{"id":448,"date":"2019-04-25T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:07:05","slug":"build-mvp-for-online-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/build-mvp-for-online-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build MVP for Online Marketplace App?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dilil\" data-offset-key=\"264ff-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"264ff-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"264ff-0-0\"> Today it\u2019s getting more and more important to build an MVP to test your product in the market first. Still, a huge number of startups make a lot of mistakes at the stage of its launching. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dilil\" data-offset-key=\"a2o28-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"a2o28-0-0\"><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"a2o28-0-0\">Firstly<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"a2o28-1-0\">, let\u2019s figure out what is MVP. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/build-mvp-for-online-marketplace\/#What_is_the_MVP\" >What is the MVP?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/build-mvp-for-online-marketplace\/#How_to_start_an_online_Marketplace_MVP\" >How to start an online Marketplace MVP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/build-mvp-for-online-marketplace\/#Mistakes_that_can_be_avoided\" >Mistakes that can be avoided<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/build-mvp-for-online-marketplace\/#The_Chicken_and_Egg_Problem\" >The Chicken and Egg Problem<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_MVP\"><\/span><b>What is the MVP?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you ready with presenting your idea to the world and sure that it will strike your target audience? Then it&#8217;s time to start working on it! But be careful. Trying to implement all advanced features at the very beginning isn&#8217;t a good practice. You can spend too much time and money on polishing the product, without seeing its demand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1865 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Minimum-Viable-Product-Comparison-photo_optimized.webp\" alt=\"What is MVP?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agilealliance.org\/glossary\/mvp\/#q=~(infinite~false~filters~(tags~(~'mvp))~searchTerm~'~sort~false~sortDirection~'asc~page~1)\">MVP<\/a> (Minimum viable product) <\/span>is a version of a new product which allows collecting the maximum amount of validated learning with the least effort. It means that you can launch and test your product with a minimum set of core features and a saved budget. Having built the MVP, you can start attracting customers and expanding the marketplace. Try to define early adopters and their needs. After working with your app, they will provide invaluable information about your product. If some features happen to be unpopular, you will be able to stop working on them at an early stage. Listen attentively to customers input, react and make improvements. After that, you should talk to them again to find out whether all issues were solved.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you see that customers are not satisfied with your product and aren&#8217;t willing to pay for it, then there is no point in investing more money and time.<\/p>\n<p>Be prepared to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Extra work and commitment<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating an MVP for an online marketplace definitely takes less time than building a full-fledged app. But when MVP is launched, you will have to dedicate some extra time to gather feedback, analyze it and think over your next steps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Establishing core features<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nRemember, that MVP is about building a <strong>working<\/strong> product with a <strong>minimum<\/strong> set of really valuable features. And you are the one who has to define which features will be the most valuable.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_start_an_online_Marketplace_MVP\"><\/span><b>How to start an online Marketplace MVP<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online marketplaces can be released with numerous features like personalized accounts, listings, search, reliable payment system, messaging channel<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and so on. They all seem to be very important and crucial, but you can\u2019t implement them all into the MVP. So how to choose what will take the house?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1874 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marketplace-strategies-focus-on-niche-e1534571842969-1.webp\" alt=\"Online Marketplace MVP\" width=\"1990\" height=\"1180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><b>Identify the problem you want to solve<br \/>\n<\/b><\/b>Start by putting yourself in customers\u2019 shoes. You can do it by asking yourself simple questions: Why do I need this product? How will it help me? After answering these questions you will better understand the main aim of your product. But why would actually people use your product? You need to find a customers\u2019 problem which you can solve. Could you do anything better for them? Do you need the right tool for this? Could you build this tool?<br \/>\nIf it\u2019s impossible to find a problem this way, then try to examine a particular market segment.<\/p>\n<p><b>Describe user flow<br \/>\n<\/b>When describing the user flow, you should think about the main goal of your product. For example, for the beauty service marketplace, it\u2019s selling beauty services.<br \/>\nYou should define process stages in order to see the user flow. For this, describe the steps necessary to reach the main goal. And remember, this is not about features. For example, \u201cfind beauty experts\u201d, \u201ccontact beauty experts\u201d, \u201carrange the appointment\u201d. Only having all the stages defined, you can start thinking about features for each of them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rank the features<br \/>\n<\/b>Prepare the list of all necessary and desired features for every stage. You might even mark those, which are not necessary, but nice to have. Then start prioritizing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Define the most important action you want your users to accomplish. Correspond it with a relevant feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decide what other features you want to implement. When the list is ready, cross out the most unnecessary ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Divide features by process stages. For each stage find out the most important one. Divide them all up to these criteria: must-have, nice-to-have, don\u2019t-care. Also, visualize it by creating a scheme with the main process stages and features related to it. Features should be arranged up to their priority. It will help you to see the core features of your product and to define the scope for the MVP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mistakes_that_can_be_avoided\"><\/span><b>Mistakes that can be avoided<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building MVP for an online marketplace is a widely used approach nowadays. Still, entrepreneurs make mistakes and mess their business up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1875 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_KjDy3gik0usL6w1nGJ07bA.webp\" alt=\"Online Marketplace Mistakes\" width=\"1600\" height=\"814\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common mistakes are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Neglecting proper feedback<br \/>\n<\/b>You are creating the product for people and their attitude is a key element. At the very beginning, it is extremely important to see how people use your product. If you have a chance, sit near the person testing your app and observe what he\/she is doing. You can also ask people to share the screen. Also, ask for verbal feedback: what people see and expect from the app.