# Marketplace MVP Feature Checklist

Reviewed: 2026-08-10

## Market and operating model

- [ ] Define buyer, seller, administrator, support, and finance responsibilities.
- [ ] Define commission, merchant-of-record, payout, refund, and dispute policies.
- [ ] State the launch geography, currency, tax, verification, and prohibited-listing rules.

## Supply

- [ ] Seller onboarding and verification state.
- [ ] Listing create/edit/publish/moderation workflow.
- [ ] Price, availability, media, categories, and inventory rules.

## Demand

- [ ] Search, filters, listing details, saved items, and buyer contact rules.
- [ ] Checkout, payment state, confirmation, order history, and cancellation.
- [ ] Ratings/reviews and report/escalation paths.

## Operations

- [ ] Admin queues for sellers, listings, orders, payouts, refunds, reports, and disputes.
- [ ] Audit history and permission boundaries for sensitive actions.
- [ ] Notification, support, reconciliation, monitoring, and recovery workflows.

## Defer deliberately

- [ ] Mark native apps, recommendation, advertising, complex settlement, multi-currency, and partner APIs as Must, Should, Could, or Later.

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