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
- 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
- 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
- Daily briefing delivered at 7am ET
- Subscriber management with role-based segmentation (sellers, agencies, SaaS, investors, service providers)
- Stored in Supabase with duplicate prevention
- 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
- 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
- Major industry events (Shoptalk, Amazon Accelerate, Prosper Show, and more)
- Countdown timers, registration links, and platform/type filtering
- B2B partner and agency directory
- Lead capture with company info, revenue, marketplace, and service needs
| 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 |
- Node.js 18+
- A Supabase project
- An Anthropic API key
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-cronRun 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.sqlnpm install
npm run devThe app will be available at http://localhost:3000.
- Push the repository to GitHub
- Import the project in Vercel
- Add the environment variables above in the Vercel dashboard
- Vercel will automatically set up the cron job defined in
vercel.json(news aggregation every 2 hours)
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
| 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 |
| 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 |
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