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Marketplace MVP

We launch marketplace MVPs that validate the business, not slideware: the vendor core, payments, first sellers and real transactions live in about 10 weeks at a fixed price. Scale comes after the market says yes.

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Marketplace MVP

The MVP discipline: prove liquidity, not features

A marketplace MVP has exactly one job: prove that supply and demand will transact on your platform. Every feature that does not serve that proof, loyalty points, native apps, elaborate dashboards, is budget burned before the only question that matters gets answered.

The discipline pays twice. First, you learn in weeks what a full build teaches in a year. Second, the core we build is production-grade, not a throwaway prototype: when validation lands, you extend, you do not restart. That is the difference between an MVP and a demo.

What we deliver

01MVP scope discipline: the Blueprint decides what ships first
02Vendor core: sellers, offers, orders, payouts
03Payments with splits from day one
04Onboarding flow for the first cohort of sellers
05A scale path: what gets built after validation

Analytics

last 30 days

Revenue

€96 480

▲ +18%
Online store68%
Kaufland22%
Allegro10%
uptime 99.98%next sprint: B2B module

How we do it

01

Scope-cutting Blueprint

One buyer persona, one vendor type, one transaction loop, everything else is explicitly deferred.

02

Production-grade core

Real vendors, real payments with splits, real orders. Small scope, no shortcuts on the money path.

03

Validation dashboard

The handful of metrics that answer go or no-go, watched together weekly.

When it makes sense

01

You have supply and demand access, but no platform yet

02

Investors want traction, not another deck

03

You want to test the model before committing a year of budget

Search-first materials marketplace for architects, built by SeedlightSee it in practiceA samples marketplace: one search, one box, next morning10 weeks · to a live marketplace mvp

FAQ

Marketplace MVP

What if validation says no?

Then the MVP saved you a year of budget, and its learnings usually point at an adjacent model worth testing. That is a success of the method, not a failure.

Can we raise funding on the MVP?

Real transactions and cohort metrics beat any deck. Investors see a working loop, and the fixed-price build shows capital discipline.

What makes it an MVP and not a toy?

Real vendors, real payments and real orders, but only the features validation needs. The discipline of cutting comes from the Blueprint, not from optimism.

What does a marketplace MVP cost?

A fixed price for a defined scope after the Blueprint. You know the full number before development starts, no burn-rate surprises.

What happens after validation?

The platform is built to extend: the MVP core stays, and Feature Sprints add depth (more categories, logistics, analytics) where traction shows.

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