TradeCircle

Multi-Vendor E-Commerce Marketplace Platform

A retail entrepreneur wanted to build a niche multi-vendor marketplace connecting independent sellers in a specific product category with buyers across the US. Unlike general marketplaces, the platform needed category-specific features, a curated seller onboarding process, and a mobile-first buyer experience that could compete with Amazon and Etsy for their specific audience.

The Challenge

What the Client
Was Up Against

Existing marketplace platforms charged high commission rates and offered no differentiation for niche categories. The client needed custom seller verification workflows, category-specific product attributes, and a buyer experience tailored to their audience — none of which Shopify Markets or existing white-label solutions could provide without significant compromise.

The Solution

How We
Solved It

We built a full three-sided marketplace — a consumer shopping app for iOS and Android, a seller portal web application, and an admin dashboard for marketplace management. Stripe Connect handles payment splitting between sellers and the platform automatically. Sellers manage inventory, orders, and payouts through the web portal. Buyers get a native app experience with personalized recommendations, wishlists, in-app messaging with sellers, and real-time order tracking.

Outcomes

The Results

120+

Sellers onboarded in the first 60 days post-launch

22 wks

Full three-sided marketplace delivered end-to-end

2.4%

Marketplace take rate processed automatically via Stripe Connect

iOS + Android + Web

Three platforms from a single development engagement

Product Screenshots

Inside TradeCircle

Buyer Home Feed

Personalized product discovery grid with featured seller banner, category filters, and quick-add to cart.

Product Detail & Purchase

Rich product page with variant selection, seller profile, quantity control, and one-tap checkout.

Seller Dashboard

Revenue overview, order management table, and automated payout breakdown for marketplace vendors.

Order Tracking

Step-by-step shipment tracking with USPS integration and full order summary breakdown.

“

Building a marketplace is genuinely complex — payments, sellers, buyers, admin, all at once. Elite App Design held the whole thing together and delivered something I could not have gotten from any template or off-the-shelf platform. The seller portal alone would have taken another agency months.

Founder & CEO

Niche E-Commerce Marketplace, US

★★★★★

Project Scope

What We Built

Consumer shopping app (iOS + Android), vendor seller portal (web), admin dashboard, Stripe Connect payment splitting, order management system

React Native Next.js Node.js PostgreSQL Stripe Connect AWS Redis

Industry

E-Commerce & Retail

This project is part of our E-Commerce & Retail practice. We have built multiple platforms in this vertical and understand the unique requirements, compliance considerations, and user expectations.

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