Sharetribe

What Sharetribe is

Sharetribe is marketplace software for founders who want to launch a marketplace where people sell products, rent items, vehicles or spaces, or sell services. It offers a hosted no-code builder for non-developers and a headless developer platform with open APIs for teams that want custom features. The company says it has worked on marketplace technology for 15 years, is owned by its 22 team members and is funded by its customers, more than 1,500 marketplace founders from over 70 countries. It describes a legal structure called steward ownership, which it says means no one can steer the company away from its mission. The pages do not name a headquarters city.

The site speaks to first-time founders, side projects, intrapreneurs inside larger organizations, and people starting non-profit or cooperative marketplaces.

What you build and how

The no-code path. You start by answering a series of questions about your marketplace. Based on your answers, Sharetribe creates a test marketplace website for you, which the company says takes a few minutes. You then customize it in the no-code marketplace builder. The site says a working marketplace can be up in minutes and that matching it to your concept usually takes no more than a day. When you are happy with it you make it live, connect your own custom domain and invite people. Text and video tutorials guide the setup.

Data and transactions. The builder rests on a customizable data schema and a transaction engine, which the company says lets you build the exact marketplace you want rather than a fixed template. It says the platform fits selling products, renting items, vehicles or spaces, and selling services.

The developer path. Sharetribe describes itself as headless and API-first. You can connect your own front end to Sharetribe's APIs using the open-source template, build headless with custom code, or use an AI coding tool on top of the APIs. The site names Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot as examples and says all of Sharetribe's core features are reachable through public APIs. Both paths can be combined, and the site says many founders start with the no-code builder and add custom features as they grow. Custom changes need HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and Sharetribe points to its Expert Marketplace for hiring a vetted developer. The API route is also how you connect a CRM, a custom backend, a mobile app or any third-party service, according to the site.

Design. An out-of-the-box design template comes with the product. Replacing it with your own design is possible because of the headless setup, but that is custom development rather than a visual setting. The company says it gives you full control of the user interface.

Hosting and domains. Sharetribe's cloud hosting runs the marketplace, so you install nothing to launch. You can connect your own domain or use the default address, which takes the form [your-marketplace].mysharetribe.com. If you add custom code, you host that code yourself, but the site says only the user interface code needs hosting. Databases and business logic stay on Sharetribe's servers, and your code reaches them over APIs.

Mobile. The marketplace template is responsive and works on mobile browsers. A native mobile app or a mobile app wrapper is possible but needs custom development on the APIs.

Scale and security. The company says Sharetribe does not limit how many users and listings you have and describes its hosted infrastructure as tuned for performance at any data size. It also says security is built in by default, with AI-powered fraud detection that blocks spam attacks and stolen credit card transactions, safeguards against hacking and DDoS attacks, and an on-call team with 15 years of experience with marketplace-specific threats. The pages name no compliance certification or standard.

Learning. The Marketplace Academy covers building, running and growing a marketplace. The site also has a gallery of customer marketplaces for inspiration.

The evidence from the pages

Plans and price. The site's FAQ appears in two versions that disagree on the live plans, so check the pricing page before budgeting. In both, the Build plan is $39/month with a 14-day free trial and no upfront fees. One version says the Live plan is $259/month, or $199/month billed annually. The other says live plans start at $99/month and names Lite, Pro and Extend as the live tiers. The site publishes no per-seat or per-transaction figures in the text.

Trial. The 14-day trial needs no payment commitment. During it you have all Build plan features, including a test marketplace that becomes the basis of your live platform. If you do not go live, you can stay on the Build plan to keep building.

Support. Free email support is available seven days a week, at hello@sharetribe.com according to the site. The pages do not mention chat or phone support, and the Expert Marketplace is where paid developer help comes from. Developers charge by the time it takes to build what you need.

No coding skills required. The FAQ answers the skills question directly: "No coding skills are required to create a marketplace with Sharetribe." It adds that a unique feature that is not available in the builder out of the box may need a developer if you are not one.

What the site does not publish. The text gives no list of payment providers, no count of integrations, no template count and no per-feature limits on the Build plan. If a payment provider matters to your market, confirm it before you subscribe.

Who it suits and who it does not

Sharetribe suits a founder who wants a hosted marketplace running quickly and expects to need some custom work later. The no-code builder covers the first launch, and the open APIs mean the product is not a dead end if the idea grows. It also suits a small team with a developer, or one willing to build with AI coding tools, since the company says smaller changes can be made with them without deep coding experience.

It asks more of you than a template tool when your concept is unusual. The site itself says that a marketplace with many unique features will likely need the developer platform and custom code, and that customizing the template design takes HTML, CSS and JavaScript. A founder who wants a finished, visually editable design with no code at all may find the no-code builder limited to its out-of-the-box functionality. And because the live plans differ between the two versions of the FAQ, a budget should rest on the current pricing page rather than on a single quoted figure.