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MarketForge

Multi-vendor marketplace with inventory management, order orchestration, and seller analytics dashboard.

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Overview

MarketForge is a multi-vendor ecommerce marketplace that supports thousands of SKUs, complex order orchestration across multiple sellers, integrated inventory management, and comprehensive analytics.

The platform handles product catalog management with variant support, real-time inventory sync, split-payment processing, and automated commission calculations.
API Throughput
950 req/s
Database Size
35 GB
Users Supported
40000 users
Uptime Target
99.9 %

STACK

Laravel PHP MySQL Redis Tailwind CSS Alpine.js Paystack Flutterwave AWS S3 Elasticsearch Spatie Permissions

Architecture

SERVICES

  • Catalog Service
  • Order Orchestrator
  • Inventory Manager
  • Commission Calculator
  • Search Engine

DATA FLOWS

  • Browse → Cart → Checkout → Split Payment → Multi-Vendor Fulfillment
  • Inventory Update → Stock Check → Availability Broadcast

INTEGRATIONS

  • Paystack
  • Flutterwave
  • Shipping APIs
  • SMS Gateway

DATA STORES

  • MySQL (Primary)
  • Redis (Cart/Sessions)
  • Elasticsearch (Product Search)
  • S3 (Product Images)

System Interfaces

No interfaces uploaded for this project.

Technology Stack

LA
Laravel
framework
PH
PHP
language
MY
MySQL
database
RE
Redis
cache
TA
Tailwind CSS
frontend
AL
Alpine.js
frontend
PA
Paystack
payment
FL
Flutterwave
payment
AW
AWS S3
cloud
EL
Elasticsearch
search
SP
Spatie Permissions
auth

Metrics

API Throughput
950 req/s
Database Size
35 GB
Users Supported
40000 users
Uptime Target
99.9 %
Payment Integrations
3
Queue Jobs
12000 /day
Auth Model
RBAC

Case Study

Challenge

Build a marketplace supporting 500+ vendors with real-time inventory, split payments, and automated commission tracking.

Solution

  • Multi-vendor architecture with isolated seller dashboards
  • Real-time inventory management with stock reservation
  • Split payment processing with automated commission deduction
  • Elasticsearch-powered product search with faceted filtering

Results

  • 500+ active vendors
  • 15,000+ SKUs managed
  • Average order processing: 2.3 seconds

Engineering Notes

Key Technical Decisions

  • Elasticsearch for product search (sub-100ms queries)
  • Redis-based cart with TTL expiration
  • Queue-driven order processing pipeline
  • Event-sourced inventory for audit compliance
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