Meridianstacks builds top-quality online marketplace platforms for Irish founders and startups — multi-vendor onboarding, secure payments, vendor dashboards and reviews — at a fraction of local-agency cost. A globally distributed team of senior, fluent-English engineers builds your two-sided platform while working Irish hours, at a fixed price in euro, with full code ownership. Your matched hub is Lagos (UTC+1) — 0–1 hour from Dublin, so our engineers share your full working day.
A custom online marketplace platform in Ireland costs roughly €45,000–€120,000+ at a local agency. Meridianstacks builds the same platform to a high standard — multi-vendor onboarding, secure payments with escrow and commission split, vendor dashboards, reviews and an admin console — for around €18,000–€55,000, a 40–70% saving, at a fixed price in euro. Premium build, best value: real-time same-day collaboration on Irish hours, full code ownership, and senior engineers you meet before you commit.
An established retailer or services company opening its catalogue to third-party sellers — turning a single-brand shop into a multi-vendor marketplace with commission on every sale and a console to moderate quality.
A solo founder with a niche idea — handmade goods, local services, rentals or specialist gear — who needs a credible platform where vendors list and buyers transact safely, without an in-house dev team.
An early-stage team validating a two-sided model and raising on traction. We ship a lean but real launch MVP fast, with payments and commission split working from day one so the platform can earn and prove demand.
Typical builds: services marketplaces, rentals and bookings, handmade and specialist goods, B2B wholesale, and gig or freelance platforms.
A marketplace lives or dies on trust and smooth transactions on both sides. These are the must-have features we build as the foundation of every platform — the same backbone behind apps like Airbnb, Etsy or Fiverr — before layering on the extras your niche needs.
Once the core is live, we commonly add:
A free call in Irish hours to map your vendors, buyers and commission model. You get a fixed quote in euro with clear scope and timeline — no open-ended hourly billing.
We design the vendor and buyer journeys and wire up the payments layer — escrow holding plus commission split — early, so the money flow is proven before we scale features. Weeks 1–4.
Onboarding, listings, search, dashboards, reviews and the admin console — built by senior engineers with code review and automated tests, demoed at every milestone. Weeks 4–12.
A working platform goes live for your first vendors and buyers. We onboard real sellers, watch the first transactions, and fix friction fast in real time on your timezone.
Messaging, disputes, promotions, mobile apps and analytics are added in phases as traction grows — with you owning the roadmap and code throughout.
Repositories are yours from day one. We document the platform, hand over cleanly, and stay on for support or a dedicated team if you want to keep shipping.
| Build | Local agency | Template / DIY | Meridianstacks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch MVP marketplace | €45,000–€70,000 | €2,000–€8,000 | ~€18,000–€30,000 |
| Full multi-vendor platform | €70,000–€120,000+ | Not feasible | ~€30,000–€52,000 |
| Marketplace + iOS & Android apps | €100,000–€180,000+ | Not feasible | ~€40,000–€52,000 |
| Dedicated developer (monthly) | €10,000–€18,000 | — | ~€3,000–€6,000 |
Indicative ranges in euro. Off-the-shelf templates look cheap but cap out fast on payments, commission logic and moderation — most founders outgrow them. Every Meridianstacks engagement is quoted as a fixed price in euro before work begins.
| Meridianstacks | Local agency | Template / no-code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost vs local agency | 40–70% less | Baseline (€90–160/hr) | Lowest upfront |
| Price model | Fixed price in euro | Hourly / open-ended | Monthly licence |
| Code ownership | You own 100% | Usually yes | No — locked in |
| Custom payments & commission | Full control | Full control | Limited / fixed |
| Overlap with Irish hours | Near-full (0–1h) | Full | N/A |
| Senior engineers | Yes — meet first | Sometimes | No |
| Scales beyond launch | Yes | Yes | Outgrown fast |
Prices published from our Open Price Book (v1.0 · July 2026 · next review October 2026). All prices exclude VAT.
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