The Complete Guide to eCommerce Development 2024

Online Marketplace Development in 100 Days

Build your online marketplace with our feature-rich, mobile friendly, engaging eCommerce solutions. We know how to launch, optimize and scale your eCommerce marketplace platform globally. Simply do business, we'll take care of the rest!

Online Marketplace Development Services

Architecture design
Based on market research and your business idea we will provide a technical specification for a marketplace that your users will love. 
Marketplace MVP development
Start selling your goods and services immediately. We will launch MVP to prove your concept and develop additional functionality as your project grows.
E-commerce hosting
Looking for an IT-partner to support your infrastructure. We act as a managed service provider and offer infrastructure and hosting solutions built for eCommerce businesses.
System Integration
We integrate marketplaces with ERP and CRM systems, payment gateways, shipping services, and marketing tools to automate routing works and improve customer management.
Marketplace web app development
We create engaging, fast, and secure marketplaces for B2B, B2C, and D2C. End-to-end development and support of your IT-business needs. 
Mobile marketplace development
We provide mobile users with a seamless shopping experience regardless of their device, screen resolution, and operating system.
UI/UX design
Improve customer experience with us. We will create unique design of your marketplace from homepage to checkout based on UI/UX trends. 
Quality assurance
We build reliable and bug-free marketplace apps. For running projects we carry out code reviews and performance audits.

Types of Marketplaces

Selling online has never been easier. Leverage our eCommerce marketplace development expertise to achieve high conversion, intelligent automation, increased security and create a profitable online marketplace for every business model.

Business to Business (B2B)

Start selling your goods and services immediately. Connect with other organizations and do business in one place by syncing your wholesale, payments, catalogs, order management, ERP and CRM systems.

Peer to Peer (P2P)

Focus on software development and growth of your P2P marketplace. Leave storage and delivery to the users and keep upgrading the platform with Simtech professionals.

Business to Consumer (B2C)

Attract your target audience with advanced marketing tools and increase conversion with elaborate customer journey maps and convenient checkout process.

Consumer to Consumer (C2C)

Give every user an opportunity to run their own eCommerce store. Make it easy for them to register and set up the storefront to present their goods.

Product Marketplace

Offer buyers an exceptional user experience, provide sellers with optimized catalog management. Easily control delivery and payment systems and scale your business effortlessly.

Service Marketplace

Build a platform for professionals to expose their skills. Let users search for services and offer them, engage with a reliable messaging system, and rate and review their experience.

NFT Marketplace

Offer buyers an exceptional user experience, provide sellers with optimized catalog management. Easily control delivery and payment systems and scale your business effortlessly.

Multi-vendor

Offer buyers an exceptional user experience, provide sellers with optimized catalog management. Easily control delivery and payment systems and scale your business effortlessly.

Markeplace From Scratch

From business analysis and custom design to the implementation of complex CRM and ERP systems using PHP, Laravel framework and headless approach

Platform-Based Marketplace

Quick launch of MVP for first sales and custom development for complex projects on PHP-based eCommerce platforms including CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor

Omnichannel Marketplace

Automation of business processes and building an unified ecosystem of online and offline sales points

Marketplace Replatforming

Seamless website replatforming from outdated CMS and self-written software to a fully-fledged eCommerce platform without downtime and loss of data

Mobile eCommerce Development

Development of mobile apps, responsive websites and PWA solutions for mobile commerce. Increased sales on all devices

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Marketplace Features

We focus on the customer’s business goals and do not overload the project with unnecessary functions when creating an eCommerce marketplace. The basic features of a two-sided marketplace applies to both buyers and sellers, giving them only the tools they need. We advise you to start marketplace website development with creating a minimum viable product. Additional functionality can be added as your project grows.

For Customers

  • Personal profile
  • Search and filtering
  • Favorites and wishlists
  • Ratings and reviews
  • Shopping cart
  • Order management and history
Marketplace Features for Customers

For Vendors

  • Marketing Tools
  • Shipping Calculators
  • Analytics and reports
  • Products creation
  • Bulk edit
  • Notifications and messaging
  • Price and discount management
  • Tax calculation
Marketplace Features for Vendors

For Admins

  • Account management
  • Vendor onboarding
  • Vendor administration
  • Category and listing management
  • Offers and discounts management
  • Payout management
Marketplace Features for Admins

Online Marketplace Creating Cost

These are typical benchmarks we quoted some of our clients for marketplace development service.
Your project may or may not be similar to the benchmarks below.

