We build the platform where others do business
Two types of users, split payments, automatic commissions and the trust that makes strangers buy from each other. We build complete marketplaces — and help you avoid the mistake that kills 90%.
The most powerful business model — and the easiest to build wrong
A well-built marketplace is a machine: you don't sell the product or deliver the service — you earn a commission by connecting those who offer with those who seek.
You know a sector where supply and demand connect poorly
Professionals who can't find clients, clients who can't find trustworthy professionals — and you see the bridge.
You already connect both sides manually
Via WhatsApp, Instagram, a spreadsheet. You charge (or could charge) for intermediating, but everything depends on you.
You want the Airbnb / Uber model for your niche
Bookings, services, rentals, talent: the pattern works in verticals when built with judgment.
You have a half-built marketplace
It doesn't process payments well, doesn't scale or lost its developer. We audit it and tell you exactly what needs to be fixed.
Does your model have a single type of user paying a subscription to use a tool? That's a SaaS — better to build it as such. Ver desarrollo de SaaS →
The four traps that bury 90% of marketplaces
Building both sides completely before validating one
Profiles, chat, reviews, mobile app, loyalty program... and zero users. A marketplace launches with the minimum flow that allows a real transaction — everything else earns the right to exist with data.
Ignoring the chicken-and-egg problem
Without supply, demand doesn't come; without demand, supply leaves. It's not solved with more features: it's solved with launch strategy — start with one side, one niche, one city.
Doing split payments manually
Charging yourself and then transferring to the seller works for two weeks. Then come the claims, accounting errors and legal issues. Stripe Connect is the technical heart — and the first thing cheap development improvises.
Forgetting you're selling trust
Two strangers are going to exchange money through your platform. Without verification, reviews and a clear dispute flow, the first bad experience takes both users — and those who would have come after.
Our job is not just to program your marketplace.
It's to make sure the decisions about what to build, in what order and for which side of the market are right from day one. A poorly built marketplace doesn't just fail you — it fails your sellers with their money.
Everything a two-sided platform needs to operate and charge
Two experiences, one platform
Differentiated profiles and panels for those who offer and those who hire. Each side sees exactly what they need.
Listings and catalog
Services, products or spaces with photos, prices, availability and everything your vertical requires. Self-managed by sellers.
Split payments with automatic commission
Stripe Connect: the customer pays, the seller receives their share and your commission stays with you — automatic, traceable and compliant.
Search and discovery
Filters, categories and sorting designed for your niche. In a marketplace, finding fast IS the product.
Built-in trust
Reviews and ratings, verifiable profiles and claim flows. The infrastructure that makes strangers willing to transact.
Complete admin panel
Users, listings, transactions, commissions and moderation from one screen.
Notifications and communication
Automatic emails and alerts at each step: nobody is left waiting without knowing what happened.
Marketplace stack
Laravel for the two-sided logic and transactions, Stripe Connect for split payments, React/Inertia for a fast experience on both profiles, PostgreSQL for data. It's the stack we already have marketplaces earning commissions in production with — not an experiment.
From business model to first real transactions
We validate the business model
Week 1Who pays the commission? How much? Why would both sides stay? If the model has cracks, we find them before building.
We design both experiences
Weeks 2–3Seller flows, buyer flows and the point where they meet.
We build the transactional MVP
According to scopeThe minimum for a real transaction to happen end-to-end: list, find, pay, fulfill, review.
We launch with a kickstart strategy
MVP closeFirst one side, a defined niche, curated supply by hand if needed.
We scale what data demands
Post-launchInternal chat, installable app (PWA), new categories: each feature is built when transactions justify it.
Real ranges, no surprises
What moves the price: the complexity of the transaction flow, the billing model (commission, seller subscriptions or both), your vertical's verifications and external integrations.
Marketplace MVP
8,000 – 15,000 USD
Complete transactional flow: both-side profiles, listings, payments with commission, admin panel.
Full marketplace
15,000 – 25,000+ USD
Advanced search, reviews, verification, notifications, seller tools, moderation.
Evolution and scale
Monthly or by phase
New features based on what your real transactions demand.
Existing marketplace audit
1,300 USD (fixed)
Code, security and payments diagnosis with action plan.
Rebuilding a platform with active users and ongoing payments is the most expensive scenario that exists. Doing it right the first time isn't perfectionism: it's math.
Marketplaces and platforms we built
Service marketplace
🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicProfessionals who needed to list their services and clients who needed to hire them with confidence. Full marketplace with profiles, Stripe-integrated payments and admin panel.
Laravel · Stripe Connect · Inertia
- Self-managed profiles
- Automatic commission payments
- Complete admin panel
Jobu
🇺🇸 United StatesJob marketplace where candidates and companies connect. Profiles, job listings, advanced filters and smart matching.
React · Laravel · PostgreSQL
- 100,000+ CVs analyzed
- Users in 15 countries
- MVP in 6 weeks
Also: tourism platforms with bookings and payments in 3 languages, systems handling 200K concurrent users without downtime. The mechanics of connecting, charging and scaling are solved.
Why build your marketplace with Nebula
We already solved the hard parts
Split payments, automatic commissions, two types of users coexisting: we have it working in production with real money. Your project is not our experiment.
We think about the business, not just the platform
We'll tell you if your commission is viable, if your vertical needs verification, which side of the market to start with. A marketplace is 50% software and 50% launch strategy.
You talk to the people who code
No intermediaries. Product decisions with you, in your language, in your time zone — clients in Spain, the United States and Latin America.
The code is yours and prices are public
Your own repository from day one and ranges visible before the first call. No 'write to us for a quote'.
Frequently asked questions about marketplace development
Your marketplace starts with 30 minutes of honesty
We don't work with all models. In a call we analyze your idea, tell you if the commission model holds, what risks your vertical has and what the right MVP would be.
Evaluate my marketplaceNo commitment · You talk directly with the technical team · You've already seen the prices above.
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