for the exchange of services, goods, or other value exchange.
The following are common core marketplace functionality and features required for
spaces marketplaces:
1. User accounts
2. User listing creation and managements
3. Basic availability and scheduling management
4. Location based search and listing discovery based on location
5. User to user messaging on platform
6. Booking request and transaction processes
7. Booking management
8. Booking reviews
The following are common core marketplace functionality and features required for
services (physical or virtual delivery) marketplaces:
1. User accounts
2. User listing creation and managements
3. Basic availability and scheduling management
5
7.
4. Location based search and listing discovery based on location
5. User to user messaging on platform
6. Booking request and transaction processes
7. Booking management
8. Booking reviews
The following are common core marketplace functionality and features required for
products & goods marketplaces (physical & digital) marketplaces:
1. User accounts
2. User listing creation and managements
3. Basic availability and scheduling management
4. Location based search and listing discovery based on location
5. User to user messaging on platform
6. Booking request and transaction processes
7. Booking management
8. Booking reviews
6
8.
Why No Code?
Marketplaces are generally speaking businesses that do not leverage proprietary
technology or require new user experiences, functionality, or operational capabilities.
Given that, marketplaces are uniquely positioned to leverage no code platforms that are
specifically built to allow you to take your idea to a live marketplace using little to no code.
The Main Benefits
+ No code is much cheaper and faster than building your marketplace platform from
scratch.
+ Most marketplaces have the same basic functionality requirements, such as
creating a listing, communication between users, and handling bookings and
transactions.
+ There are no code tools and platforms that have productized (and modularized)
basic marketplace functionality. This allows you to leverage all of these basic
mechanics, functionality, and features to build a marketplace and customize it for
your specific use case.
+ Using additional customizations, tools, and even integrations, can also create
additional features on top of the existing feature sets of these no code marketplace
platforms and provide for a more custom user experience for yours.
+ No code tools and platforms also allow you to operate, iterate, and support your
marketplace using minimal time and resources.
+ Before no code, building and running an online marketplace was typically capital
intensive, but has now been made possible in a more resourceful way with no code
platforms.
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The Drawbacks
While no code is much cheaper and faster then building your marketplace platform from
scratch, it does have some limitations.
- There is still a learning curve to building your marketplace, launching it, getting
users, traction, and supporting it within the constraints of a no code marketplace
platform.
- As with most platforms & tools, there are also some feature, functionality, and
customization constraints that you might face once you get real users transacting
through your marketplace.
- If initial limitations are not an issue at the earliest stages of your marketplace, they
might be more realized as your marketplace starts to gain more traction, your users
require more advanced functionality, and your marketplace would be better with
more custom marketplace workflows, along with a better user experience.
- There are also costs to using no code platforms and tools that can scale in
proportion to your marketplace business as it begins to scale.
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The Most Common No Code Marketplace
Platforms
Sharetribe
Sharetribe is a marketplace specific platform that allows you to take your idea to a live
marketplace without code. Sharetribe emphasizes that it is used by 1,000+ marketplaces
that are live and is a solution that allows you to go from idea to scale using it’s Go and Flex
offerings.
Bubble
Bubble is a code-free programming language that lets you build interactive, multi-user
apps for desktop and mobile web browsers without engineers. It emphasizes total design
freedom with a drag and drop editor, robust and scalable infrastructure for hosting, and
collaboration as benefits on it’s website.
Webflow
Webflow provides you with the power to design, build, and launch responsive websites
visually, while writing clean, semantic code for you. It emphasizes the ability to quickly
build well-designed websites, launch, and scale as distinguishing features on it’s website.
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The Considerations & Decision Making Factors
For Building A No Code Marketplace
The primary considerations with building a marketplace using no code are your skills, your
resources available (developer for customizations if you’re not technical), your timeline,
and budget. In addition to these are the business requirements to factor in when choosing
the right platform that are shown below, such as marketplace business model, the
marketplace type, required functionality, etc.
Sharetribe
Go
Sharetribe
Flex
Bubble Webflo
w
Basics
Monthly pricing Starts at
$79
Starts at
$299
Starts
at $29
Starts at
$35
Marketplace specific? ✔ ✔
Customizations with third-party
integrations possible?
