How to start a services marketplace: connect buyers and sellers and earn on every order
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Customers pick what they want
- 2They pay by card at checkout
- 3The order lands with you
A services marketplace lets buyers find and pay people who do work, such as designers, tutors, cleaners or tradespeople. The marketplace takes a fee on every order and pays the seller the rest. You can launch one under your own brand without building the payments side yourself.
How the money flows
- A buyer picks a seller and pays for the order on your platform.
- Your platform keeps its fee.
- The seller is paid out automatically.
Pick a niche
General marketplaces are crowded. A marketplace for one trade, one city or one community, such as wedding suppliers, local tutors or translators for a particular language, is easier to fill with good sellers and easier for buyers to trust.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
Solve the chicken-and-egg problem
Most new marketplaces start by signing up sellers first, often by hand, so buyers find a full catalogue on day one. Starting in one place or niche and growing out from there usually works better than launching everywhere at once.
Launching on SendPay
You can build and preview the SendPay Services Marketplace free, then launch when you are ready. Buyers hire sellers, you take a fee on every order, and sellers are paid out automatically. Payments are powered by licensed partners, and SendPay tells you in writing what applies before you launch.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
Why sign up
Create your free SendPay account
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- 🪪A free business accountOpen it in about a minute with your business name, email, password and mobile. No card and no documents to start.
- 💳Get paid from day oneTake card payments, and share your own payment link and invoices so customers pay in a click.
- 🌐A free business websiteFree to build, free to publish and free to keep, with unlimited visits.
- 🚀Your own financial platformDesign and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
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Questions people ask
What would a marketplace earn?
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This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.