Multivendor marketplace development in the Philippines, from first vendor to first payout

Our Business package is ₱199,000 and covers a working marketplace: buyer site, vendor portal, admin console, payments and payouts. Larger platforms — custom commission logic, a rider fleet, separate buyer and vendor apps — are quoted after scoping, and we tell you the number before you commit. Quotes elsewhere swing widely for the same brief; the gap is almost always whether payouts, disputes and moderation are included or bolted on later.

Commission (5-20%) works when you control checkout and can hold the money. A monthly store subscription works when vendors sell high volume and resent the percentage. Listing or boost fees work when the transaction happens offline and you cannot enforce a cut. Most Philippine marketplaces start on commission, then add subscriptions for top sellers. We build all three so you can change the model without changing the platform.

You choose the schedule — weekly and twice-monthly are the common ones. Funds are held until the order is marked delivered, then released minus commission, shipping subsidies and any refunds. Each vendor sees the full ledger, so payout questions stop landing in your inbox. Payout runs export as a batch file for bank transfer or GCash disbursement rather than being paid one by one.

Vendors submit valid ID, business registration and, where it applies, DTI or SEC papers before they can list — the Internet Transactions Act now expects marketplaces to verify their sellers, not just host them. New vendors sit in review, first listings are checked, and buyer reports open a case with the order held. Repeat offenders are suspended and their listings pulled in one action.

The Business build targets 15 working days from the point we have your categories, commission rules, payment accounts and launch vendors. The platform is rarely what delays a marketplace launch — vendor recruitment is. We usually run the build and your seller onboarding in parallel so you go live with stocked stores rather than an empty catalogue.

Start with a fast mobile website for buyers — installs are the hardest ask in a marketplace's first month. The vendor side is where an app earns its place, because sellers need order alerts they cannot miss. The Pro package at ₱149,000 includes a branded Android app; iOS and a buyer app are added once you have order volume that justifies them.

This is the real risk, and no platform fixes it. We build for it instead: your marketplace can run in single-vendor mode at launch, so it works as a normal store with your own stock while you recruit. Vendors are switched on as they sign, and the catalogue never looks empty. We would rather tell you this now than after the launch party.