Hello, I would go for a Phoenix framework (backend) / ELM (frontend) based platform. The use of these two functional languages will allow you to support high user concurrency and to serve real-time user experience. Feel free to reach me if you want to talk about it. Cheers
It sounds like you are headed in the direction of WordPress. Do you want to create an e-commerce portion, too? Check out http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/. Cheers! Let me know if you have any questions.
There are several questions/pieces of information you would want to consider to know which avenue to go down (a few highlighted below): - which platform are you going to be on-boarding and connecting students/tutors thoughts? web, mobile, hybrid or brick & mortar (includes actual phone calls etc...
The first thing to consider is are you building this as an MVP or are you digitizing a business where you are already offering this service successfully offline. Ultimately you get what you pay for and if you go down the cost-effective route initially MVP style you will need to rebuild at a late...
Good question. Which idea makes more sense? You could organize a survey to be distributed to a small group of people that represent your potential clients. See where the demand is and make your decision on that. The less-niche approach sounds sort of like Craigslist, which might be hard to compet...
I like to separate your question into 2 sub-questions: #1 How do we determine which side to charge? #2 How much is the right amount to charge? On #1, my answer is that you can charge the side(s) for whom you add the most value. In your examples, Uber really solves a big problem for drivers, it's...
No matter if you are creating a physical or webbased marketplace, the used car market is crowded. So you need to stand out. So you need to explain exactly what value you are creating for the suppliers. Parameters could be: - Convenience: Easy to set up a profile or deliver your car. - Best price...
Hello: Great that you have some traction in this marketplace. Now you’re looking to grow. Your best resources for determining where expansion makes sense are your current customers. They know you, know what you offer and hopefully have a level of comfort with your business. So reach out and: * co...
There are legal, regulatory and risk implications to retaining and handling funds as a marketplace. The good thing is with marketplace platforms becoming more mainstream, the payment solutions ( such as Stripe, BrainTree, WePay etc) have also evolved to support their unique needs/services provi...
As mentioned, it depends on what your specific goals are and what kind of marketplace we're dealing with. I know the best practices / approach we used at Skillshare, but let me know if you have a more specific question.