Building a classified ads site from scratch means months of development: user accounts, listing creation flows, category taxonomies, search and filtering, moderation tools, and payments. Tradly’s classified website builder ships all of that out of the box — you configure it, not code it.

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What makes Tradly different from a generic website builder

Wix, Squarespace, or even Shopify can make a page that looks like classifieds. But they don’t have the underlying platform logic a real classifieds site needs. Tradly is marketplace-first:

• User-posted listings — sellers register, create, manage, and renew their own listings without any admin involvement
• Category system — up to 4-level deep category hierarchy, fully configurable from SuperAdmin
• Custom attributes and filters — add custom fields per category (price, location, condition, mileage — whatever your niche needs) and expose them as buyer filters
• Moderation — listings go through an approval queue before going live, or auto-publish — your choice
• Commission and fee options — charge for featured listings, paid categories, or take a transaction fee when deals happen on-platform
• Built-in chat — buyers and sellers message each other without leaving the platform
• Ratings and reviews — both sides rate each other to build trust
• Mobile apps — iOS and Android apps generated for your platform, not just a mobile-responsive website

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How to set up a classified site on Tradly

1. Sign up for a free account
2. Choose a classifieds template from the gallery
3. Configure your category structure in SuperAdmin > Listings > Categories
4. Add custom attributes for your niche (car specs, property details, job requirements)
5. Activate payment gateway if you’re charging for listings or features
6. Add your custom domain
7. Launch

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Add Products

Write your product title and description. Upload product photos or other media. Set your price, Setup Stocks limit.

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Activate Payment gateways

We support multiple payment gateways. If you are interested in implementing a custom payment gateways, let us know in the contact form.

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Activate Shipment options

• Pick up at source

• Delivery/Pick up at Storage Points

• Delivery at Destination

• Delivery

  

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Add your custom domain

Your store is ready to start making money 🚀

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What kinds of classified sites get built on Tradly

• Regional buy/sell/trade platforms (the local Craigslist or OLX for your market)
• Vehicle classifieds — cars, motorcycles, boats
• Property listing sites — rentals and sales
• Job boards — employer-posted jobs, freelancer profiles
• Agricultural classifieds — livestock, equipment, land, produce
• Service directories — contractors, tutors, cleaners listed by location
• Niche communities — sports equipment, musical instruments, collectibles

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Similar platforms you can build

Platform	What it is	You can build this with Tradly
Craigslist	General classifieds	✅
OLX	Buy/sell/trade	✅
Gumtree	Regional classifieds	✅
AutoTrader	Vehicle classifieds	✅
Rightmove	Property listings	✅
Indeed	Job board	✅

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Advanced Features

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Product Collection

Organise your products into collections (Thematic, promotional, season etc)

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Taxes (Advanced)

• Discounts
• Mini-tools (QR Code Generator, Barcode Generator, Short Link generator, UTM Generator)

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Product Types

• Items with Variances
• Items with Bundles Read more about Variation Here.

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Advanced Rules

• Limit number of items purchased on platform level (Stocks, Ticket Limits)
• Limit number of items purchased per user
• Limit Minimum Price, Minimum Quantity, Maximum Quantity
• Limit minimum total order size on Payment method level

Read more about how to use this rules here

Learn more about shipping methods.

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Custom Fields (Attributes) for Product descriptions & Filters

You can easily add custom fields for your product adding page. And it can be customised to be shown on listing category level.

Learn more about here

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Monitoring Business

• Inventory report
• Sales report

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Growing your Classifieds Platform

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On top of Tradly Free Creator tools. You can add 3rd party apps inside your store for further faetures.

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SEO

SEO (Structured card image) & Search engine listing preview,

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Email Tools

Integrating your online store with Marketing Tools (especially Mailchimp for emails)

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Advertising Tools

Your hosted website can add integrations to run ads. Example: Facebook Pixel, Google Ads Conversion Pixel can be added through Native integrations. or you can use Google Tag Manager integration to do advanced pixel placement in specific pages or custom trigger condition.

