Top Marketplace Builders: Shipturtle vs Sharetribe

One is a democratic cart extension, the other is a closed ecosystem

Shipturtle is a no-code app to build any type of multivendor marketplaces on Shopify, while Sharetribe is a closed ecosystem for building marketplace websites that have basic templates suitable for rental or service marketplaces only.

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Criteria

Shipturtle

Sharetribe

Getting Started

Fast, Scalable, and Stable

  • Shipturtle caters to B2C, C2C, and B2B marketplaces that offer Products, Services, Digital products, and more.
  • It is an extension of the world’s most popular website platforms like Shopify.
  • Offers a 14-day trial period, marketplace is typically launched within 2 days.
  • Built for scale and large vendors with features like vendor connect, bulk listing management, integrated shipping, and invoicing.
  • It is self-hosted, white-labeled, offering monthly updates and full backup.

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    Simple with Limited Features

  • Caters to C2C rental and service marketplaces, providing a front-end website engine with embedded vendor logins.
  • With a 14-day trial period, it requires no technical expertise to launch a basic marketplace.
  • Self-hosted platform, no need for maintenance and backups.
  • Simple and stable with a limited feature set.
  • Scaling requires developer assistance.

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    Pricing

    Drastic Cost Savings

  • Shipturtle charges $149 per month, which is 90% less than Sharetribe. Add $79 for Shopify charges to make the comparison likable. (estimated for a marketplace receiving 5000 orders)
  • Both Shopify and Shipturtle charge payment processing charges via Stripe which is ~$0.30 + 2.5% per order.
  • Detailed and extensive published feature set with minimal need for any customization.
  • Shopify and Woocommerce have the world’s easiest drag-and-drop interfaces with a developer community of millions.

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    W3.CSS

    (Shipturtle is the only app on Shopify to offer seamless C2C functionality with Shopify login integration and customization possibilities.

    C2C functionality is available out-of-box for a flat fee of USD 50.. No hidden charges. No transaction based charges.    )

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    High Costs & Customizations

  • Sharetribe charges ~$1500 per month + ~ $1000 per month to developers for “customizations” you will invariably need at that scale. (estimated for a marketplace receiving 5000 orders)
  • Only basic features are available even on their highest plan.
  • Customizations will typically cost anywhere from $5000-$20000 for basic requirements like website design, vendor dashboards, shipping, invoicing, etc.
  • Our research revealed a large number of claims on their website are customizations.

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    W3.CSS

    (A budding entrepreneur looking to create a C2C platform for trading used bicycles and components is drawn to Sharetribe for its ease of use. They quickly realize that the platform's high costs and limitations is a major deterrent.

    Sharetribe charges USD 10-19 cents per conversation between customers. Assuming each user to send 5-10 requests and ending up with atleast 3 conversations, such marketplace with 100,000+ users will ruin the merchant margins.    )

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    Vendor Management

    All-in-One Vendor Management

  • Extremely powerful Vendor management dashboard comprising Vendor onboarding, detailed analytics, custom vendor permissions, customer chat, reviews, and mobile access.
  • Vendor Connect feature gives Marketplaces a two-way ability to sync with the vendors’ feeds on Shopify, Amazon, etc. Inventory is kept in sync, orders are pushed to their Order Management System and listings are updated automatically.

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    Limited Vendor Management Feature

  • Customers on the website can list their products and become a vendor.
  • Based on your set transaction type, customers can initiate transactions to book a listing, purchase listings, or initiate a chat with vendors and leave a review.
  • Limited Vendor management feature.

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    Product Management

    Customize, Create, and Optimize

  • Vendors can tailor product fields, create single or bulk listings, and utilize templates for consistency.
  • Automatic inventory updates and quick edit options enhance efficiency.
  • Approval flows maintain quality control.
  • Support for product variants, mandatory fields, and private label products.
  • Subscription and booking product options.

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    Essential Features Only

  • Lets website users sign up and add their listing.
  • The marketplace owners can configure the product fields and listing types: Calendar booking, Purchase, and Free Messaging.
  • No support for bulk listing, approval flow, automatic inventory sync, subscriptions, etc.
  • Merchants can only set one single percentage commission fee for each party.
  • There is no built-in mechanism for charging listing fees.
  • There is no built-in mechanism for charging subscription fees to allow users to be members of the marketplace.

