TrustedRV is a marketplace MVP for buying and selling RVs. I helped improve the app across buyer onboarding, seller listing creation, Stripe payments, Clerk authentication, listing lifecycle rules, and dashboard workflows.

The goal was to make the platform feel more trustworthy, easier to use, and closer to a production-ready marketplace experience.

TrustedRV needed clear flows for both buyers and sellers.

Buyers needed a guided onboarding experience where they could verify their account, set location preferences, choose RV types, define budget ranges, and save search preferences.

Sellers needed a simple path from account creation to listing an RV, paying for that listing, and managing it from the dashboard.

A major product clarification came during the project: seller payments should not be tied to the seller account. Instead, each listing should have its own monthly Stripe subscription. If a seller creates another listing, they need to pay for that listing separately.

I worked across the full stack, including:

Frontend UX and dashboard flows

Backend API updates

PostgreSQL schema changes

Stripe checkout and webhook handling

Clerk authentication state

Listing lifecycle rules

Role-based navigation

I implemented a buyer profile flow that captures:

ZIP code and multi-location preferences

Default search radius

RV type preferences

Price, length, and year ranges

Must-have features

RV ownership experience

Financing status and credit score range

The buyer flow also shows email and mobile verification progress using the app’s Clerk-backed local user state.

After onboarding, buyers are taken to a completion screen that shows their verified buyer badge status, profile summary, recommended listing actions, and CTAs for search, favorites, buyer guide, comparison tools, and saved-search alerts.

I reworked the seller flow so the listing itself is the onboarding path.

The new seller flow is:

Create account and verify email/mobile

Enter full listing details

Upload photos and write a description

Set price and disclosure details

Pay for that specific listing

Listing goes live

VIN decode remains optional and is no longer a requirement for seller qualification.

I changed the payment model from seller-level subscription to listing-level subscription.

Each listing now has its own Stripe subscription. This means:

Every new listing requires its own checkout

Updating an existing paid listing does not require payment

One active listing subscription does not cover another listing

Stripe metadata includes the listing ID

Webhooks update only the related listing

I tightened listing status behavior so:

Incomplete listings cannot be published

Draft listings can be saved without payment

Active listings require payment

Sold listings do not appear in search

Sold listings cannot be accidentally republished

Marking a listing as sold cancels its subscription

Deactivating a listing cancels its subscription

I improved role-aware navigation and dashboard behavior:

Sellers go directly to create a listing

Buyers go to search and buyer tools

Buyers do not see seller pricing prompts unnecessarily

Favorites are accessible for buyers

Seller billing now shows listing-level subscriptions

Admin route behavior was improved to avoid redirect loops

React

TypeScript

Express

PostgreSQL

Drizzle ORM

Clerk Auth

Stripe Checkout

Stripe Webhooks

TanStack Query

Tailwind CSS

shadcn-style UI components

The app now has a clearer and safer marketplace flow:

Buyers can complete onboarding and become verified

Sellers can create full listings before payment

Each listing has its own recurring Stripe subscription

Sold and deactivated listings stop renewing

Search only shows active listings

Dashboard actions better match real marketplace behavior

The payment model now matches the client’s business rules

Built buyer onboarding and verified buyer flow

Reworked seller onboarding into listing creation

Implemented listing-level Stripe subscriptions

Added safer Stripe webhook processing

Improved seller listing lifecycle management

Added role-aware navigation and dashboard behavior

Tightened publish validation for required listing details