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Stripe Connect's KYC happy path is the US. Outside it — India, Brazil, Mexico — the verification fields are different, the timelines are longer, and Custom accounts are sometimes invite-only. Here's the per-country implementation guide we wish we'd had on day one of three international marketplace launches.
The Stripe Connect happy path is well documented. The production gotchas are not. Here are the 12 marketplace failures we've seen up close — KYC freezes, payout holds, refund black holes, webhook idempotency bugs — and how to avoid each one before launch day.
Most platform comparisons run a feature checklist and call it done. We've shipped on Sharetribe, evaluated Yo!Kart for clients, and audited Arcadier builds — here's what the comparison actually looks like from inside those conversations, including the pricing math that changes around $500K GMV.
Most Sharetribe-vs-custom comparisons are biased — written by Sharetribe, by agencies that hate it, or by founders who only tried one path. We've shipped both. Here's the 8-question framework that tells you which path actually fits your marketplace, with real numbers.
The complete technical guide to building native iOS and Android apps for Sharetribe Flex. Flex Marketplace API, Stripe Connect mobile payments, Expo Router, and push notification syncing.
Sharetribe Flex's three customization tiers — config, template, Integration API — each have a sweet spot and a wall you'll hit. Here are the patterns we've shipped on a vacation rental marketplace, plus the customizations that look easy and turn into 4-month migrations.
Every Sharetribe build hits the same API ceilings — 60-queries-per-minute rate limits, the 50KB extended data cap, the 10,000-row pagination wall, transaction process timeouts. Here are the limits, the exact errors, and the workarounds we use on production marketplaces.
You launched on Sharetribe, hit product-market fit, and now the platform's edges are showing. Here's the field-tested playbook for migrating off Sharetribe to a custom Rails marketplace — when to do it, when not to, the migration sequence we use, and the real cost in time, money, and risk.
Marketplace failures are rarely product failures — they are trust failures. Here is the six-pillar trust and safety playbook we use before any marketplace launch: identity, listings, reviews, communications, payments, and disputes. Real production patterns from Sharetribe and custom Rails builds.
The wrong pricing model is the most expensive mistake you'll make on a marketplace — and it locks in for years. Here's how take rate, subscription, listing fees, lead fees, and hybrids actually compare, with the benchmarks we've seen at production scale and a decision framework for picking one.
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