Marketplace
Steeyr
A peer to peer car rental marketplace: hosts list their vehicles, renters book them, and the platform handles payments, protection, and the trust layer in between.
The problem
A marketplace is mostly the parts you do not see
Listing cars is the easy part. The hard part is everything that makes both sides trust the transaction: verifying hosts, holding and releasing money safely, pricing protection, and handling the trip that goes wrong. Most attempts stall because that machinery is expensive to build and easy to get wrong.
Without it a car rental marketplace is just a classifieds page, and neither owners nor renters will put real money through it.
The approach
Build the trust layer first
We built Steeyr around the money and trust flow rather than bolting it on later. Stripe Connect handles the marketplace split with a hold and release pattern, protection plans are priced into checkout, and damage claims and two sided reviews close the loop after a trip.
The platform was built in a long sequence of focused phases, with a smoke test suite covering the core booking and payment paths, and an Expo mobile client scaffolded next to the web app so the same backend serves both.
What it does
Features
Host onboarding
A guided flow for owners to list a vehicle, set availability and pricing, and pass verification before going live.
Stripe Connect payouts
Marketplace payments with a hold and release flow so renters are charged and hosts are paid out through Connect.
Protection plans
Selectable coverage tiers attached to a booking, priced into the checkout.
Damage claims
A claims path for reporting and resolving vehicle damage after a trip.
Reviews
Two sided reviews between hosts and renters after each completed booking.
Mobile app
An Expo based mobile client scaffolded alongside the web app. [TODO: confirm mobile release status with Nour.]
Tech stack
Status and roadmap
Where it stands
Steeyr is live on the web at steeyr.com. The marketplace, host onboarding, Stripe Connect payouts, protection plans, reviews, and the damage claim path are built. The mobile client is scaffolded on Expo.
[TODO: confirm with Nour the live customer and listing scale, the mobile app release status, and any remaining host rename and manual QA work before publishing specifics.]
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