MarketplaceBeta

The Intelligence Hub for Marketplace Commerce — breaking news, platform updates, M&A activity, and actionable insights for Amazon sellers, agencies, SaaS providers, and e-commerce operators, all in one place.

Live site: www.marketplacebeta.com

Features

AI-Powered News Aggregation

• Aggregates articles from 18 RSS feeds (13 industry + 5 Google News)
• Claude Haiku 4.5 classifies every article with relevance scoring, category tagging, platform detection, impact level, and analyst-grade summaries
• Automatic deduplication, breaking news detection, and irrelevant content filtering
• Runs on a 2-hour cron cycle with 30-minute in-memory caching

AI Search

• Natural language search powered by Claude — ask questions like "What are the latest Amazon fee changes?"
• Returns AI-generated answers with source articles and suggested follow-up queries
• Falls back to PostgreSQL full-text search when AI is unavailable

Newsletter

• Daily briefing delivered at 7am ET
• Subscriber management with role-based segmentation (sellers, agencies, SaaS, investors, service providers)
• Stored in Supabase with duplicate prevention

Community Forum

• Discussion categories: Amazon, other marketplaces, profitability, advertising, logistics, tools, deals, and more
• Post types: questions, discussions, deals, case studies, resources
• Voting system, bookmarks, content reporting, and user reputation scoring

Seller Tools

• Profit Calculator — FBA cost, fees, and margin analysis
• Listing Optimizer — Amazon listing SEO scoring and recommendations
• Keyword Research — Keyword tracking and trend analysis
• Trending Products — Hot products across multiple marketplaces

Events Calendar

• Major industry events (Shoptalk, Amazon Accelerate, Prosper Show, and more)
• Countdown timers, registration links, and platform/type filtering

Solutions Directory

• B2B partner and agency directory
• Lead capture with company info, revenue, marketplace, and service needs

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript
Styling	TailwindCSS 4.2
UI Components	Shadcn/UI (Radix primitives)
Database	Supabase (PostgreSQL)
AI	Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5
Charts	Recharts
Forms	React Hook Form + Zod
News Feeds	RSS Parser
Deployment	Vercel
Analytics	Vercel Analytics

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• A Supabase project
• An Anthropic API key

Environment Variables

Create a .env.local file in the project root:

# Supabase
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=https://your-project.supabase.co
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=your-anon-key
SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=your-service-role-key

# AI Classification
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-anthropic-api-key
AI_STRATEGY=cheapest

# Cron Jobs
CRON_SECRET=your-secret-for-vercel-cron

Database Setup

Run the SQL scripts in the scripts/ directory against your Supabase project:

# In the Supabase SQL Editor, run in order:
scripts/001_create_subscribers_table.sql
scripts/002_create_community_tables.sql
scripts/003_create_articles_table.sql

Installation

npm install
npm run dev

The app will be available at http://localhost:3000.

Deploy to Vercel

1. Push the repository to GitHub
2. Import the project in Vercel
3. Add the environment variables above in the Vercel dashboard
4. Vercel will automatically set up the cron jobs defined in vercel.json (daily news and community pipelines)

Project Structure

app/
  api/
    articles/         # AI-classified article endpoints
    news/             # Aggregation, AI search, cron trigger
    subscribe/        # Newsletter subscription
    search/           # Product search
    trends/           # Google Trends data
  community/          # Forum pages
  events/             # Events calendar
  newsletter/         # Newsletter signup page
  news/[id]/          # Article detail pages
  solutions/          # B2B solutions directory
  tools/              # Seller tools suite
components/           # Shadcn/UI + custom components
lib/
  ai-classifier.ts    # Batch AI classification engine
  ai-providers.ts     # Multi-provider AI abstraction
  ai-search.ts        # Natural language search
  article-images.ts   # Image selection with fallbacks
  article-store.ts    # Supabase + in-memory cache layer
  supabase/           # Database clients
scripts/              # SQL migration scripts

API Reference

Endpoint	Method	Description
/api/articles	GET	Fetch AI-classified articles with filtering by category, platform, audience, impact
/api/articles/[id]	GET	Get a single article by ID
/api/news/aggregate	POST	Trigger news aggregation (used by Vercel cron)
/api/news/ai-search	POST	AI-powered natural language search
/api/subscribe	POST	Subscribe to the newsletter

News Categories

Category	Description
Breaking	Urgent industry news
Market Metrics	Sales data, market trends, benchmarks
Platform Updates	Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop policy and feature changes
Seller Profitability	Margins, fees, cost optimization
M&A & Deal Flow	Acquisitions, funding, aggregator activity
Tools & Technology	Software, AI tools, automation
Advertising	PPC, retail media, sponsored ads
Logistics	Shipping, FBA, supply chain

License

Private repository. All rights reserved.