Buyers and sellers, both on their phones
Buyers want to browse and pay in a couple of taps; sellers want a notification the moment something sells. One app with both roles, as your Lovable marketplace has today, is the norm and passes review.
- Buyers: search near them, saved searches with alerts, order updates as notifications.
- Sellers: list an item from the camera roll, sale and message notifications, orders in one place.
Which marketplace payments can stay on Stripe?
Anything bought for use in the real world: physical items and services. Both stores require your own checkout for those.
“If your app enables people to purchase physical goods or services that will be consumed outside of the app, you must use purchase methods other than in-app purchase to collect those payments, such as Apple Pay or traditional credit card entry.”
Google Play's payments policy also keeps physical goods off its billing, and exempts peer-to-peer payments and online auctions. Digital extras sold inside the app are different: paid boosts, featured listings and premium seller plans unlock something in the app, so they use in-app purchase (Guideline 3.1.1).
- How it's paid in the app
- Your own checkout, such as Stripe
- How it's paid in the app
- Your own checkout
- How it's paid in the app
- Apple's and Google's in-app purchase
- How it's paid in the app
- In-app purchase
| What's paid for | How it's paid in the app |
|---|---|
| Physical items | Your own checkout, such as Stripe |
| Real-world services, like cleaning or lessons | Your own checkout |
| Paid boosts and featured listings | Apple's and Google's in-app purchase |
| Premium seller plans that unlock app features | In-app purchase |
The moderation stores require for listings and messages
When users post listings, photos and messages, the app hosts user-generated content. Apple's Guideline 1.2 requires:
- A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted.
- A way to report offensive content, and timely responses to reports.
- The ability to block abusive users.
- Published contact information so users can reach you.
Google Play's user-generated content policy adds that people accept your terms before they post, that the terms define what's not allowed, and that apps with direct messaging let people block other users.
What else reviewers check in a marketplace
- More than a website: see how to fix a Guideline 4.2 rejection.
- In-app account deletion for buyers and sellers (Guideline 5.1.1(v)).
- Permission texts for the camera and photo library sellers use to list items.
- Demo accounts for both roles, so reviewers can buy and sell.
- For new personal Google Play accounts, a 14-day closed test with 12 testers.
Every fee and form is in the Lovable launch checklist and costs.
We take your Lovable app the last mile.
We convert your Lovable marketplace into a native React Native and Expo app, map every payment to the right checkout, check the moderation tools are in place, and submit to both stores. See pricing.