Case Study — eCommerce

A multi-vendor eCommerce marketplace for the UAE market

Buyer storefront, vendor operations, and marketplace administration — three products delivered as one platform, built for how commerce works in the UAE.

By Albin Joseph, founder · Updated 18 July 2026

10+ Vendors onboarded

500+ Products listed

50+ Orders processed per month

Client Context

Launching a marketplace in the UAE

The client set out to launch a multi-vendor marketplace in the fashion segment for the UAE market, where buyers expect polished, mobile-first commerce and vendors expect operations tooling that doesn't get in their way.

The Problem

A marketplace is three products, not one

Buyers need a fast storefront: catalogue, search, cart, checkout, and order tracking that work flawlessly on mobile.
Vendors need an operations product: onboarding, catalogue and inventory management, order fulfilment, and visibility into their payouts.
The marketplace operator needs control: vendor approvals, commission rules, order oversight, and dispute handling.
Money movement ties it all together — split payments, commission calculation, and vendor payouts have to be right on every order.

The Solution

One platform, three surfaces

Buyer Storefront Catalogue, search, cart, checkout, order tracking

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Marketplace Core Orders, commission engine, payment splitting

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Vendor Portal Catalogue, inventory, fulfilment, payouts

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Admin Console Approvals, commissions, oversight, disputes

Buyer storefront. Mobile-first catalogue browsing, search and filtering, cart and checkout, and post-order tracking.
Vendor portal. Self-serve onboarding, product and inventory management, order fulfilment workflows, and payout visibility — vendors run their own operations.
Admin console. Vendor approval flows, commission configuration, marketplace-wide order oversight, and dispute handling for the operator.
Payments and payouts. Checkout via Stripe payments, with commission splitting and vendor payout flows handled by the platform.

Results

Live in the UAE market

10+ Vendors onboarded and selling

500+ Products listed across the catalogue

50+ Orders processed per month

$1000 Gross merchandise value transacted

Tech Stack

What it's built with

NodeJS ReactJS ExpressJS PostgrSQL Stripe Payments

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