Season 1

Practical guide to building an online marketplace

In the first season of the Marketplace Academy Podcast, we walk you through starting, building, and growing your marketplace business. Episode by episode, we help you build a powerful marketplace website with the MVP mindset and launch and grow your business. Listen above or find all articles in Marketplace Academy.

This guide first saw the light of day as a collection of articles by marketplace experts Christóbal Gracia and Juho Makkonen.

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Season 2

Complete guide to marketplace funding

In the second season of the Marketplace Academy Podcast, we dive into marketplace funding. Should you bootstrap your marketplace business or go for venture capital? Or maybe your marketplace is perfectly positioned for crowdfunding. Find out which funding option is best for your business in this series written by our CEO Juho Makkonen.

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Season 3

Complete guide to marketplace SEO

Season Three of Marketplace Academy Podcast gives you a comprehensive introduction to marketplace SEO. The season walks through the opportunities and challenges of marketplace SEO, technical SEO, keyword research, keyword-targeted content marketing, and link building. The series was written by Sharetribe's resident SEO expert Mira Muurinen.

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Prefer to read?

Check out the full guide on how to build a marketplace in Marketplace Academy! The first season of the podcast is also available as a book, The Lean Marketplace.

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