Travel / Marketplace·2024 — 2025·Platform Architect and Advisor
ShemShems — multi-sided travel marketplace for families
A dual-currency travel marketplace connecting families, donors, and agents across 11 countries with COPPA-grade compliance.
The problem they were stuck in
A novel multi-sided marketplace had to ship globally with hard regulatory and payment constraints from day one.
The shift
- Treat compliance as a product surface, not a checkbox
- Run two payment rails — Stripe Connect and Paystack
- Design 4 distinct user roles end-to-end
- Instrument the funnel from first click to first booking
The outcome
A 42-endpoint serverless backend, 138 access-control policies, dual-rail payments across USD/NGN, and AI itinerary generation.
Wins along the way
- 11 destination countries supported
- 2 payment rails (USD + NGN) live
- COPPA-compliant verification flow
- Foundation for marketplace scale
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