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    The Shipturtle Advantage

    100%
    Go live in 48 hours
    5-10%
    Revenue Boost viz. Webhooks for Sync
    99.9%
    Accurate Inventory Sync
    400+
    Modules for B2C/C2C Marketplaces

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    Criteria

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    Sharetribe

    Order Management

    Tailored Checkout, Order Management, and Shipping

  • Offers extensive features for customizing checkout, order management, and shipping.
  • Complete Automation, integrations with order management systems and shipping services.
  • Shipment tracking, invoicing, pickup facility, and returns management.
  • Support for digital products, WhatsApp integration, and reverse bidding (auction-type listing).

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    Not Suitable for Order Involving Shipping

  • Sellers have the option to specify how they wish to deliver the listing: Pickup or Shipping.
  • By default, sellers can only define a single fixed shipping fee, plus a potential fee for additional items.
  • No built-in way of printing shipping labels.
  • No integrated carriers, tracking, or order management module.
  • No option for invoicing.

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    Payout Management

    Versatile Payment Processing

  • Any payment gateway can be used on the website giving the ability to choose and negotiate costs.
  • Payouts via Stripe and Paypal.
  • Robust rules-based engine where the commission can be set based on product, vendor, category, or globally.
  • Flexibility to treat product price, taxes, shipping, and discounts separately.
  • Payout can be controlled to factor in delivery, returns, and refunds.

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    Single Commission and Stripe Integration

  • Lets the marketplace charge all vendors a common commission percentage.
  • The payout is disbursed to vendors via Stripe Connect.
  • Any other payment gateway requires custom coding.
  • The default payment blackout is 2 weeks.

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    Website Interface

    Endless Possibilities with Shipturtle

  • Shopify powers 4.5+ million live stores, Woocommerce even more.
  • Even the lowest plans are fully customizable from a design standpoint.
  • Dev support from thousands of agencies and freelancers.
  • 13000+ app ecosystems including critical integrations with CRMs, Loyalty apps, Social platforms, POS systems, accounting software, and shippers.
  • Best-in-class conversions, one-click checkouts.
  • Seamless integration with platforms like Shopify providing 1 minute install, instant sync, and full compatibility. Its open APIs can also integrate with a headless architecture or custom-built websites.

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    Don't Settle for Less

  • 4000+ historical websites built. (source: BuiltWith Trends)
  • Sharetribe offers a basic homepage and product pages.
  • No drag-and-drop interface.
  • Customization is available only on the top plan via a closed developer community.
  • No public apps and extensions. The 4000+ integrations claimed on their website are only Zapier integrations.
  • No optimizations for conversions and checkout.

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    Security, scalability & support

    Traceability and Efficient Marketplace Management

  • Detailed change logs at Order and Product levels offer traceability.
  • Open APIs, documentation, and unlimited chat support.
  • Super easy and friendly for Marketplaces at scale.

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    Struggling to Scale and Compete

  • Lacks scalability for growing marketplaces requiring custom designs, tailored vendor automation, and support for large sellers.
  • Relying on a small developer pool for numerous customizations and significant per-transaction charges costs thousands of dollars.
  • It cannot compete with both cart platforms and democratic marketplace apps like Shipturtle in scalability, cost-effectiveness, and feature offerings.

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    Conclusion

    Sharetribe was once viable when platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce couldn't accommodate marketplaces. Now it cannot compete with both cart platforms and democratic marketplace apps like Shipturtle in scalability, cost-effectiveness, and feature offerings.

    Shipturtle breaks these barriers, offering:

  • Complete democratic tool, unlimited scale, security and backups
  • Detailed change logs at Order and Product levels offers traceability
  • Powerful vendor dashboards and order management features
  • Open APIs, documentation and unlimited chat support
    • Shipturtle lets you connect vendor websites, and automate listings, orders, shipping, payouts & much more. You can scale unlimited with open APIs for custom development.

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    1000+ Marketplace Owners ❤ Shipturtle

    "I am so impressed every day that I work with the Shipturtle team. I had a vision to launch a business that would include 3 different kinds of vendors: C2C sellers, small business vendors and on-demand printing/manufacturing vendors.  I was starting completely from scratch... I launched my business last month and they have been phenomenal in their customer care and support... They have gone above and beyond to help me succeed. I highly recommend working with Shipturtle."

    Nicole DeBoom

    eNDe project, United States

    "The team at ShipTurtle is professional and always willing to help when I need it. They have done a lot of custom work for me, and broke my expectations for their custom capabilities. I would recommend their platform over all other marketplace apps on Shopify. Lastly, their customer service team deserves 5 stars."

    Jonathan Patterson
    PRX Market, United States

    "From Day 1 with ShipTurtle we have been very satisfied with our experience. We have a unique selling platform which has required coding tweaks to improve or simplify functionality on our site. ShipTurtle has fulfilled all of our requests and also made recommendations on improvements in the future."

    Alicia
    Second Chance, United States
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