✔ ✔ ✔
Marketplace Business Types
Peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces ✔ ✔
Business-to-consumer (B2C)
marketplaces
✔ ✔ ✔
Business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces ✔ ✔
Managed marketplaces ✔ ✔
Marketplace Types
Spaces marketplaces (Airbnb, Hipcamp) ✔ ✔ ✔
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Developer support? ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔* denotes possible with custom development and potentially requiring tool integration. Note
that for Bubble, some of these are embedded within the Bubble platform ( i.e: user accounts &
management, listings & management, location & keyword search, etc) and can be customized
within Bubble through the data tabs, thus might not require external plugins or third-party tool
integrations.
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Sharetribe In More Detail
What Is It Ideal For?
Sharetribe is the ideal solution for building peer-to-peer marketplaces that connect supply
and demand directly and facilitate the rental of spaces, booking services, or selling physical
goods to other users directly through their platform.
What Are The Options When Building With Sharetribe?
Sharetribe has two products they offer for those looking to build and launch and online
marketplace based on the required functionality and customization possibilities:
Sharetribe Go
Create a peer-to-peer marketplace like Airbnb, eBay, or Fiverr and make money while
your users book spaces, services, or sell physical goods & products. Using Sharetribe Go,
you can build and launch your fully functional marketplace without any code.
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Sharetribe Flex
Take your peer-to-peer marketplace business to the next level (web &/or mobile) using
Sharetribe’s Flex solution. Build a more custom user interface, features, and specific
marketplace functionality on top of Sharetribe’s Flex API. Sharetribe Flex is a marketplace
backend-as-a-service and requires using and customizing their front end web templates,
which they refer to as Flex Templates for Web (FTW).
The Sharetribe Go Or Sharetribe Flex Decision Matrix
Basics Sharetribe
Go
Sharetribe
Flex
Monthly price Starting at
$79
Staring at
$299
Support & Updates Included ✔
Front-End Hosting Included ✔
Backend Hosting included ✔ ✔
Custom Development/Skills Required? No ✔
API Integrations Possible? ✔
Customer support ✔ (backend
only)
Marketplace Types
Selling physical products ✔
Offering & booking services ✔ ✔
Selling tickets ✔ ✔
Listing & offering free goods, products, services, etc. ✔
Marketplace Functionality
User accounts & management ✔ ✔
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User listings & management ✔ ✔
Location & keyword search ✔ ✔
Bookings & transactions ✔ ✔
Platform payments ✔ ✔
PayPal integration for payments ✔
Stripe integration for payments ✔ ✔
Reviews ✔ ✔
User accounts & management ✔ ✔
Booking Calendar ✔
Multiple-languages ✔
Third-party integrations ✔
Customizable transaction process & workflow ✔
Possible to build native app experience ✔
Included Saas Services
Location search ✔
Email notifications ✔
Server, error, and status monitoring ✔ (backend)
Sharetribe Examples
www.shopuni.io (Sharetribe Go)
www.tribehire.io (Sharetribe Go + custom landing pages)
www.studiotime.io (Sharetribe Flex extensively customized) (Founder interview &
insights)
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Bubble In More Detail
What Is It Ideal For?
Bubble is an ideal platform for marketplaces that connect businesses to consumers (B2C)
directly through their platform. It is not the best-suited option for peer-to-peer (P2P)
marketplaces (where Sharetribe is ideal) or managed marketplaces that don’t require
backend functionality (where Webflow is ideal).
What Are The Options When Building With Bubble?
When building with Bubble, you can utilize pre-existing templates to get started building
from, or even jump into a blank project and build a fully-customized user experience and
workflows. Bubble is a no code platform in itself, but specific marketplace functionality
might require plugins (payments, reviews, etc) and most Bubble marketplaces also
require extensive customization in order to achieve their specific marketplace
functionality.
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Webflow In More Detail
What Is It Ideal For?
Webflow is ideal for marketplaces that connect businesses to other businesses (B2B)
directly through their platform. Also, other marketplaces that benefit from a
well-designed and custom user experience without complex backend functionality
required.
What Are The Options When Building With Webflow?
Just like when building with Bubble, you can utilize pre-existing themes to get started
building from, or even jump into a new project and build a fully-customized user
experience and their CMS capabilities. Webflow is a no code platform in itself, it does
typically require other no code tool & platform integrations in order to achieve
marketplace functionality, which is most common with Airtable (user database &
management), Jetboost (search), Zapier (integrations & notifications), and MemberStack
(user accounts, subscription, etc).
