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Freelancer and Services Marketplace

A marketplace where freelancers sell services, buyers order and pay online, and you keep a commission.

Shahid Malla

Shahid Malla · Top Rated on Fiverr and Upwork
600+ Fiverr reviews, 4.9 average · 13+ years · 900+ projects

LaravelStripe ConnectOrder workflow

About this package

This package builds a services marketplace for one niche, such as designers, tutors, translators or voice artists, where sellers list services, buyers order and pay online, and you keep a commission on each order. It is written in Laravel, so the order rules match your niche instead of a generic plugin.

The life of one order

A seller creates a profile and service listings with prices and options. A buyer orders and, on Business and Premium, pays upfront. The order then moves through stages: the buyer sends requirements, the seller works and delivers files inside the order, and the buyer accepts the delivery or asks for changes. Only after acceptance is the payment released to the seller's Stripe Connect account, minus the commission you set in the admin. Ratings are allowed only on completed orders, which keeps them tied to real work.

Which plan matches your stage

  • Starter tests demand: profiles, listings, search by category and price, and order requests with messaging, with payment handled outside the site.
  • Business runs a real marketplace with online payment, payouts, order stages, file delivery and ratings.
  • Premium adds three-tier service packages, a dispute flag with an admin resolution screen, earnings and payout reports, email and in-app notifications, and load and security testing before launch.

Rules that belong to Stripe and to you

Stripe Connect must approve your platform, and Stripe verifies each seller's identity and bank details; I cannot speed that up. Which countries your sellers can be paid in follows Stripe's list. Your terms of service, refund policy and how you settle disputes are business decisions, and your lawyer should review them. The site enforces whatever rules you write down.

Compare packages

Package Starter$499 Business$1,299 Premium$3,099
Seller profiles and listings
Order messaging
Online payment and payouts –
Commission setting –
Order stages and file delivery –
Ratings on completed orders –
Three-tier service packages ––
Dispute resolution screen ––
Earnings and payout reports ––
Delivery time 10 days20 days38 days
Revisions 235

What I need from you

After you pay, a project opens for your order. Send these there and the delivery clock starts.

  • Your niche, service categories and the fields each listing needs
  • Your commission rate and when payment is released to sellers
  • Seller terms, buyer terms and refund policy from your lawyer, or drafts to work from
  • Logo, brand colors and the marketplace name
  • A Stripe account with Connect enabled (Business and Premium)

About the developer

Shahid Malla

Shahid Malla

AI agent and AI chat developer, full-stack developer

Top Rated on Fiverr and Upwork

Based in
Kashmir, India
Experience
13+ years
Projects
900+ delivered
Languages
English, Hindi

I have built websites, WHMCS modules and web apps for clients since before AI coding tools existed. Today I build with AI-assisted tools and review every change myself, which is why fixed prices here are lower than an agency's for the same scope. I work while the US, Canada and Australia sleep, so each morning there is progress on your staging link.

Read my 600+ Fiverr reviews · Upwork profile · Portfolio · About me

Questions about this package

Can buyers post a job and receive offers instead of ordering a listed service?

Not in these plans, which are built around sellers listing fixed services. A request-and-offer flow, where a buyer posts a brief and sellers send quotes, is a second workflow with its own screens and payments. I can quote it as an addition once the core marketplace is running.

What stops sellers and buyers from moving off the platform to avoid the commission?

Nothing fully stops it, on any marketplace. What helps is making the platform worth using: payment protection, order history and ratings that only count on-site orders. I can also add a filter that flags emails and phone numbers in messages before the first order, which you review as you see fit.

Why does Premium take longer than a typical website?

A marketplace has three sides, buyer, seller and admin, and payments that must be right in every state an order can be in, including disputes and refunds. Premium adds disputes, reports, notifications and load testing, and each of those is tested against real Stripe test payments before launch.

How ordering a package works

  1. 1

    Choose a plan

    Pick Starter, Business or Premium and pay once by card, PayPal or crypto. The price on the page is the price.

  2. 2

    Send your content

    A project opens for your order. Send your text, logo, photos and any logins I need there.

  3. 3

    I build it

    I build on a private staging link you can open on your phone, with updates as I go.

  4. 4

    Launch and handover

    After your approval the site goes live on your domain, and every login is yours.

One-time price, no monthly fee from me

You pay for the build once. Your domain and hosting are registered in your name and renewed with your hosting provider, who bills you directly. I add nothing on top, and the site keeps running whether or not you hire me again.

What I do not build

Gambling and adult websites, and sites that sell content without the rights to it. Need something not listed? Ask for a custom quote.

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