A client asks once, trusted suppliers quote privately, and payment and delivery run in one workspace.
Where it standsPre-launch; marketplace in final review
Year2026
What we builtMarketplace with client, supplier and admin workspaces, plus the pre-launch site
Strivvex is a curated South African marketplace for business services, and every job used to run by hand over WhatsApp, email and spreadsheets. Now a client asks once, trusted suppliers quote privately and payment and delivery run in one workspace.
Run by hand, every job took about ten steps, and all of it ran through WhatsApp, email and spreadsheets.
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Like a good broker
Strivvex sells business services the way a good broker does. A client says what it needs, and Strivvex finds the right specialist.
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One accountable partner
The client deals with one accountable partner instead of a list of strangers.
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Ten steps by hand
Take the request, gather the requirements, find and brief a supplier, pass questions back and forth and get the quote. Then prepare the client's offer, collect payment, pay the supplier and keep everyone coordinated.
How it ranBefore
WhatsAppClient requests and supplier questions, passed back and forth.
EmailQuotes, offers and follow-ups, one thread per job.
SpreadsheetsWho quoted what, and whether the payment had landed.
WordPressA website, plus landing pages built in a separate tool.
What was breaking
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Each job took about ten manual steps, from the first request to paying the supplier.
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Someone had to remember which supplier saw what, and what the client was told.
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Payment, delivery and messages lived in different threads.
[02] What we built
Four sides, one job.
A curated marketplace with four sides: client, supplier and admin workspaces, plus the pre-launch website.
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Client and supplier
A client workspace and a supplier workspace, each showing only what that side may see.
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Team and market
An admin workspace for the Strivvex team, and the pre-launch website.
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Client workspace
For businesses buying servicesWeb
Clients search the catalogue or describe what they need in a short guided request. One request can cover several services, and answers save on the device as they go.
Guided requests for one or several services
Email check before a request is sent
Offers to compare and accept
Pay by EFT with proof, or by card
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Start a request
A guided four-step request: pick the service, describe the need, choose timing, then review before anything is sent.
The marketplace front door
Search for the service the business needs, or start a request straight away.
A curated service
Each service page explains the outcome first, then leads into the same guided request.
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Supplier workspace
For invited suppliersWeb
Suppliers cannot browse open work. Strivvex invites the ones that suit the job, and each sees only its own invitation, the brief and its own quote.
Invitation-only quoting
Private quotes
Delivery and files in the job workspace
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Strivvex admin
For the Strivvex teamWeb
The team qualifies requests, invites suppliers, publishes one or more approved options to the client and verifies payment before delivery starts.
Request review and supplier invitations
Client offers from approved quotes
A payment gate with a full history
Quotes, invoices and supplier agreements
Payment verifiednow
Delivery and supplier contact now open for this job.
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Pre-launch site
For the marketstrivvex.com
strivvex.com introduces the service areas and how Strivvex works while the full marketplace prepares to launch.
Service areas and how it works
Built for phones first
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The pre-launch site
strivvex.com introduces the service areas coming to the full marketplace while it prepares to launch.
How it works, in three moves
Tell Strivvex what you need, it finds the right people, and it stays involved until the work is delivered.
Service areas on a phone
The pre-launch site on a phone, with every service area one tap away.
One point of contact
The same promise, kept short for a small screen.
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Four sides, one job
The server only sends each role what it may see.
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Client workspace
Businesses buying services
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Supplier workspace
Invited suppliers
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Strivvex admin
The Strivvex team
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Pre-launch site
strivvex.com
The marketplace front door. Search for the service the business needs, or start a request straight away.
What one job holds
Every request becomes a job with its own reference.
The brief
Messages
Files
Quotes
The client's offer
Payment
Delivery
An audit history
[03] How it works
From one request to delivered work.
Every request becomes a job with its own reference, so nobody has to rebuild the story from chat logs.
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Everything in the job
The job holds the brief, messages, files, quotes, the client's offer, payment, delivery and an audit history.
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Privacy on the server
Privacy is enforced on the server, not only hidden in the interface.
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Separate values
Supplier cost, client price and supplier identity are separate values, and each role only receives the ones it may see.
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Sign-in and notifications
Sign-in runs through Clerk, and Postmark sends the notifications.
Client
Describe the need and confirm an email address.
Strivvex team
The team reviews the request and invites the suppliers that suit it.
Supplier
Each supplier quotes privately.
Strivvex team
The team publishes one or more approved options, and the client accepts one.
ClientKey step
By EFT with proof, or by card. The team verifies it before anything else opens.
Supplier
Delivery, files and messages run in the job workspace, with a full history.
Real screenStart a request
The pre-launch site at work
Recorded on strivvex.com
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Every service area
strivvex.com introduces the service areas coming to the full marketplace while it prepares to launch.
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Built for phones first
The pre-launch site on a phone, with every service area one tap away.
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How it works, in three moves
Tell Strivvex what you need, it finds the right people, and it stays involved until the work is delivered.
[04] What we changed
Ask once. Strivvex handles the rest.
Turn every request into one job with one history, and let Strivvex decide who quotes and what the client sees.
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One job, one history
Every request becomes one job with one history.
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Strivvex decides
Strivvex decides who quotes and what the client sees.
WhatsAppClient requests and supplier questions, passed back and forth.
EmailQuotes, offers and follow-ups, one thread per job.
SpreadsheetsWho quoted what, and whether the payment had landed.
WordPressA website, plus landing pages built in a separate tool.
Before
Now
Before: WhatsApp, Email, Spreadsheets, WordPress. Now: Pre-launch; marketplace in final review.Drag, or use the arrow keys
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Before: Describe the job in a WhatsApp message.
Now: A guided request: the service, the brief, the timing and any files.
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Before: Wonder who could even do it.
Now: Search the catalogue, or start a request straight away.
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Before: Every service explained on a call.
Now: Each service page explains the outcome first.
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Before: Forward the brief to suppliers one by one.
Now: Strivvex invites the right suppliers; each sees only its own invitation and quote.
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Before: Chase the payment, then start.
Now: Delivery and supplier contact open only once payment is verified.
01 / Real screenStart a request
[05] What changed
Built, tested and ready for launch.
The platform covers every step from request to delivered work, and it passed its final browser tests in October 2026.
The pre-launch site. strivvex.com introduces the service areas coming to the full marketplace while it prepares to launch.
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Four sides, one job
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From one request to delivered work.
6steps
Where it stands
Pre-launch; marketplace in final review
Livestrivvex.com
Jul 2026→Oct 2026
Dates from our project records and release history.
Update
First meeting.
then, +1 month
Start
Blueprint approved; the build starts.
then, +1 month
Live
Pre-launch site live at strivvex.com.
strivvex.com
then, +1 month
Update
Final browser tests pass; the marketplace goes to final review.
Dates from our project records and release history.
Every request becomes one job, with its brief, quotes, payment, delivery and history in one place.
Supplier costs and identities stay private; the server only sends each role what it may see.
Delivery cannot start before payment is verified.
Every step, from request to delivery, passed its final browser tests in October 2026.
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Pre-launch site live
The pre-launch site is live at strivvex.com while the marketplace gets its launch settings.
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What launch needs
Launch needs live payments, email and the domain move.
“We were always the middleman between our suppliers and clients: messages back and forth on different WhatsApps, and invoicing by hand. We spent our time coordinating instead of growing the business. x Create solved all of that, and more.”