Basic

$15K-$25К
Marketplace software license
Configuration of in-built functions and design theme
Integration with payment systems 
Additional functionality of order delivery within selected time frames
Initial server setup

Mid-Market

$50K-$100К
Marketplace software license
Configuration of in-built functions and design theme
Integration with payment  and shipping systems
Additional functionality of setting  a minimum order amount for sellers
Managed VPS or cloud hosting 
Marketplace architecture design 
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Enterprise

$100K-$200K
Marketplace software license
Creation and integration of unique design
Integration with 3rd party services 
Separate registration for individuals and legal entities
Managed VPS or cloud hosting
Marketplace architecture design
Registration and sign in by phone number
Order fulfilment 
Technical support 

Basic

$15K-$25К
Marketplace software license
Configuration of in-built functions and design theme

Mid-Market

$50K-$100К
Marketplace software license
Configuration of in-built functions and design theme

Enterprise

$100K-$200K
Marketplace software license
Creation and integration of unique design
Integration with payment systems 
Additional functionality of order delivery within selected time frames
Initial server setup
Integration with payment  and shipping systems
Additional functionality of setting a minimum order amount for sellers
Managed VPS or cloud hosting
Marketplace architecture design 
Registration and sign in by SMS
Integration with 3rd party services
Separate registration for individuals and legal entities
Managed VPS or cloud hosting
Marketplace architecture design
Registration and sign in by phone number
Order fulfilment
Technical support
Get a free estimation of your MVP or fully-fledged marketplace

Technology Stack

Over the years working with multiple eCommerce projects we put together a list of efficient tools, frameworks, apps and services. With high-quality technical solutions we are able to build unique, reliable, scalable, and trendy software.
CS‑Cart
Multi-Vendor
Sharetribe
Yo!Kart
Magento
Spree
Shuup
Acardier
Shopify Plus
PHP
Laravel
Node.js
Python
Java
C
C++
C#
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Javascript
TypeScript
React.js
Vue.js
HTML5
CSS3
Gatsby
Next.js
Redux
Swift
Kotlin
Flutter
Objective-C
Java
PWA
PostgreSQL
Elasticsearch
Mongo DB
Firebase
Redis
MySQL
MailChimp
Amazon
eBay
Semantic search
(Searchanise, Sphinx,
Elastic Search)
Google Services
PayPal
Stripe
BlueSnap
DPD delivery
Freight Shipping
Paymaster
SMS notification
Zabbix
Prometheus
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Digital Ocean
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
Ansible
Terraform
SaltStack
Docker
GitLab
Jenkins

Key Industries We Serve 

We will find dedicated developers and other specialists in your area with relevant knowledge, grade and proven experience. 

Equipment
Equipment
Electronics
Electronics
Automotive
Automotive
Fashion
Fashion
Jewelry
Jewelry
Furniture
Furniture
Healthcare
Health & Beauty
Software
Retail
Retail
Food
Food
Arts
Arts
Hobbies
Hobby

Featured Marketplaces

We develop high-quality custom multivendor eCommerce websites for our clients. The main purpose of our experts is to provide first-rate services considering all the requirements and your business needs. Some of our works are presented below.

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Why Develop eCommerce Marketplace With Us

Entrust your marketplace application development to a professional software development company!
5000+
successful eCommerce projects
170
countries
150+
in-house developers and experts

Expertise

We have been developing IT solutions for digital transformation of businesses based on best eCommerce industry practices since 2005

Data-driven approach
Integrated support

Integrated support

End-to-end concecept from analysis and design to development and maintenance of infrastructure
for eCommerce

Scalability

We quickly create and expand dedicated marketplace development team to meet project timeline and budget

Global experience

How We Work

Discovery phase
Discovery phase
Collect project information: ideas, goals, market analysis, and tech stack for existing projects
1
2
Architecture design 
Architecture design 
Define requirements and features of the project and make a detailed project specification
UX concept
UX concept
UI/UX specialists work on the project look and feel for trendy design and better user experience
3
4
Development
Development
Backend and frontend developers start development based on technical specification and road map
Testing and QA
Testing and QA
QA tests the developed functionality and ensures the interface is intuitive and user-friendly
5
6
Deployment & Support 
Deployment & Support 
After deployment, we can support you in infrastructure management and project development

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FAQs about Marketplaces

When answering this question, you should understand that any feature your marketplace has should be valuable for users and make their engagement with the platform more convenient. We offer the full scope of ecommerce marketplace website development services. For starters, focus on the major functions every multi-vendor marketplace must have:

  • Signup process
  • Vendor dashboard
  • Search and filtering
  • Payment gateways
  • Wishlist and shopping cart
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Messaging and reviews

It takes about 2 months to develop an MVP — a minimum viable product. The first version of the marketplace will include the basic functionalities. It is enough to launch and test the platform with real users.
Generally, it takes around 2-6 months to finalize and release the project. If you need marketplace portal development with B2B features the duration of your project might be longer. 

It is almost impossible to give an exact price. We encourage individual approach and estimate each project with its requirements and tasks on an individual basis. Development from scratch or based on an existing solution, integrations and customizations, and design are all factors to consider. B2B marketplace development is usually more expensive that B2C marketplace development.  If you already have an idea, don’t hesitate to book a call with us to get a rough estimate.

A marketplace is an online platform that brings together vendors and buyers. Sellers display their products or services on the platform available for purchase. Buyers find the needed item, add it to the shopping cart and process to checkout. The marketplace integrated with payment gateways and shipping services allows customers to select the most convenient way of payment and delivery.
Popular examples of marketplaces are Amazon, AliExpress, and eBay. We offer custom enterprise marketplace development to meet your any business requirements.

An owner of the multi-vendor marketplace acts as an intermediary between buyers and sellers. Here’s how you can make money: get a commission from every transaction made, charge sellers a fee for every ad posted, implement a subscription model, and charge users monthly or yearly fees.

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