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Analytical Tools

Connect with Analytical Tools (like Google Analytics)

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Feedback & Survey Tools

Connecting with Feedback & UX monitoring tools (like Hotjar, clarity) (By default, we have feedback form)

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Promotion / Popup tools

Connecting Promotion / Popup tools

Advanced Growth Tactics

• Increase AOV by setting up minimum purchase
• Create Collection pages to get more exposure in Google Search results or thematic celebrations.

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Scaling

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Established and looking to expand & Scale?

• Fleet Management System to manage your own deliveries thus reducing cost and providing end-to-end delightful experience for your customers
• Mobile Apps for your customers, so they can be in touch with you everyday
• Additional Integrations on backend level (Via API and Webhooks) to support with your internal systems

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Free Classified Templates

Simple and FREE. Launch your project today!

- Launch Marketplaces, Online Storefronts, Booking Apps, Classifieds, Directories, Partner Portals, App Stores, etc.
- Tradly pricing starts with ZERO. You pay only when you grow.
- Free No-code Integrations, No-Code Editor

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Checklist from start to end on what you need to build a marketplace using Tradly Platform.

Tradly Platform solution is catered to different groups separately

• For developers: Headless API solution. Using the API solution, developers can build apps on top of it.
• For no-code creators: A simple toggle based SuperAdmin Panel to configure features in the already pre-built apps (also called as storefront, front end apps, templated apps).

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For developers

• Signup for a free account
• Get the API keys in the SuperAdmin > Settings > API section = Refer the API reference to start building the app
• Optionally Fork Open source app starter Kits

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5 Steps for no-code creators and builders

1. Signup for a free account

2. Choose the templates Website or Mobile Apps

   

3. Do the branding customisation & business informations on launchpad

4. Prototype your app using our SuperAdmin builder and Visualise your app through test apps.

5. Launch

• Web App: By default when you register, you will get the production URL to use the app. And you can add custom domain.
• Mobile App: When you are ready to launch, Subscribe to our plans and get a white label app build

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Advanced Informations

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A. UI Customisation via SuperAdmin

Settings > App Customistion

• App Name
• App Primary & Secondary Colour
• App Icon
• Splash launch images
• Onboarding images, Onboarding Text
• Registration Text
• Sell Icon (optional)
• App title in Home Screen (Default will be app name) And others

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B. Platform Fundamentals

You must configure the below things for the system to be able to open accounts, submit listings and make purchases.

• Configure accounts: Settings > accounts(categories, attributes)

• Configure listings: Settings > listings (Setting up listings information to be collected. Categories, attributes)

  

• Stripe/other payment gateways configuration

  

• Configure revenue model, commissions: Settings > commissions OR Settings > Subscriptions OR Settings > Special Fees

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C. Integrations

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App integrations

• Chat setup via Firebase ,
• Optionally referral / sharing features via Branch
• Optionally later legal informations (privacy, terms, etc)

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System integrations

• Configure email if you want the emails to be whitelisted
• Configure domain if you want good deliverability of emails
• Configure Google Maps if you have location specific features

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Website Integrations

Dozens of website integrations to help you with marketing, analytics and products. [Check here](https://tradly.app/integrations)

Simple and FREE. Launch your project today!

- Launch Marketplaces, Online Storefronts, Booking Apps, Classifieds, Directories, Partner Portals, App Stores, etc.
- Tradly pricing starts with ZERO. You pay only when you grow.
- Free No-code Integrations, No-Code Editor

SIGN UP NOW

• More about Headless Commerce API
• Open source Repositories - iOS, Android, Web App
• Youtube Video series on how to build a marketplace
• VIDEO: Choosing the right stack and how to approach different solution
• Read: Why it’s better to use pre-built solution like Tradly

Also see: Free Classified Website · Directory Website Builder · How to Create a Marketplace Website · Complete marketplace guide