Build a service marketplace — connect service providers with customers.
Service marketplaces are more complex than product marketplaces. Services require: intake and scoping, scheduling, milestone tracking, and payment upon completion. RCB Software builds service marketplace platforms with the full services workflow.
Founder building a marketplace for services (not products) who needs intake forms, scheduling, project management, and milestone-based payments
Service marketplaces are harder than product marketplaces because services can't be standardized as easily as products:
- The same "web design" service varies enormously by scope
- Services require discovery of requirements before pricing is known
- Services are delivered over time, not shipped in a box
- Quality is subjective and dispute resolution is harder
Service marketplace design solutions:
Structured intake: Service listings with defined scopes and pricing tiers. "Basic," "Standard," "Premium" packages with fixed deliverables. Reduces the discovery ambiguity.
Milestone payments: Payment in stages tied to deliverable completion. Protects both parties. Reduces dispute risk.
Messaging before commitment: Buyer and seller can communicate before a transaction. Allows scoping before payment.
Service marketplace deployed — provider onboarding, service listings, intake/scoping flow, scheduling, milestone tracking, and payment
Provider profiles
service offerings, packages, reviews, portfolio
Service search
category, price, delivery time, rating filter
Intake flow
requirements form, project brief
Messaging
buyer-provider pre-transaction communication
Booking and payment
milestone-based payment schedule
Dispute resolution
structured dispute workflow with escrow hold
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
Service marketplace deployed — provider onboarding, service listings, intake/scoping flow, scheduling, milestone tracking, and payment
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
Service marketplace platforms have defined provider, buyer, and admin workflows. Fixed-price from the spec.
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
Both, combined. Payment is held in escrow. Released by milestone upon buyer approval. If buyer doesn't release within a defined window, automatic release triggers. Dispute window is 72 hours after release trigger.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.