Sharetribe Flex

Sharetribe Flex is a packaged software solution for e-commerce marketplaces. Included are three templates that are functional MVPs of e-commerce marketplaces. Sharetribe Flex also provides developer documentation explaining how to further customize their templates as well as a developer console to view API keys as well as access website metrics. Sharetribe Flex allows you to build a platform that is uniquely yours with the ability to build custom features but also allows you to integrate thousands of other apps for minimal coding.

It is useful for building a powerful online marketplace that is customized to your liking!

Tech stack involved with Sharetribe Flex:

Front-end: React
Backend: JavaScript
Website Hosting: Heroku
Financial Transaction: Stripe

A more in-depth view of required technologies can be found here.

More about the Tech Stack:

React

React is a free and open-source front-end JavaScript library for building user interfaces based on UI components. React will efficiently update and render the right components when your data changes. Declarative views make your code more predictable and easier to debug

JavaScript

JavaScript is a coding language most commonly used for web development alongside HTML and CSS.

A JavaScript tutorial can be found here.

Heroku

Heroku is a cloud platform that enables users to build and host their applications online. The platform includes Github integration allowing developers to automatically build the latest version of the repository. In our project, Heroku is used to host the website.

Stripe

Stripe is a third-party API provider that enables online payment processing. In our project, Stripe processes buyer payments and seller payouts.

Read more about Stripe here. Information about how to set up and use Stripe with Sharetribe Flex can be found here.