<br \/>\nWhen they tell you that everything is going smoothly \u2013 don\u2019t put on airs and keep improving your product. Also, don\u2019t ignore their signals about having issues with your product and try to eliminate them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Trying to build a perfect marketplace app<br \/>\n<\/b>Usually, entrepreneurs release only perfectly made product with a wide set of advanced features. As a result, they spend time and money, but can&#8217;t attract users to use the app. MVP helps to see customers&#8217; reactions and understand whether the product has potential. And if nobody needs your product, cool features or beautiful design will not help.<\/p>\n<p><b>Excessive savings<\/b><br \/>\n<span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-0-1\">Don\u2019t expect that you will not spend money on building MVP and save a lot. If you decided to produce a slapdash MVP, it could <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-1-0\">eventually<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-2-0\"> cost you more than you expected. It&#8217;s better to build a simple, but reliable <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-3-0\">minimum<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-4-0\"> viable product. <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-5-0\">Minimum<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-6-0\"> doesn\u2019t mean that the product should be of low quality or underdone. It should provide users with the main idea of your product. At the same time, it implies a <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-7-0\">minimum<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-8-0\"> investment risk. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-9-0\">There is no point in creating a beautiful platform full of bugs, unable to respond to customers&#8217; requests<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ado6c-10-0\">. Moreover, users will spend money on your MVP. So make sure that their data and financial information are 100% protected. It\u2019s necessary to spend as much money as needed on implementing a secure anti-scam payment system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b>Obsession with your idea<br \/>\n<\/b><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-0-1\">Your idea may seem perfect to you, but do not get tricked by it. It can influence your understanding of how things are <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-1-0\">really<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-2-0\"> going. It\u2019s clear that every tiniest feature is valuable. But if users tell you that this element is useless, don\u2019t hesitate to drop it. Save this idea, <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-3-0\">maybe<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-4-0\"> the time will come when you will use it. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-5-0\">So listen to people around you, to customers, people who work in your industry, developers, and testers<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3b1mv-6-0\">. Be flexible and it will help you to avoid mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Chicken_and_Egg_Problem\"><\/span><b>The Chicken and Egg Problem<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the very beginning, every marketplace faces the chicken and egg problem. It\u2019s the hardest issue that you have to overcome while launching an online marketplace. <strong>Who to attract first?<\/strong> Buyers or sellers? How to attract buyers when there are no sellers? And on the other hand, how to attract sellers when you don\u2019t have buyers? The marketplace needs to have both buyers and providers of goods, but one won\u2019t come without the other. So what to do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1876 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CE.webp\" alt=\"The Chicken and Egg Problem\" width=\"1080\" height=\"732\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are different ways to solve this problem. For example, building MVP allows having a ready for the market version of the product with the basic features and saving of money. You can invest this money on following online marketplace development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start with <strong>focusing on small<\/strong>. You can begin with targeting a single city or area or even with a neighborhood. Targeting a small area lets you spend less on marketing as you have to embrace a smaller number of customers. It\u2019s also reasonable to <strong>get sellers in this area first<\/strong>. Advertise the marketplace to sellers and explain all the advantages they will get. This is also a meaningful choice because if customers start using a marketplace that lacks products and services, they will leave. Customers want to get services or goods immediately. Sellers, unlike them, can wait as they will not lose more in case of a short delay. With an established base of sellers, it\u2019s time to get buyers to use your marketplace platform. When you prove your model to both suppliers and buyers, <strong>start expanding gradually<\/strong>, building two communities in parallel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, our team worked on MVP app for <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/beautyadvisor.html\">US marketplace startup<\/a> in the beauty industry. Its founder started the campaign by targeting sellers of beauty service in his city of living (Los Angeles). When the user base was established, he started to add new cities and areas, such as San Francisco, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1877\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lean-startup-iqvis.webp\" alt=\"Build-Measure-Learn\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Always remember to follow the Build-Measure-Learn rule. It\u2019s vital for Startups to follow this cycle: turn ideas into ready product, measure customers feedback, and decide whether they need to pivot or to keep moving in the same direction. The speed of passing this loop will directly influence the growth of your business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Read more:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/build-startup-for-non-technical-founder\/\">Build Startup for Non-Technical Founder<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/marketplace-startup\/\">Marketplace Startup<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/online-marketplace-startup-challenges\/\">Online Marketplace Startup Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/mvp-challenge-report\/\">MVP Challenge Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it\u2019s getting more and more important to build an MVP to test your product in the market first. 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