Marketplace software for developers
Sharetribe Flex is a headless marketplace solution that makes marketplace development fast and enjoyable.
Why develop with Flex
Once you've tried Flex,
you will never want to build a marketplace from scratch again.
Build marketplaces fast
With Flex, building a custom marketplace takes a fraction of the time required to build it from scratch.
Focus on what is unique
Don't waste time building yet another signup process, search engine, or admin panel. Focus on the unique requirements of your customers.
Enjoy development
Beautiful templates, event architecture, integration APIs, powerful developer tooling and extensive documentation make building with Flex a breeze.
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Help founders build custom marketplaces powered by Sharetribe Flex.
How developing with Flex works
Build an online marketplace the way they should be built.
Leverage the benefits of headless software
Don't worry about building your own APIs, workers or search indexes, or fret over infrastructure and maintenance. You can focus on creating a unique design and workflow. Get started with one of Flex Templates for Web, or build your own custom user interface with the tech stack of your choice.
Design your own data schema
With Flex Extended Data, you can store any type of structured data on your users, listings, and transactions. Have multiple types of users, let them offer any types of products or services, and make it easy for the users to search and filter based on your custom data schema.
Create complex transaction processes
Flex's transaction engine lets you design a fully unique transaction process. Complete with payments, calendar booking, stock and shipping management, complex pricing logic, reviews, email notifications, and more. Using it feels almost like drawing a flowchart and getting back an API based on your drawing. The transaction process definition is versioned, so you can run multiple processes and process versions at the same time.
Extend indefinitely
Flex Integration API, event architecture and Single Sign-On capability make it easy for you to connect to any third party software or plug in your custom backend. There's no limit to how much you can extend your platform. No matter what feature you need, you can always build that on top of Flex.
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Everything you need to succeed
All the tooling, documentation, and support you need to enjoy development.
Customizable front-end templates
Flex's open-source React templates get you a fully functional marketplace up and running in minutes.
Well-documented APIs
The Flex APIs are powerful, intuitive, and well-documented, with plenty of code examples.
Intuitive SDK
The Flex Javascript SDK makes calling Flex APIs easy. It handles authentication, data serialization, and other groundwork.
Powerful command line interface
Configuring things like search schema and transaction process versions is effortless with the Flex CLI.
Beautiful design templates
Sketch, Figma & Adobe XD templates make building unique user interfaces enjoyable.
Comprehensive docs and tutorials
Flex's open-source React templates get you a fully functional marketplace up and running in minutes.
Direct access to engineering support
If you have any questions, you can email us and get a response directly from the engineers who built Flex.
Global developer community
Join a global community of 1,000+ developers building marketplaces in a new way.
Start building your unique marketplace
- Fully customizable front-end
- Easily extendable feature set
- Infinitely scalable architecture