Marketplace Platform Advisor: questions

What sort of products do you plan to sell?

• Physical goods (electronics, clothes, car accessories, food...)
• Downloadable products (software, CMS themes/plugins, movies...)

Will the marketplace be based on your existing website?

• Yes, I want to convert my current website into a marketplace
• No, I need to build a new marketplace from scratch

Do you have any preference for the content management system (CMS) or programming language to be used?

Which platform was used to create your current site?

• WordPress
• Joomla!
• OpenCart
• Magento
• Prestashop
• Custom PHP site (or a PHP-based platform not mentioned above)
• Custom Ruby on Rails site
• No preference

Would you consider only free, open-source platforms, or also commercial options

• Only free, open-source platforms
• I would also consider paid-for options

Which kind of budget do you have for third party software purchase (excluding custom development)?

• Up to $500
• $500 - $1000
• $1000 - $1500
• More than $1500

In which territories will your sellers/providers be located?

• United States
• Europe
• Worldwide
• Other

Do you need providers and/or customers to be able to provide geolocation information, and/or to search by location?

• Yes
• Maybe
• No

Do you want customers to be able to add goods from different providers to a single shopping cart, and to pay for them in a single transaction?

• Yes
• No, I am fine with customers paying separately for goods from each provider

Do you want to offer each seller/service provider the ability to fully customise their storefront?

• Yes
• No, just the ability to filter or group results by supplier is enough

Do you need escrow functionality, to protect sellers and buyers by reserving funds in an intermediary account until goods or services have been delivered?

• Yes
• No, just an ordinary payment system between customer and provider is enough

Do you need the ability to create and support coupon codes?

• Yes
• No, we will be using other incentives to attract customers

Which revenue generation model do you plan to use?

• Commission paid by customers
• Commission paid by providers
• Subscription
• No preference

Which unit of time does your marketplace charge by?

• Per hour
• Per day
• Per night
• Per session
• Per week
• Per month
• Per year
• Per minute

Do you need the ability set the time unit individually for each listing?

• Yes
• No, it will be fine to use the same unit of time across the whole marketplace

Which type of order moderation you need?

• Before completion
• After completion
• No moderation is needed