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Operating No Code Marketplaces
Operating a no code marketplace business has its own unique operational requirements
as a business. Unlike a SaaS tool, a marketplace connects two parties for the exchange of
value or services, so there is a virtual or in-person interaction that originates from your
online marketplace. With that in mind, there are a few factors to consider and prioritize:
● Operator functionality that’s required for your marketplace via an admin panel:
○ User management
○ Listing management
○ Transaction management
○ Payments management
○ Review management
● Understanding potential points of friction & high touch for custom support
(pre-authorized bookings, payment, cancellations, etc)
● If you’re non-technical, having a product and technical resource available to help
you understand potential improvements, integrations, and customizations if your
marketplace requires more customized functionality and workflows as it scales
(common with Sharetribe Flex, Bubble, & custom Webflow marketplaces).
● Understanding the potential increased costs for no code tools & platforms as your
marketplace begins to scale.
*Note that if you are bootstrapping and less than a year old as a business, most tools &
platforms will offer some sort of bootstrap or early-stage startup discount.
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Overcoming Potential No Code Limitations &
Customizing Your Marketplace-Specific To It’s
Requirements & Workflows
As your marketplace begins to build liquidity and scale, it will most likely require more
customized workflows & features. Given that your marketplace is built using no code, it
might not initially be possible to customize and add these requirements using just an out
of the box platform like Sharetribe Go, A Sharetribe Flex FTW, Bubble templates, or basic
Webflow build. While most of the platforms covered in this guide allow for third-party
integrations, there are also creative ways to “integrate” other tools or platforms to
creatively build out additional functionality and a better user experience.
An example of this is using a landing page builder, such as Instapage, Carrd, or even
Webflow to build static pages and host landing pages (homepage, why page, etc) on a top
level domain (i.e: www.studiotime.io) and then having the core marketplace functionality
(user accounts, listings, bookings payments, reviews, etc) on a subdomain such as
app.studiotime.io. This is how we creatively build a better user experience, built
subscription functionality, and were able to scale Studiotime from initial MVP to six-figure
revenue without coding and able to operate the company with under $500/month in
expenses.
Using creative workarounds, integrations, and even low code customizations to these no
code platforms is very common now and most (if not all) examples of live and successful
marketplaces provided as examples above do this.
The following are common Sharetribe Go & Flex integrations and customizations:
● Instapage, Carrd, or Webflow for custom landing pages on top-level domain and
core marketplace on subdomain and Sharetribe.
● Chargebee and Stripe used for subscription functionality
● Calendly used for calendar integrations on Sharetribe Go
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The following are common Bubble customizations:
● User accounts & management
● User-to-user messaging with real-time notifications
● Customized marketplace transactions processes & workflows
● Stripe integrations for payment gateway
● User reviews
● Custom admin panels
*A note on the above is that these customizations for Bubble might require significant
customization and/or potentially require plugins.
The are common Webflow customizations:
● Airtable and Zapier for user, listings, and reviews database. Zapier automates
populating via Webflow CMS.
● Parabola to synch data between tools and platforms
● Jetboost to filter and search data
● Airtable, Zapier, and email system for automating sales,
● Memberstack to monetize via paid memberships, subscriptions, hiding specific
content or pages, etc.
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Founder Insights From Those Running
Successful No Code Marketplaces
Studiotime
www.studiotime.io
No code marketplace stack: Sharetribe Flex, Twilio, Chargebee, Instapage, & Stripe
Answering my own founder and operator questions as the founder of Studiotime
(6/26/20)
How did you specifically benefit from using no & low code to take your idea to live
marketplace?
“The original story of Studiotime is that I basically had the idea in an evening after seeing
friends text each other asking about music studios and thinking that there was already an
“Airbnb for music studios”. I did a quick search and to my surprise there wasn’t. With this
in mind, I came across Sharetribe when it was in the early days and quickly learned how to
use it to build the MVP, customize it, onboard initial supply (via Craiglist manual
outreach), and launch on Product Hunt. The rest is sort of history as it quickly generated
quite a bit of traction, I focused on building supply, and we had 1k+ music studios,
generated six-figure revenue, and soon became the largest online marketplace for music
studios in the world (now 35+ countries). Without finding Sharetribe and using other no
code tools, I would not have been able to quickly build, launch, and test an idea without a
substantial time and cost investment. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have even built
and launched it.”
