Etsy-like
E-Commerce Marketplace for group discounts.
What is AnyoneGroup and what did Bushido build?
AnyoneGroup is a global two-sided marketplace where buyers join groups anonymously to unlock group discounts in any industry. Bushido took a clickable prototype and turned it into a launched product in six months with a CTO and three developers: marketplace storefront, backend, seller and buyer dashboards, an admin dashboard for onboarding approvals, escrow-style payments and product analytics. Stack: Next.js, Hasura GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Stripe Connect, Shopify API, SST, TalkJS, TaxJar, Octobat and AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, S3, SES, RDS and CloudFront.
We build products,
not just tech.
E-Commerce, Marketplaces, Retail, Escrow
6 months
CTO + 3 developers
Marketplace storefront web application with backend system, including dashboards for sellers and buyers.
Admin dashboard
Next.js, Hasura GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Stripe Connect, Shopify API, SST, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito,S3, SES, RDS, Cloudfront), Google FCM, TalkJs, TaxJar, OctobatAPI
The vision
Global marketplace where anyone can get group discounts in any industry. Marketplace where buyers join groups anonymously to buy products for lower prices.
Sellers lower their prices when selling to large groups.
By creating groups and offering group pricing in tiers, buyers are incentivized to share the products and buy with others, which lowers CAC for sellers.
The orders are placed if the minimum group size is reached by the deadline to join.
Our job
To build e-commerce marketplace there were several key things that need to be solved:
- User-friendly interface with search and filtering options that allows buyers to easily find products they are looking for.
- Payment processing that supports authorization and charges when group is fulfilled. Integrating Stripe Connect with Express accounts to KYC and onboard
merchants and custom payout mechanism.
- Integration with tax calculation and shipping calculation APIs.
- Create and list product groups, similar to Meetup’s with basic information, photos, product variants, nested product categories, group pricing tiers with templates,
- Shipping options with processing time, group renewal options and many more.
- Checkout page with secure payment, shipping address options.
- Order management to allow order managing, tracking shipment and fulfillment, handling returns, managing inventory.
- In-app messaging and notifications for both sellers and buyers.
- Share and save functionality that creates images with custom affiliate links to promote your group as sellers. It allows color customization to match your brand and share on social media or copy the link.
- Product analytics and insights along with the seller dashboard.
- Buy now functionality, ratings, and product review system.
- Import multiple products from Shopify via CSV with images and variants and prices included.
Result
What made you happiestworking with us?
"Their understanding of the product. I've worked with many developers, but this team is very curious beyond just how the app will work. They want to know what its purpose is, what the value is, etc., and then they will use that information to serve you new feature ideas or give their input into how the application should be designed."
Collin S.
Co-founder & CEO of AnyoneGroup
Questions people ask about AnyoneGroup.
Can Bushido turn a prototype into a production product?
Yes - AnyoneGroup is exactly that. Bushido started from a clickable prototype and written descriptions of intended behaviour and shipped a launched, full marketplace in six months.
How were sellers onboarded and moderated?
Through a purpose-built admin dashboard that automates approving or requesting changes to newly onboarded businesses and manages product groups, so operations do not need an engineer in the loop.
How were payments handled between buyers and sellers?
With Stripe Connect for split payouts, plus TaxJar and Octobat for tax and invoicing, so the marketplace could settle to many sellers compliantly across jurisdictions.
Yours is next.
Same team, sharper tools. Tell us where you are and we will tell you what it takes — scope, shape and a timeline we would actually hold ourselves to — on a 30-minute call with an engineer.