What are the key challenges and best practices in marketplace app development?

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Hi all,

I’m planning to start a marketplace app development project and wanted to ask the community:
What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced when building a marketplace app, and what best practices would you recommend?

I’m particularly interested in:

  • Choosing the right tech stack for a two-sided platform
  • Handling user roles, profiles, and real-time interactions
  • Managing secure payments and dispute resolution
  • Building scalable backend infrastructure
  • Launch strategies to grow both supply and demand sides

If you’ve worked on platforms like Etsy, Upwork, or even niche local marketplaces, I’d really appreciate your insights, tips, or recommended tools.

Thanks in advance!

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Hello,

I think this is the wrong forum for this sort of question.

fab.com would be the first place to look when trying to understand ‘marketplaces’ in the context of this forum.

To answer your question about “the biggest challenges” - finding a niche that is not served by fab would be a good first step/challenge.