Constraint
A loop that only works for appointment businesses is not enough. Seven fundamentally different ways of buying must coexist without a listing misrepresenting how the trade actually sells.
ALL SIGNALS
In development / Ghana-first universal marketplace
GroomLinq
One Ghana-first marketplace where every kind of small business can sell through the transaction model that fits, and real customer recommendations drive discovery.
DISCOVER / TRANSACT / GROW
Building a website is easy now. Not needing one is better.
How can every kind of small business become discoverable and transact in one marketplace without forcing unlike trades into the same checkout?
Timeframe
In development / current build
Scope
Appointments, stays, classes, hire, reservations, quoted jobs and commissions in one marketplace, joined by purchase-verified discovery, provider operations and Ghana-first expansion rules.
Tools & format
React Native + Expo SDK 57 / Supabase Postgres + row-level security / Paystack + EAS delivery
Key decision
Model seven different transaction types and make recommendations tied to real transactions into the discovery layer. Posting remains voluntary and unpaid so trust is not converted into an incentive-fraud problem.
What I built
GroomLinq combines seven transaction runtimes with purchase-verified discovery. Availability, stock, seats, privacy and self-dealing rules are enforced in Postgres, while currency and jurisdiction layers keep Ghana first without hard-coding the product to one market.
Current stage
GroomLinq is in development. Product flows and supporting rules are being tested; it is not presented as launched and no user or revenue figures are claimed.
Validation
The current build has automated checks and database-level tests. I also open and review the screens separately because technical checks do not prove usability or market demand. No public launch, user or revenue figure is claimed.
Another month
Continue interaction testing across the seven runtimes, observe real Ghanaian trade exceptions and release each market only when its payments, language and jurisdiction rules are ready.
What the work covers.
Capabilities
Seven transaction models / Purchase-verified recommendations and attribution / Rules for availability, privacy and trust
My role
Founder and product direction / Marketplace research and workflows / AI-assisted product implementation
GhanaOne
Specification complete