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How to Create a Waitlist for a Marketplace

Solve the chicken-and-egg problem. Build supply and demand simultaneously for your two-sided marketplace launch with a strategic pre-launch waitlist campaigns.

Launching a marketplace like Airbnb or Uber is notoriously difficult because you need both buyers and sellers. A waitlist is the secret weapon to balance this equation before you go live.

Why Create a Waitlist for marketplace?

Aggregating supply (sellers/providers) first

Proving liquidity to potential investors

Sequencing the launch by geography or category

Building trust before the transaction

Step-by-Step Guide

1

Create separate landing pages for buyers and sellers

Typically, this involves setting up a landing page, connecting a database, and ensuring your email sequences are ready. UseWait simplifies this entire process.

2

Offer reduced fees for early providers

Typically, this involves setting up a landing page, connecting a database, and ensuring your email sequences are ready. UseWait simplifies this entire process.

3

Incentivize buyers with early access credits

Typically, this involves setting up a landing page, connecting a database, and ensuring your email sequences are ready. UseWait simplifies this entire process.

4

Manually match early users to ensure success

Typically, this involves setting up a landing page, connecting a database, and ensuring your email sequences are ready. UseWait simplifies this entire process.

Conclusion

Don't launch to an empty room. Fill your marketplace with a waitlist first.

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