Tessellate Labs
Fixed $5,000 Sprint · 3–4 Week Delivery · Stripe Connect Accounts v2

Build & Launch a Two-Sided Marketplace MVP in 3–4 Weeks

Don't pay an agency $40,000 to reinvent escrow, seller onboarding, and payout ledgers. We engineer your two-sided B2B or service marketplace with Supabase, Stripe Connect, and custom booking workflows for a guaranteed flat fee.

✓ $5,000 Fixed Fee ✓ 3–4 Week Delivery SLA ✓ Stripe Connect Accounts v2 ✓ 100% Code & IP Ownership
Start Marketplace Sprint ($5,000) ↓ Estimate Scope & Tiers →

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Founder Reality Check

Why Traditional Agencies Turn Marketplaces into $50,000 Money Pits

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The 6-Month Agency Re-Invent

  • ✕Premature Custom Escrow: Trying to hand-code payout ledgers from scratch instead of leveraging battle-tested Stripe Connect infrastructure.
  • ✕Complex Multi-Vendor Carts: Over-engineering consolidated checkouts across 5 independent vendors before verifying single transactions.
  • ✕$35,000–$75,000 Estimates: Billable hours balloon through discovery meetings, junior PMs, and endless wireframe iterations.
  • ✕Regulatory & KYC Traps: Asking founders to manually collect tax IDs and bank accounts instead of delegating verification to Stripe.
Result: 5 months to launch, depleted runway, zero verified sellers
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The Tessellate Labs Fixed Sprint

  • ✓Stripe Connect Accounts v2: Automated, hosted seller onboarding with automated KYC/AML and instant payouts. Zero compliance liability for you.
  • ✓The Single Transaction Core: Ruthless 80/20 focus on the atomic unit of your marketplace: Discover → Book/Buy → Split Take-Rate → Payout.
  • ✓Fixed $5,000 Flat Fee: Delivered in 3 to 4 weeks. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, guaranteed scope.
  • ✓Direct Senior Engineer: Tudor Barbu personally designs your database schema and writes every line of production code.
Result: Live in 4 weeks, taking commission on Day 1, $0 licensing lock-in
Application Types

4 Marketplace Models We Engineer

Whether you are connecting business vendors or service professionals, we build the exact transactional infrastructure your business model requires.

Wholesale & Supply RFQ + Net Terms

B2B Wholesale & Vendor Networks

Private supplier catalogs with gated pricing, bulk minimum order quantities (MOQs), Request-for-Quote (RFQ) negotiation flows, and automated platform transaction fees.

→Tiered B2B pricing & buyer verification
→Invoice generation & Stripe payment links
On-Demand Services Booking + Escrow

Service & Freelance Marketplaces

Verified provider profiles, calendar availability scheduling, instant checkout via destination charges, and automated payout disbursement once the service is confirmed.

→Funds held securely until job completion
→Automated 10%–20% platform commission retention
Rentals & Sharing Dates + Deposits

Rental & Asset Sharing Platforms

Date-range booking pickers, inventory blackout calendars, security deposit authorization holds, and location-based geographic search filtering.

→Pre-authorized deposit holds via SetupIntents
→Dynamic availability calendar synchronization
Digital Goods Instant Delivery

Digital Goods & Creator Marketplaces

Multi-creator digital download storefronts with encrypted Supabase storage URLs, automatic royalty splits, and global sales tax handling via Stripe Tax.

→Time-expiring signed download URLs
→Automated seller payout batches via Stripe Connect
Production Architecture

The Pragmatic Full-Stack Marketplace Engine

We don't tie your business to proprietary no-code silos like Bubble or Sharetribe. You receive a clean, production-grade codebase with 100% IP ownership.

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Stripe Connect (Accounts v2)

Using Stripe's modern Accounts v2 API with controller properties. Sellers complete white-label or hosted KYC onboarding without your servers ever touching sensitive banking data.

Destination Charges + Application Fee split
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Multi-Role Supabase DB

PostgreSQL with strict Row Level Security (RLS). Separate role scopes for Buyers, Sellers, and Admins. Sellers can only view and manage their own inventory, orders, and payout history.

Strict RLS + Instant Search Indexes
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Nuxt 3 SSR & Edge CDN

Blazing fast server-rendered listing pages with dynamic OpenGraph meta cards for viral social sharing. Fast faceted filtering, mobile-first responsive layout, and zero hydration lag.

100 Lighthouse Performance & SEO
Fixed Scope & Deliverables

What's Included in Your $5,000 Sprint

Everything required to launch your marketplace, verify sellers, accept credit cards, take your platform commission, and release payouts.

01

Two-Sided Auth & Roles

Unified login with role distinction (Buyer vs Seller vs Admin). Protected vendor dashboards and public storefront profile pages.

02

Stripe Connect Onboarding

Automated Stripe-hosted seller onboarding. Identity verification, bank account linking, and automated tax compliance with zero liability.

03

Catalog & Faceted Search

Seller listing creation with photo uploads, price configuration, category tagging, and lightning-fast buyer filtering and search.

04

Checkout & Commission Split

Stripe Checkout Session execution. Automatically deducts your platform take-rate (e.g. 15%) and routes net proceeds to the seller's balance.

05

Admin Control & Disputes

Founder admin panel to inspect all orders, review pending listings, modify platform commission rates, and trigger refunds or dispute resolution.

06

Edge Launch & Full IP

Deployment to Netlify Edge CDN on your custom domain, transactional email wiring via Resend, and full GitHub repository transfer.

The Day-1 Marketplace Rule

Ruthless Scoping: Why $5,000 Works

We ruthlessly cut non-essential features on Day 1: no complex 5-vendor cart consolidation, no custom in-app video chat, no custom auction engines. We protect the core transaction loop so you launch in 4 weeks, not 6 months.

Read Scoping Guide →
Tudor Barbu
Founder to Senior Engineer

No Account Managers. No Junior Offshoring.

When you partner with Tessellate Labs, you work directly with Tudor Barbu, senior software engineer with over a decade of production architecture experience.

Marketplace escrow, webhook failure states, and Stripe account authorization require meticulous senior engineering. We ensure your platform is compliant, safe, and ready to handle volume from Day 1.

Clear Delivery Timeline

The 4-Week Marketplace Roadmap

From initial database modeling to live checkout on your custom domain in 28 days.

Week 1

Scope & Schema

Define the atomic transaction unit, buyer/seller relationship, PostgreSQL schema, RLS policies, and commission take-rate model.

Week 2

Seller Engine

Wire Stripe Connect Accounts v2 onboarding, seller profile dashboards, listing creation forms, and image storage upload pipelines.

Week 3

Buyer Checkout

Build faceted search filtering, listing detail pages, Stripe Checkout Session integration, and webhook ledger event handlers.

Week 4

Edge QA & Launch

Run security audits, execute test transactions with edge refund scenarios, configure DNS on your custom domain, and launch.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about building your marketplace with Tessellate Labs.

We configure modern Stripe Connect Accounts v2 using Destination Charges. When a buyer checks out on your marketplace, Stripe collects the full transaction amount, deducts your platform fee (e.g., 10% or 15%), and automatically routes the remaining balance to the verified seller's connected Stripe account. Your platform take-rate is deposited directly into your business bank account with zero manual bookkeeping.
Ready to Ship Your Marketplace?

Book Your Fixed $5,000 Marketplace Sprint

Tell us about your buyers, sellers, and core transaction loop. We review your concept and provide an honest architectural assessment within 48 hours.

Ready to Start?

Briefly describe your challenge or the workflow you want to automate. I'll get back to you with a practical starting point within 24 hours.