Unit economics
Review how fees, hub services, seller releases, credits, refunds, support pressure, and category mix can be evaluated before marketplace launch.
Revenue Lines
- Marketplace fee, category fee, hub intake, pickup service, packing service, promoted placement, and event services should be reviewed separately.
- Every customer-facing fee needs a matching seller explanation and support reference.
- Fee changes should connect to policy approval, category health, and seller communication.
Category Contribution
- Trading cards, retro games, electronics, GPUs, sneakers, collectibles, art, books, home, garden, and automotive goods have different proof cost and support risk.
- Category review should combine sell-through, watcher-to-bid rate, offer pressure, return rate, support cases, and hub handling cost.
- Launch waves should prioritize categories where trust proof and hub handoff can improve buyer confidence.
Hub Service Cost
- Local intake, item checks, packing, pickup release, storage time, and event preparation should have visible service assumptions.
- Hub utilization should be reviewed by capacity, category fit, turnaround, no-show risk, and issue rate.
- High-value handoff can create trust, but owner review still needs staffing, liability, and space assumptions.
Seller Releases
- Seller statements should separate gross sale, fee lines, credits, refund reserve, hold reason, and release timing.
- Payment readiness should show when a seller is blocked by verification, tax readiness, report status, or support review.
- Finance review should connect payout timing to buyer protection and return windows.
Refund and Credit Exposure
- Refunds, report outcomes, credits, chargeback review, and seller holds should be visible before launch approval.
- Support-heavy categories need conservative reserves until proof quality and seller standards stabilize.
- Credits should show source, expiration, cart use, support owner, and statement impact.
Support Cost Pressure
- Missing items, damaged shipments, pickup mismatches, restricted items, and seller response delays should be tied to measurable case load.
- Good item proof should reduce support time by giving buyers, sellers, hubs, and operators the same evidence trail.
- Service levels should show when support staffing becomes a launch blocker.
Seller Growth Levers
- Promoted placement, storefront shelves, bulk import, saved-search demand, and quality prompts should improve sell-through without hiding buyer labels.
- Growth tools should be reviewed against seller quality, refund risk, and buyer satisfaction.
- Operator review should keep promotion rules visible and fair.
Owner Review
- Before launch, owners should approve fee assumptions, reserve policy, credit rules, support staffing, hub service cost, and category sequence.
- Economics review should tie back to routes, policy pack, payment readiness, service activation, and settlement ledger.
- This demo shows review structure only and does not move money, collect tax data, or release seller funds.
Fee Guide
Buyer, seller, hub, shipping, return, and auction fee surfaces.
Tax & Fee Estimate
Buyer totals, service lines, credits, tax estimate display, refund adjustments, and owner approval.
Monetization Controls
Fee lines, sponsored placement, buyer labels, seller budgets, reporting, and owner review.
Fee Schedule Builder
Category fees, hub service lines, seller plans, customer labels, effective dates, and rollback.
Seller Plan Center
Seller tier limits, plan benefits, support commitments, billing boundaries, and downgrade impact.
Rewards Center
Reward cost, trade credit, pickup perks, seller rewards, limits, and owner review.
Seller Finance
Fees, earnings, release readiness, reserves, and seller statements.
Settlement Ledger
Order value, holds, refund impact, release status, and finance review.
Payment Readiness
Authorization, credits, seller releases, refunds, chargebacks, and tax readiness.
Marketplace Analytics
Demand, liquidity, category health, support load, and finance signals.
Hub Fees & Timing
Service lines, turnaround, liability notes, pickup, and packing.
Seller Growth
Placement, quality fixes, saved demand, and fair visibility rules.
Policy Pack
Fee visibility, refunds, seller standards, support escalation, and approvals.
Service Activation
Provider approval, identity, notices, media evidence, carriers, and staffing.
Owner Handoff
Acceptance checks, activation gaps, package safety, and ownership controls.
Current demo state
Economics are shown as review assumptions.
The demo connects fee guide, seller finance, settlement, payment readiness, marketplace analytics, hub fees, seller growth, and policy approval as static review paths.
Future platform state
Live economics need real transaction records.
Launch needs approved fee schedules, tax review, payment processor reporting, payout reconciliation, reserve rules, chargeback handling, support staffing, and permissioned exports.