Enterprise Marketplace Development

We create a PaymentIntent with a `transfer_group` that ties all vendor splits to a single charge. Once payment clears, individual transfers go out to each vendor's connected Stripe account -- minus the platform commission, which we calculate at checkout using rules stored in Supabase. Flat rate, tiered by volume, category-specific -- all configurable without a code deploy. And refunds? They automatically reverse the correct proportion back to each party. Not an approximation. The exact right amount.

Yes, and here's how it actually works. Product catalog pages use Next.js Incremental Static Regeneration -- pre-built at deploy time, then revalidated on-demand whenever inventory changes rather than hammered fresh on every request. Search runs through a dedicated Algolia or Meilisearch index that handles faceted queries across 100K+ SKUs in single-digit milliseconds. Underlying database queries lean on Postgres indexes and materialized views. The result is a storefront that stays fast under real load, not just in benchmarks.

Vendors onboard through Stripe Connect Express or Custom accounts -- Express is faster, Custom gives you more control over the UX and compliance handling. Stripe manages identity verification, bank linking, and ongoing KYC so you're not touching that liability yourself. We wire the onboarding flow directly into the vendor dashboard with status tracking, document upload, and automated step progression. Platform admins get a review queue before any vendor goes live. Nothing slips through.

Honest timeline for an enterprise marketplace build: 12-16 weeks across three phases. Foundation first -- payments, auth, basic storefront. Then scale -- inventory pipeline, search, vendor dashboards. Then polish -- performance tuning, analytics, monitoring. Investment typically runs $100K to $300K depending on vendor count, how gnarly your integration requirements are, and whether you need custom commission logic or can work with standard tiers. These aren't padded estimates. That's genuinely what it takes to build this correctly.

SaaS platforms are the right call for early-stage marketplaces. Seriously. But they hit a wall -- performance, customization, commission flexibility -- somewhere around 100K SKUs and 200+ vendors. At that scale you need a custom commission engine, vendor-scoped RLS enforced at the database level, and a frontend that doesn't degrade under catalog load. What we build gives you full code ownership, infrastructure costs that scale linearly rather than per-transaction, and zero dependency on a SaaS vendor's product roadmap decisions.

Vendor feeds arrive in every format imaginable -- API pushes, overnight CSV uploads, webhooks that occasionally duplicate or drop entirely. We build an event-driven pipeline that handles all of it. Updates flow through validation and conflict resolution, then propagate simultaneously to the storefront via Supabase Realtime subscriptions and to the search index. Thousands of SKU updates per minute, processed without ever blocking the buyer experience. That's the architecture working the way it should.

An enterprise marketplace is a digital platform where businesses can host a variety of third-party vendors to sell their products or services alongside their own offerings. It allows enterprises to expand their product range and cater to a broader customer base without directly managing inventory for every product. According to Gartner, such marketplaces are becoming essential for digital business strategies, enabling companies to enhance customer experience by providing a one-stop-shop solution and facilitating ease of comparison and purchase for consumers.

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