Flexible transaction engine

Develop unique transaction flows with Sharetribe’s flexible transaction engine

A sample landing page for a local marketplace in Lapland. Overlaid on top are a booking form for Fatbike tours and a transaction graph.

Build your ideal transaction flow

Design a unique transaction process and get an API for it from Sharetribe’s developer platform

Design a transaction flow

Create a transaction process in four simple steps

Create a flowchart of your optimal transaction process. Decide who can do what and when.

Use a simple markup language to describe your transaction flow to Sharetribe’s software.

Check Sharetribe’s transaction process visualizer to make sure it matches your intended process.

Sharetribe gives you an API for your process. You only need to modify your user interface to match it.

Customize your transactions to the smallest detail

If you can imagine it, you can model it with Sharetribe

Unique workflows

Develop your ideal transaction flow

: Allow your customers and suppliers to request quotes, negotiate, and agree on pricing.
: Build an auction marketplace where customers can bid for items and suppliers choose the best offer.
: Add different transaction flows for different situations. Allow both an instant booking and requesting for a quote, or allow both purchases and bookings on the same platform.

Actions

Modify the steps in your flow

: Enable any length of calendar booking from five-minute slots to months-long rentals and update provider availability accordingly.
: Reduce seats automatically when bookings are made.
: Automatically vacate or replenish inventory when orders are made or canceled.
: Control the payment flow between your customers, suppliers, and your marketplace. Automate off-session payments, collect commission, and delay payouts.
: Collect and reveal data at specific points during a transaction. Ask for and share order details, addresses, contact information, and more.
: Attach a conversation to any transaction. Let your users message each other, negotiate, and agree on details.
: Send users email notifications based on manual or automated actions. Schedule reminders, prompts, and more.
: Decide if a customer and supplier should review each other. Control the length of the review period and when reviews get published.

Flexible pricing

Build versatile pricing with add-ons, discounts, and more

: Let suppliers include additional services or items in their offering, such as a rental cleaning fee.
: Offer discounts for longer bookings or first-time purchases. Give suppliers personal discount codes to share with their customers.
: Use different commissions rates for different users or categories. Alter commission dynamically based on supplier sales volume.
: Integrate a coupon service and allow customers to use discount coupons and vouchers to pay on your marketplace.
: Differentiate pricing between high and low seasons.
: Set flexible prices based on demand.
: Calculate tax rates automatically.

Unhappy paths

Design for the unexpected

: Decide what actions to take on behalf of your users. Move transactions forward, handle cancellations, and resolve disputes.
: Set custom cancellation rules and give refunds when something goes wrong.
: Automate peace of mind. Integrate an insurance provider or a deposit system.

Customizable data schema

Store and reveal important information at specific points in your transaction flow with the help of customizable data.

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Flexible transaction engine

Develop unique transaction flows with Sharetribe’s flexible transaction engine

Design a unique transaction process and get an API for it from Sharetribe’s developer platform

Create a transaction process in four simple steps

Draw your transaction process

Describe your process to the developer platform

See it visualized

Only build the frontend

If you can imagine it, you can model it with Sharetribe

Develop your ideal transaction flow

Negotiation and quotes

Auctions and bidding

Multiple transaction flows

Modify the steps in your flow

Bookings

Seats

Stock and inventory

Payments

Data collection

Messages

Notifications

Reviews

Build versatile pricing with add-ons, discounts, and more

Add-ons

Discounts and promotions

Complex commission structures

Coupons and vouchers

Seasonal pricing

Dynamic pricing

Taxes

Design for the unexpected

Operator actions

Cancellations and refunds

Deposits and insurance

Create a marketplace today!