COCO SOFTWARE / INDEPENDENT DIGITAL STUDIO
All commerce services / B2B, recurring & marketplaces / 19
COCO / WHAT WE CAN BUILD

Marketplace DevelopmentA marketplace has two operating sides.

A marketplace serves buyers and sellers. Listings, moderation, fulfilment, disputes and settlement responsibilities need to be designed together.

Tailored engagement · not a packaged SaaS product · scope agreed together

COCO / WORKFLOW STUDY 03—19

From uncertainty to action

Customer question A marketplace has two operating sides.
Business context A local services marketplace allows self-listed offer…
First improvement Define buyer, seller and platform roles
Conceptual illustration · not client data
COCO / COMMERCE ENGINEERING
Understand the work first.
01 / THE REAL PROBLEM
The business question comes first.

A marketplace serves buyers and sellers. Listings, moderation, fulfilment, disputes and settlement responsibilities need to be designed together.

FIELD NOTE / ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIO

A familiar moment in the business

A local services marketplace allows self-listed offers, yet refund and dispute handling lacks a clear owner.

Representative scenario, not a real client quote or measured result.

02 / HOW WE WOULD APPROACH IT

Understand the situation.
Then make the right change.

Three practical decisions that often shape this engagement. Your actual scope is agreed for your business.

Define buyer, seller and platform roles
COCO / WORKING SESSION
Define buyer, seller and platform roles
STEP 01 / 03 Illustrative
03 / TAILORED DELIVERY

What might we deliver?

A scoped piece of engineering that can be tested, supported and extended—not a packaged SaaS product.

01 /

Buyer/seller and listing workflows

02 /

Transaction and fulfilment states

03 /

Dispute, settlement and admin design

This is a representative workflow—not a ready-made product or an undocumented client feature. Platform access, financial responsibility, fees and delivery scope must be confirmed per engagement.

04 / MEASURE WHAT MATTERS

How would we know?

We prefer useful evidence over decorative dashboards. Final metrics depend on available and trustworthy data.

01

Quality active listings

Track quality and direction, not promised results

02

Transaction/dispute resolution cycle

Track quality and direction, not promised results

03

Buyer and seller completion rates

Track quality and direction, not promised results

05 / CONNECTED CAPABILITIES

What needs to connect
behind the order?

Connect products, customers, orders, stock, payments and finance based on your operating model—not a fixed feature list.

START WITH YOUR BUSINESS

Start with the problem.
Then scope the work.

Tell us how you operate, what you currently use and the one thing you want to improve.