In your Sharetribe marketplace, users can create a user account and log in using their Facebook or Google account (this is known as Single Sign-On, or SSO).

When using their Facebook or Google credentials, users don't need to remember a separate username and password for your marketplace based on Sharetribe. Their email address and profile picture is automatically imported from Facebook or Google.

This reduces friction: it is then easier for users to sign up and log in your marketplace.

We’ve written comprehensive instructions on how to configure Google and Facebook logins:

By customizing with code, you can even enable more login methods (for example LinkedIn Sign In or any OpenID based identity provider. You can learn more about this in our technical documentation.