Two-sided booking marketplace
- Industry
- Startups and new ventures
- Platform
- Web app with payments
- Product type
- MVP
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View all bookings →Introduction
A founder wants to launch a marketplace for local home services: cleaners, handymen, gardeners. They have 200 people on a waiting list and 15 pros ready to join, but agency quotes start at $80,000 and six months.
The goal is the smallest real product that people can use and pay through, so the founder can prove demand before raising money.
Big quotes for an unproven idea
Most agencies want to build everything at once: apps for both sides, chat, ratings, referral systems, before a single booking has happened.
No-code tools get a demo up quickly but struggle with real payments, platform fees and payouts to pros.
Without a working product, the founder cannot show traction, and without traction, raising money is much harder.
What we would build
- Search and pro profiles. Customers search by service and area and see prices, reviews and availability.
- Real booking. Customers pick a time from each pro's actual calendar.
- Payments and payouts. Card payments with the platform fee taken automatically and payouts to pros on a schedule.
- Admin panel. The founder approves pros, handles refunds and sees bookings and revenue.
Inside the two-sided booking marketplace.
The goal is the smallest real product that people can use and pay through, so the founder can prove demand before raising money.
- Search and pro profiles
- Real booking
- Payments and payouts
- Admin panel
Concept screen · sample data
Technical decisions
- Stripe Connect from day one. Payments, fees and payouts are handled properly, so there is nothing to rebuild later.
- Built to change. Features are kept small and separate, so the next version can follow what users do.
- Analytics on launch day. Sign-ups, bookings and drop-off points are tracked from the first visitor.
What should change after launch
Before
- An idea, a waiting list and an $80,000 quote
- No way to take real payments
- Nothing to show investors
- Months before the first booking
After
- A $750 demo to show investors in two weeks
- Real bookings and payments within weeks
- Data on who books, and who drops off
- A product that can grow from evidence
Try the demo
This part is working software with sample data. Click around.
What this means for startups and new ventures
Your first version should prove one thing: that people will use it and pay for it. If you have an idea and a waiting list, we will build the smallest real product that gets you there.
Typical timeline: 6 to 10 weeks. Price: Business system, from $10,000.
Concept build: this page shows what Myriah would build for this kind of business. Screens use sample data, the story describes a typical business rather than a named client, and numbers are targets, not results.