What are your approximate monthly costs?
“For the first few years Studiotime was built on Sharetribe Go, custom landing pages, and
used a few no code tools for integration to help automate processes, workflows, and
support. The total costs were under $500/month.
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Since we migrated to a more customized marketplace that’s built using Sharetribe Flex,
our costs have increased but remain relatively low at under $1k/month for all of our tools,
services, and any minor development needs.”
The Shoot
www.theshoot.io
No code marketplace stack: Sharetribe Flex, Stripe, Relevance, Twilio, Chargebee, &
Unbounce
Interview with Fiona, Co-founder (6/26/20)
How did you specifically benefit from using no & low code to take your idea to live
marketplace?
“We were able to take our vision to launch in around 4 weeks, at a cost of around $4,500.
To provide some context, I am a UX designer so I spent a few weeks before this, designing
the wireframes and user journeys for the website. Neither me, nor my co-founder are
technical so we employed developers in Vietnam to do the additional development work
and build the marketplace-specific customizations for our Sharetribe marketplace. They
were fantastic and completed the work within a month. We were also able to bootstrap
our marketplace whilst remaining in full-time employment.”
What are your approximate monthly costs?
“Our monthly costs are roughly in the region of $1,350/month. This includes the cost of
hosting, new marketplace-specific customizations & features (ongoing development), and
all tool and platform subscriptions.”
Are there any specific insights you’d like to share?
“I think no and low code tools are fantastic for building out your MVP. They allow you to
set up a marketplace very quickly, launch, and get initial validation of your business idea. I
would also encourage people to use them if they want something which is not too far from
the out of the box templates for their marketplace type. They can be restrictive in terms of
what you can and can’t build with them, but you can customize them for your specific
marketplace needs. If you are looking to make major customizations, I would recommend
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costing them out and weighing up whether it’s better to invest in a fully custom build or
ideally leverage no and low code tools and platforms.”
Dwellito
www.dwellito.com
No code marketplace stack: Webflow, Parabola, Airtable, Zapier, Google Sheets
Interview with Caleb Barclay, Founder (6/29/20)
How did you specifically benefit from using no & low code to take your idea to live
marketplace?
“Like many other founders, the idea of my company Dwellito started from a personal
journey towards finding a backyard guesthouse that I could use as a rental income. As I did
my due diligence of all the top 10 companies that I was considering, I started to see the
value in the list I had created. A close friend had built a robust CMS in Webflow and I
wanted to learn Webflow, so this project was the guinea pig. Webflow’s CMS allowed me
to spin up all the data that I had collected into a site, in a matter of hours. No joke, this is a
significant competitive advantage of nocode: testing ideas in a fraction of the time. I
wouldn’t have tried out this concept had it not been for Webflow’s CMS. The low cost of
maintenance gives the platform another edge - not just the cost of Webflow but more so
the ability to test multiple ideas around monetization, user experience, and site
performance, on a weekly basis.”
What are your approximate monthly costs?
“The monthly breakdown for our costs are:
● Zapier: $50/mo
● Airtable: $20/mo
● Parabola: $5/mo
● Acuity: $15/mo
● Webflow: $16/mo (CMS plan)
This puts the monthly total to run Dwellito at about $106/month.”
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Are there any specific insights you’d like to share?
“I would encourage people that are looking to build the next bootstrap marketplace to
first define what their marketplace needs are, then reference existing nocode
marketplaces to find out how they were built. Webflow has limitations and there are
probably over 15 different ways the site could have been built. It’s great to look into the
constraints of the platform and ask yourself how do you want to manage customers, how
do you want to manage payment, how do you want to automate, how do you process
updates for the suppliers, and so on. With Dwellito, customers are looking to purchase a
home online so there are fewer transactions, but larger purchases. The strategy is 100%
around improving the customer experience on the site; fewer suppliers but better
presented data.”
