Case study · Marketplace
LocalServe marketplace MVP
No-code marketplace MVP with vendor onboarding, bookings, and admin ops, validated before custom build.
Vendor queue
- MossElectricalReview
- HalePlumbingLive
Bookings · Leeds
- 09:40BoilerHale
- 11:15InspectMoss
- 14:00QuoteKin
Project context
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Context
Prove supply and demand, then decide what to custom-build.
Problem
Founders needed to validate supply/demand fit before raising for a custom marketplace build.
Research
Competitive scan, vendor interviews, and smoke tests for booking flows in two cities.
Challenges
Manual vendor vetting at launch, payment edge cases, and scope control for MVP.
Approach
Validate the marketplace before you rebuild it.
Bubble marketplace with vendor onboarding, booking, payments hook, and lightweight admin ops.
- Moss ElectricalLeedsReview
- Hale PlumbingLeedsLive
- Orbit CleanManchesterLive
- 09:40Boiler checkHale
- 11:15InspectMoss
- 14:00Quote visitKin
Supply side first, without an engineering backlog.
Bubble marketplace with vendor onboarding shaped by vendor interviews and competitive scan.
Mobile-first booking to test demand.
Clean mobile-first booking UX and payments hook, smoke-tested in two cities.
Ops views founders can run without engineers.
Lightweight admin ops and Make notifications so the MVP can be operated while learning.
UX / UI decisions
UX and UI decisions that shaped the build.
Interface choices
Clean mobile-first booking UX, vendor profiles, and admin views for ops without engineering.
Solution
Wishlist features, then an MVP that proves demand.
Bubble marketplace with vendor onboarding, booking, payments hook, and lightweight admin ops.
Before
No product yet, founders needed supply/demand proof before a custom build.
After
Bubble marketplace with vendor onboarding, booking, payments hook, and lightweight admin ops.
WhatsApp.xls
| Chat | Slot |
|---|---|
| Leeds boiler | ? |
| Moss Electrical | 11:15 |
| Kin Heating | ? |
Vendor queue
- MossElectricalReview
Bookings · Leeds
- 11:15InspectMoss
Illustrative Before / after pattern · no client data shown
Engineering
Bubble, Stripe Connect, Make · scoped for learning.
Bubble app, Stripe Connect setup, Make notifications, analytics for conversion tracking.
Frontend
- Bubble app
- Mobile-first booking UX
Delivery
- Stripe Connect
- Make notifications
- Conversion analytics
Stack
- Bubble
- Stripe Connect
- Make
Outcome
What shipped to validate the market.
Bubble marketplace with vendor onboarding, booking, payments hook, and lightweight admin ops.
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