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I currently operate a successful physical store alongside an online store using WooCommerce in a Middle Eastern city. I can see there is potential for a marketplace. There are no clear leaders in the specific niche. If you were to advise on testing an MVP for an e-commerce marketplace this year, what tools would you recommend?

My initial approach involves onboarding four sellers, all of whom I have personal contacts with in different parts of the city. For now, I plan to manage all the back-office tasks manually. And use google/meta ads geo targeting users. If I see some traction, I can build a dedicated team to further develop the platform.

Any insights or suggestions appreciated! Thank you in advance for your guidance.

I built an android application for a niche industry, which is much better than the existing solutions. Earlier they were using expensive desktop software and no cloud data backups. For this desktop software, company had salesmen/technicians on the ground for sale and maintenance.

I have been running a pilot with few customers I know and fixed most of the minor issues and all are happy with the product. I was planning for a fremium model with a nominal price(compared to the existing desktop solutions price). Now when I go to other customers, they don't seem to take this application seriously because they can download the application freely and I think the price is too low(which I am working on). As a solo developer, how can I convince the customers that this is a serious application?.

Note: This is in India. Most of the customers are not very tech savvy. For payments I will have to try some offline channels.