Unicorn Factory
www.unicornfactory.nz
No code marketplace stack: Webflow, Parabola, Airtable, Zapier, Memberstack, Jetboost
Interview with Connor Finlayson, Founder (6/28/20)
How did you specifically benefit from using no & low code to take your idea to live
marketplace?
“I can't code, so being able to use No Code tools was really a game-changer that allowed
me to spin up an online marketplace. When I started building Unicorn Factory, I just
wanted to build a super simple directory without any automation or databases. Webflow
allowed me to do just that. Beyond that, discovering other No Code tools and problems I
had. For example, when I wanted to automate some of my workflows, I came across
Zapier. When I needed to have a database to store all the information in one place, I
discovered Airtable. When I wanted to monetize the platform I found and started using
Memberstack. Now, we have such a huge range of No-Code tools that really solve a lot of
use cases you will come across when building an online marketplace. The big
breakthrough for me was learning how to build within the limitations of the tools and my
skill set.”
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What are your approximate monthly costs?
“My monthly costs can be broken down as:
● Webflow Hosting $25/month
● Webflow Account $25/month
● Zapier $89/month
● Parabola $16/month
● Integromat $9/month
● Memberstack $25/month + Transaction Fee
● Jetboost $9/month
● Airtable $24/month
● Convertkit $49/month
That’s the tool stack and all costs to run Unicorn Factory.”
Are there any specific insights you’d like to share?
“I often get asked for templates for others to build a marketplace similar to Unicorn
Factory. For anyone out there that’s thinking about starting their own marketplace, I
would actually advise against using shortcuts when trying to figure out how to set up your
own marketplace. The only reason I am as comfortable as I am with all of these tools is
because I invested the time to thoroughly learn them all. Even though it might take it a bit
longer to get your MVP up and running, taking this approach will pay huge dividends down
the road. Now, I am a lot more comfortable with adding new features and fixing bugs
myself. That is something you won't experience when you get someone to do a bulk of the
work upfront for you.
For me, No Code is not so much about the tools you use. For me, it's about being able to
build online products independently. Unfortunately, there is no template or shortcut out
there that will give you this independence. You just have to invest the time into learning it
all.”
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Summary
Since marketplaces (generally speaking) share similar requirements that have been
standardized, templatized, and productized, they are uniquely positioned to leverage no
code. Most marketplace business ideas can be quickly built using Sharetribe, Bubble, or
Webflow to have a live and functional user experience that allows you to quickly take
your idea to market, generate some initial traction, and hopefully validate your
marketplace business.
In addition to this, you can think of no code as reducing the time, costs, and risks of
pursuing your marketplace idea. You will be able to quickly get real market feedback,
signalling, and know what the next steps are in scaling your marketplace.
While there are some completely no code marketplaces that are generating six-figure
revenue per year, most marketplaces that are built using no code tools and platforms that
are at some sense of substantial revenue and true scale have been extensively customized
(using custom development), integrations, and have more specific workflows. This isn’t to
say they are not no code, but they are highly-customized no code marketplaces. By using
and staying on no code tools and platforms, you can spend less time and resources on
development and instead focus on every other aspect of building and running your
marketplace business (like marketing, support, etc).
This guide is meant to be a deep dive into no code marketplaces and provide options, a
framework for fitting your idea into, and learning if you can leverage a no code tool or
platform to quickly take your idea to market. It is not prescriptive advice, but hopefully
serves as a resource that can save you lots of research, time, and money when looking into
using no code for your marketplace.
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Resources
Everything Marketplaces no code marketplace resources:
● The no code marketplace toolkit & deals (30% off Bubble and other no code tools is
available for all Everything Marketplaces members)
● No code marketplace examples directory
● The ultimate Sharetribe doc with step-by-step tutorials, demos, examples,
resources, & common customization scripts
● + More on your members resources section
Other recommended marketplace resources:
● Lenny’s Newsletter
● Version One Ventures “The Guide To Marketplaces” (what inspired this no code
version)
Note that I did include affiliate links in this guide. Since I’ve spent a considerable amount
of time creating this guide and am making it accessible to everyone for free, I would
appreciate anyone that wants to use any of these tools or platforms to use the affiliate
links for Sharetribe, Bubble, or Webflow. This helps me continue to create valuable
content that I offer for free and make available to everyone.
These links once again are (hyperlinked) Sharetribe, Bubble, and Webflow.
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