mketket/qantara-no-code-marketplace

No-code marketplace prototype (Softr + Airtable) to connect Moroccan female talent with customers — built during Entrepreneurship in Africa. # Qantara — No-Code Marketplace Prototype (Softr + Airtable) **Qantara** is an interactive marketplace prototype designed to help women in Morocco monetize skills and services (remote or on-site) by making their offers discoverable and easy to contact in one place. > Status: **Prototype / concept validation phase** (not an operational marketplace). > Live demo: qantara.softr.app --- ## Why this project In Morocco, many women have valuable skills (crafts, cooking, tutoring, digital services) but face barriers to formal employment and to reaching paying customers. Qantara explores a lightweight model: **listings + discovery + direct connection**, built quickly with a no-code stack. --- ## What’s in the prototype (current functionality) - Landing page with clear dual CTA: **browse services** or **propose talents** - **Services catalog** with search + filters (category / type) - **Talent directory** (profiles by category, location, and availability mode: online / traveling / at-home) - **Profile drawer** showing a provider’s offers and contact channels (WhatsApp / phone / email) - “Our project” page for **impact framing** and storytelling - Register / Connect entry points for authentication and future gated flows --- ## My role I owned the project end-to-end: - Problem framing and marketplace concept design - Information architecture and copywriting - No-code build (Softr front-end + Airtable data model) - Early stakeholder discussions in Morocco (including local cooperatives) and exploration of a potential handover model --- ## Tech stack - **Softr** — pages, UI components, listing views, authentication entry points - **Airtable** — database schema for talents, offers/services, categories, and profile fields --- ## Architecture (high level) Qantara follows a simple no-code architecture: 1. **Airtable** stores structured records (talents ↔ offers/services ↔ categories). 2. **Softr** renders searchable lists and detail views from Airtable tables. 3. …