Technologies to power your platform
Marketplaces are technically complex websites. Here’s what to consider when choosing your approach to building a marketplace platform.
Platform technology
Marketplace payments: The complete guide
What are the best payment service providers for online marketplaces? In this article series, we identify the most relevant payment service providers for online marketplaces.
by Juho Makkonen
Building a Minimum Viable Platform
Don’t invest your time and money in building a marketplace website nobody uses. Here’s how you can mitigate the risks, save thousands of dollars, and build a lovable marketplace platform iteratively.
Starting a marketplace
Platform technology
Marketplace software: How to compare and choose the best solution
There are dozens of online marketplace software alternatives to choose from. Learn how to make the right choice for your marketplace idea.
by Sjoerd Handgraaf
Platform technology
How to design the booking flow of your service marketplace
How ten well-known marketplaces match supply and demand, and how to pick the right approach for you.
by Juho Makkonen
Starting a marketplace
Platform technology
Your marketplace MVP – How to build a Minimum Viable Platform
What you should focus on when you’re creating the first version of your marketplace platform.
by Cristóbal Gracia
Marketplace UX principles
The marketplace user experience differs from traditional eCommerce websites in many ways. In a competitive landscape, users are quick to abandon platforms where they can’t find what they’re looking for or have a hard time navigating the booking flow. Here are the most important principles of designing lovable marketplace websites.
Platform technology
Online marketplace design: the 5 principles of a great marketplace UX
Five key online marketplace design principles and tons of practical tips and examples. Courtesy of marketplace UX designer Fiona MacDougall.
by Fiona MacDougall
Platform technology
How to design your marketplace transaction flow
The science behind minimal abandoned carts for marketplace platforms.
by Juho Makkonen
Platform technology
The marketplace search engine: How to help your customers find what they’re looking for
Your success depends on demand finding its way to supply. Here’s how to make it happen.
by Juho Makkonen
Navigating marketplace payments
Transactions on a marketplace are about as difficult as online payments get. In addition to questions about payment security and user experience, you’ll face a legal jungle that keeps changing as online payment regulation evolves. Luckily, a marketplace founder no longer needs to deal with building a marketplace payment feature from scratch. Here’s a complete guide to navigating marketplace payments.
Platform technology
How to build a multi-vendor shopping cart
Learn if your marketplace needs a multi-vendor shopping cart. And if it does, how to build one.
by Juho Makkonen
Platform technology
What are the key features of marketplace payment solutions?
There are a number of specific payment features marketplaces need from a payment service provider. This article compares the key features from four prominent PSPs: PayPal, Stripe, Adyen, and MANGOPAY.
by Juho Makkonen
Platform technology
Marketplace payments – Costs, integration, and more things to consider
When you are choosing a payment service provider, payment costs, ease of integration, and quality of customer service are important things to consider. In this article, we discuss how PayPal, Stripe, Adyen, and MANGOPAY compare in these aspects.
by Juho Makkonen
Platform technology
Marketplace payments: The complete guide
What are the best payment service providers for online marketplaces? In this article series, we identify the most relevant payment service providers for online marketplaces.
by Juho Makkonen
More on marketplace technologies
More insights on building powerful online marketplace platforms.
Marketing & growth
Platform technology
Weave SEO into your marketplace right from the start – An interview with Michael Caldwell
Michael Caldwell shares how to take both users and search engines into account when creating your website.
by Katri Antikainen & Mira Muurinen
Marketing & growth
Platform technology
SEO can drastically improve a marketplace’s bottom line – An interview with Mike van der Heijden
Mike van der Heijden shares how investing in SEO can considerably increase a marketplace’s traffic and valuation.
by Katri Antikainen & Mira Muurinen
Platform technology
How to build a multi-vendor shopping cart
Learn if your marketplace needs a multi-vendor shopping cart. And if it does, how to build one.
by Juho Makkonen
Platform technology
Marketing & growth
Technical SEO for marketplaces
This article introduces the basics of technical SEO and suggests ways to tackle common technical marketplace SEO issues.
by Mira Muurinen
Marketing & growth
Platform technology
Opportunities and challenges of marketplace SEO
How to avoid common marketplace SEO pitfalls – and tap into the unique opportunities.
by Mira Muurinen
Marketing & growth
Platform technology
Marketplace SEO: the complete guide
Get a comprehensive introduction to the world of SEO, tailored specifically to online marketplaces.
by Mira Muurinen
Platform technology
A guide to B2B marketplace payments
B2B marketplaces have unique challenges when it comes to payments. Here's how you can solve them.
by Natalia Dinsmore
Platform technology
What do PSD2 and SCA mean for marketplaces?
Prepare your marketplace for Strong customer authentication (SCA). Here's what you should know about implementing 3D Secure 2 to comply with European payment regulation in 2019.
by Mira Muurinen
Platform technology
Marketplace financial crime – how to avoid the risks
Marketplaces can find themselves particularly at risk of financial crime. What specifically can happen on a marketplace – and how to avoid it?
by Danielle Herndon