Public trust before auth
The public route carries enough clarity and reassurance to let the buyer act before login or role logic becomes relevant.
Marketplace demo
A marketplace flow that earns trust before asking for too much.
This category is useful because it shows how service discovery, provider trust, and inquiry conversion can work together before a heavier operator stack or full account system exists.
Browse to inquiry
one public flow instead of scattered dead ends
Provider trust cues
pricing posture, response window, and scope clarity
Low-friction first step
no account wall before intent exists
Featured provider
Northline Renovations
Kitchen and bath planning with a fast quote-ready intake flow.
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Harbor Health
Browse-to-booking flow for a clinic group.
Cedar Lane
Clear fit and lead capture for tutoring inquiries.
Publicly visible
- • interactive demo embedded in the studio site
- • sanitized provider cards, detail view, and inquiry state
- • capability framing without inherited product names
Why this category matters
Marketplace-style products fail when they feel either too thin or too heavy.
The useful middle ground is a public surface that stays easy to scan, gives enough trust signal to compare providers, and moves into inquiry without pretending the full back office already needs to be public.
Challenge
Show available supply clearly, keep browsing lightweight, and move from discovery to inquiry without forcing users through a heavy account setup.
Outcome
A bounded interactive experience with browse, detail, and inquiry states that proves UI quality and conversion thinking in a few clicks.
Browse rhythm
Results need to feel lightweight enough to compare quickly, but substantial enough to avoid looking like a bare directory dump.
Provider credibility
A good profile surface exposes fit, scope, and response posture without forcing the visitor into dense operational detail.
Conversion handoff
The first contact step should feel short and realistic, not like a giant form standing in for an unfinished system.
Interactive demo
Try the marketplace flow
Search, filter, and open provider profiles. The slice is intentionally bounded, but the goal is for the interaction quality to feel self-evident instead of heavily narrated.
Interactive demo
Marketplace browse, provider profile, and inquiry flow
This is a curated marketplace slice built to feel closer to a real product surface than a narrated walkthrough. Search works, filters work, and the conversion step stays intentionally light.
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Results
Search and compare providers without clutter
The results state should feel scannable enough for quick comparison while still carrying enough signal to make the next click feel informed.
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What this demo demonstrates
A credible public marketplace surface before the heavier machinery exists.
The signal here is not just visual polish. It is the way discovery, trust, and the first conversion action all stay coherent in one product slice.
Supplier-side clarity
Provider surfaces communicate enough scope and fit to make the inquiry step feel informed rather than generic.
Backend earned later
A thin backend can support the lead path now while richer operator and account surfaces stay out of the first public release.
Delivery approach
- • Next.js-driven public shell and demo routes
- • FastAPI inquiry boundary with real delivery plumbing
- • static demo data today with room for richer live slices later
Public proof posture
Public proof without donor-app baggage.
This demo stays bounded and sanitized on purpose. It proves the product posture without exposing a sprawling donor-app clone or pretending every future workflow is already public.
Publicly shown as a bounded interactive demo. Deeper operator or admin flows stay selective.
Use the public demo to judge the product posture, then use the project brief to get into scope, architecture, and what the first private or operational surfaces actually need.
Next conversation
If this demo category feels close to your product, the next step is a sharper brief.
The public page shows the product posture. A project brief lets us talk about what should stay public, what should stay private, and what the first implementation phase needs.