AI Verdict
Confidence: HighMarketplace has failed to gain traction with $0 MRR and -100% growth, indicating fundamental product-market fit issues. The chicken-and-egg problem is particularly severe for auction marketplaces.
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Rankbid
Providing auctions as a service for website owners so that they can maximize their revenues, similarly to an advertisement platform but that can be tailored to the need and the structure of the webmaster. The bidders are only charged when winning the auction. I intend to only authorize payment during the auction and capture the payment only when the auction is over, usually from 1 to 5 days after the payment was captured at first.
Rankbid: Auction-as-a-service platform with $0 MRR and -100% growth, struggling to find product-market fit.
None currently - No network effects, no proprietary tech, no brand recognition
- Small to medium website owners (10K-100K monthly visitors) looking to monetize beyond standard ad networks
- E-commerce sites wanting auction functionality for limited inventory
- No clear pricing transparency
- Missing integration options
- No case studies or success metrics
- Focus on specific verticals (real estate, collectibles)
- Build for WordPress/Shopify plugins first
- Offer revenue share instead of fixed fees
Low - Requires both supply (webmasters) and demand (bidders), making cold start difficult
- Chicken-and-egg marketplace problem
- Payment fraud in auction environments
- Regulatory compliance for financial transactions
- Competition from established ad networks
$15K-$25K for MVP (assuming 1-2 developers for 3 months)
- Real-time bidding interface
- Payment processing with authorization/capture
- Admin dashboard for webmasters
- Basic analytics for auction performance
Skip: Advanced fraud detection, Multi-language support, Mobile apps, Complex reporting