We use a new approach to help startups and enterprises launch two-sided marketplaces that are 100% flexible, for a small fraction of the cost of building from scratch.
You own your platform, no ongoing license fees
Unlike traditional SaaS tools, anything about your platform can be customized
We do the work of configuring your marketplace, so you don’t have to
Your marketplace will be modern and beautiful, following the latest UI standards
We’re there to support you as your business evolves and grows
Your marketplace will be built to scale as your user base grows
"Working with Airdev was key to our strategy of building out a marketplace for kids activities. What would have once taken 6 months to build, we managed to get to market in 6 weeks. Airdev were very responsive and able to work through complicated challenges in a simplified way."
"We were able to get TicketRev into the market fast and actually start testing it with real customers. This additional time to learn allowed us to add more features to the platform to better meet customer needs. Thanks to the success of this plan, we’ve raised $1.1M in pre-seed funding!"
“Airdev helped me launch my marketplace for therapy services in a fraction of the time and cost quoted by other vendors. Being non-technical, I relied on Airdev's guidance for prioritizing the most critical MVP features to test my hypothesis. Really recommend using this team if you want a strong product to market quickly!”
Bubble is the world's most powerful and flexible no-code platform. It lets us build marketplaces with any UI and functionality, in a fraction of time and cost of coding them. And the Bubble platform allows us to scale and extend your product as you grow.
While every marketplace we build is custom, there are common elements between them, like search pages, profile pages, payment experiences, and more. We standardize these components, ensuring that you're getting best-in-class quality without needing to reinvent the wheel.
1,000+ brands and organizations of all needs and sizes build with Airdev.
User accounts with different user types and user-specific permissions
Listings of various types, each with a beautiful profile page
Search, filter, and sort functionality, ranging from simple to complex
Payments that are split between the listing owner and the platform
Chat functionality for pairs and groups
Ratings and reviews for purchases/bookings
Calendaring and automatic bookings based on date/time
Robust metrics and trends on visitors & their activity
Support for multiple languages based on the user's location
Connections to any external service to perform tasks or manipulate data
AI features for discovery, recommendations, or ease of use
Any other functionality can be added as needed
Because every marketplace we build is custom, pricing depends on the complexity of the functionality that you require.
Most projects fall into the $10k-$100k range. One the low end, we sometimes go as low as $5k for a basic MVP meant to test demand. On the high end we build enterprise-grade, highly-complex marketplaces for $200k+.
Feel free to get in touch with us to discuss your needs, and we'll be happy to provide a quote.
We’ve helped our clients launch a wide range of two-sided marketplaces. Our products support millions of users and billions of dollars of transaction volume.
FAQ
What's the difference between using Bubble vs. Sharetribe to build a marketplace?
SaaS tools like Sharetribe can be great if you want to launch a product that perfectly matches the features that these tools offer. However, if you need something custom, our approach is superior because we have the flexibility to add or modify any functionality or design aspects of your marketplace. In addition, with our approach you own the IP to your marketplace's logic and UI.
Will my marketplace app scale?
Yes. We always design apps to optimize for scale, based on our understanding of the potential features and user behavior our client envisions. The Bubble technology is built to scale, with the ability to upgrade server capacity as needed (including migrating to a dedicated AWS cluster) to service a growing user base virtually without limit. Bubble provides simple dashboards and notifications to track app capacity usage to help you adjust as needed.
What technology will my application be built on?
We build on the latest visual programming framework, Bubble, which allows us to build incredibly quickly and flexibly with minimal technical input. This reduces the cost and headache to our clients, and increases app stability out of the gate. Bubble itself is written in CoffeeScript running on Node.js, uses Postgres databases hosted on AWS, and exposes POST or GET APIs for third-party connections. The app can be easily connected to external APIs and the app's database can be easily exported.
Is this better than coding my marketplace?
We think so. Building an online marketplace isn't actually technically complex, it's been done thousands of times before. That's why it makes sense to use proven tech to build it instead of coding everything from scratch.
Why is this so much cheaper than conventional development?
We are able to build marketplaces much faster by using the no-code framework Bubble and by using a modular development process. A key concept is that most marketplaces have a lot of common functionality and UI, so we can achieve drastically faster turnarounds by standardizing that functionality.
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