A community-driven food marketplace where home cooks can list their dishes (daily/weekly specials, homemade meals, catering offers).

Local diners can browse, order, and review meals.

Tradly provides the core backend infrastructure (accounts, listings, transactions, subscriptions, etc.), so you can focus on the experience and branding.

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🔑 Key Roles

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1. Home Cooks (Sellers)

• Create profiles (bio, specialty, location, ratings).
• List dishes (name, description, price, availability, dietary tags).
• Manage orders and communicate with diners.

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2. Local Diners (Buyers)

• Browse food by location, cuisine, availability, or cook.
• Place orders (one-time or subscriptions, e.g., weekly meals).
• Leave ratings & reviews.

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3. Marketplace Admin (You)

• Manage cooks’ onboarding (approve/reject applications).
• Set commission rates or subscription fees for cooks.
• Ensure quality & trust (KYC, menu guidelines, complaint handling).

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Building with Tradly

Tradly gives you modular features to stitch this marketplace together:

1. Accounts / Roles

• Use Tradly’s multi-tenant system to separate sellers (home cooks) from buyers.
• Add onboarding flow for cooks → “Apply as a Cook” with approval step.

2. Listings

• Each dish is a listing in Tradly.
• Attributes: price, description, cuisine type, photos, availability, delivery/pickup option.

3. Orders

• Diners place orders directly via Tradly’s order module.
• Payment gateway integration (Stripe, Razorpay, etc.) → Cooks get paid, platform keeps commission.

4. Subscription Model

• Option for diners to subscribe to a weekly meal plan.
• Option for cooks to pay monthly subscription to access marketplace.

5.Ratings & Reviews Use Tradly’s built-in rating system for cooks and dishes.

6. Messaging

Enable chat between cooks & diners for special requests.

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💡 Extra Features for Food Marketplace

• Geo-based discovery: Diners see cooks nearby.
• Pickup & Delivery Options: Pickup → Diners go to cook’s place.
• Delivery → Cooks arrange delivery or integrate with local courier.
• Meal Calendar: Cooks can pre-schedule availability for the week.
• Community Feed: Cooks can post updates (new dishes, promotions, stories).
• Safety Layer: Verification of cooks, food hygiene guidelines, refund policies.

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📱 User Flow (Example)

Home Cook Onboarding

1. Downloads app → Apply as a Cook → Profile approval.
2. Adds dishes with details + photos.
3. Sets availability & delivery options.

Local Diner Journey

1. Opens app → Sees nearby dishes & cooks.
2. Filters by cuisine/diet (vegan, halal, gluten-free).
3. Places order → Chooses pickup/delivery.
4. Pays securely.
5. Reviews cook after receiving meal.

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🛠️ Tech Stack with Tradly

• Backend: Tradly APIs handle accounts, listings, orders, payments. 0 Frontend:Tradly ready-made apps (white-label mobile/web). Or build your own React/React Native app using Tradly APIs.
• Payments: Stripe / Razorpay.
• Hosting: Tradly manages backend infra.

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💰 Monetization Ideas

• Commission per order (10–20%).
• Subscription plans for cooks (monthly fee to list dishes).
• Featured listings (cooks pay to promote meals).
• Delivery fee margin.

👉 This way, you don’t reinvent the wheel (Tradly handles the marketplace backbone), and you can focus on branding, community, and trust-building.