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The Marketplace Piggyback

A marketplace motion tied back to your CRM and sales process.

Sell where buyers already shop

A distribution play that uses an existing marketplace or ecosystem. You package the offer so buyers can find, trust, and try it where they already look.

Timeline2.5–4.5 weeks from stack access · live funnel numbers start when the platform approves the listing

Plan fitFits the $3,500 plan for one marketplace + simple routing · $5,000 for the full kit with review engine

Run this play if

  • Your buyers shop a marketplace
  • Your integration is shipped or planned
  • You have customers who'll leave reviews
  • Installs can land in your CRM

Skip it if

  • No integration, no capacity to build
  • You need the listing live fast
  • Zero users means zero reviews

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Week by week

2.5–4.5 weeks from stack access · live funnel numbers start when the platform approves the listing

01

Scope

3-5 days

Call, pain digest, marketplace pick, requirements gap list

02

Build

1-2 weeks

Checklist, routing, review sequence, tracker, sandbox dry run

03

Train

1 session

Owner routes a test install, edits sequence live

04

Own

yours

Live funnel flows the day the platform approves

How to measure this play’s success

Marketplace leads per month

The number that decides it

Listing funnel conversion

On your dashboard

Reviews earned per month

On your dashboard

Baseline captured before we ship · reviewed at the 30-day check-in.

EvidenceTextbook pattern: Shopify, HubSpot, and Zapier marketplace listings put your product where the platform's users already browse, so they install inside a workflow they trust.

What happens next

We build it, document it, and hand it over.

You own the marketplace motion. Every install and lead now lands in your CRM with its source on it, your sales team works them from the view they already use, and the review engine asks happy users at the right moment so the listing's proof compounds. When the funnel holds, the checklist is your template for marketplace number two.

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