From Figma file to live marketplace in 5 days
Sarah Chen had a vision for a curated marketplace connecting independent artisans with customers who value handcrafted goods. She had Figma designs, a Stripe account, and a growing waitlist. What she didn't have was 8 weeks and $60K for an agency. Runstream delivered in 5 days.
A marketplace idea stuck in Figma
Sarah had spent three months perfecting her designs and vetting artisan partners. Two agencies quoted $50K–$65K with 6–8 week timelines. For a pre-revenue founder, that was a non-starter.
What she needed
Full-stack marketplace: product catalog with search, artisan profiles, Stripe Connect split payments, order management, social login, responsive design. 16 pages across buyer and seller experience.
What agencies quoted
$50K–$65K with 6–8 week timelines. One wanted a $15K deposit before any work started. Both required weekly status meetings and a dedicated PM on Sarah's side.
From brief to production-ready code
Sarah submitted her brief and Figma file on Monday morning. Within 24 hours she had a full scope, dependency map, and milestone-based pricing. No kickoff meeting. No SOW.
Brief ingested, scope delivered
Planning engine analyzed Figma, identified 10 features across 16 pages, mapped dependencies, generated scoped proposal. Sarah approved that evening.
Auth, catalog, and responsive shell
Three streams simultaneously: auth with social login, product catalog with search/filtering, responsive framework. First staging preview at end of day 2.
Cart, Stripe Connect, and order management
Stripe Connect with split payouts, persistent cart, checkout flow, order management for buyers and sellers. CTO reviewed all payment code for security.
Artisan dashboards, email, deployment
Seller dashboards, transactional emails, admin panel, production deployment. Full test suite, documentation, and handoff.
4 parallel streams, 10 features, zero context loss
Runstream's execution engine broke the project into 4 parallel streams. Independent workstreams moved simultaneously — the CTO made 6 architectural decisions during the build.
Tech stack
Full visibility, zero meetings
24-hour scoping
Brief to full scope with milestone pricing — no kickoff meeting.
Live staging access
Reviewing working features on staging from day 2.
Milestone approvals
4 milestones defined and approved before each next phase.
They planned the entire build, and by the end of the week I was reviewing working code on staging. No meetings. No back-and-forth. Just clarity and shipped code. The artisan dashboard alone would have taken my previous agency three weeks.
— Sarah Chen, Founder, Artisan MarketLaunched on schedule, under budget, production-ready
Sarah launched to her waitlist of 200+ artisans one week after delivery. Within the first month, the platform processed over $12K in transactions across 47 active artisan storefronts.
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