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This blog post features examples of SaaS enabled marketplaces, which are becoming increasingly popular marketplace types. By referencing these examples, you can get a better understanding of SaaS enabled marketplaces, how they're uniquely positioned in some markets, the value they create, and more.
SaaS enabled marketplaces combine the elements of both a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering that can be used as standalone software and valuable, along with that of a marketplace, which connects two or more parties for a transaction that can also benefit from network effects. One example of pure SaaS is Box, while an example of a pure marketplace is Uber. SaaS enabled marketplace combine elements of them both, by usually offering tools & management for the supply side (calendar scheduling, booking management, inventory management, invoicing, etc) that suppliers can use to more efficiently run their businesses. One of the big benefits with this approach is that it allows you to aggregate density with supply (typically professional businesses) before driving demand as a marketplace.
Lawn Love is a leading on-demand marketplace for booking lawn & gardening services that operates in 120+ cities. It also offers lawn professionals the tools to more efficiently operate & manage their businesses. The CEO Jeremy Yamaguchi was also a past Everything Marketplaces group chat guest and you can see the recording of the chat where he shared more about Lawn Love as a SaaS enabled marketplace here.
Learn more about Lawn Love: www.lawnlove.com
ResQ is a marketplace that makes it easy for restaurants to request, manage, & pay for maintenance and repair requests so that they can focus on the customer first. ResQ offers restaurants tools like work order management, asset management, repair invoicing, and other tools to more efficiently run their business. The CEO Kuljeev Singh was a past Everything Marketplaces group chat guest and you can see the recording of the chat where he shared more about ResQ as a SaaS enabled marketplace here.
Learn more about ResQ: www.getresq.com
OpenTable is a leading online restaurant reservation platform that consumers go to for discovering restaurants, reading reviews, and making reservations. OpenTable first started as a restaurant reservation software in San Francisco, before it then started driving demand with consumer bookings and evolved into a SaaS enabled marketplace.
Learn more about OpenTable: www.opentable.com
Outdoorsy is the leading marketplace to discover & book RV's. It also operates Wheelbase, which is a SaaS platform for RV businesses to manage their fleets, rentals, and even offers additional insurance policies. The former VP of Product was also a past Everything Marketplaces group chat guest and you can see the recording of the chat where he shared more about Outdoorsy as a SaaS enabled marketplace here.
Learn more about Outdoorsy: www.outdoorsy.com
Notch is a SaaS enabled marketplace that simplifies supply chain & ordering for restaurants. It's unique as a SaaS enabled marketplace in that it offers tools for both restaurants to manage ordering, along with distributers to manage their inventory & orders. The CEO Jordan Huck was a past Everything Marketplaces group chat guest and you can see the recording of the chat where he shared more about Notch as a SaaS enabled marketplace here.
Learn more about Notch: www.notchordering.com
Want to learn more about SaaS enabled marketplaces? We've curated some of the best blog posts, essays, podcasts, and group chats about SaaS enabled marketplaces that you can see here. You can also join the SaaS enabled marketplace space in our community where many of the marketplaces mentioned above are sharing more with the community here.
