Service Marketplace Software Packages PHP

PHP Service Marketplace Scripts — Gigs, Bookings, Quotes & Payouts

A thriving service marketplace balances speed, trust and clarity. The scripts in this category give you a working backbone from day one: provider onboarding with profiles and portfolios, listing pages for gigs or services, optional calendars for availability and bookings, client–provider messaging, reviews and ratings, commissions and payouts, and an admin panel to keep everything tidy. Start with a clean design, set your categories and regions, connect payments, and invite your first providers.

Choose the operating model that matches your niche. A gig-style marketplace (packages, tiers, delivery times, revisions) fits creative and digital services. Bookings with time slots, buffers, time zones and cancellation policies suit coaching, salons and home services. A request–quote flow lets buyers post briefs while providers respond with proposals and milestones. Most projects support images, attachments and brief builders so scope is clear before anyone commits.

Payments and operations are handled pragmatically. Connect gateways for instant or scheduled payouts (commissions, fees, refunds), generate invoices and receipts, and track taxes/VAT per region. Escrow or hold-until-approval flows reduce disputes; dispute tools and moderation queues help admins resolve issues quickly. For discovery, expect faceted search, location filters, categories and tags, clean slugs and sitemaps—so buyers find the right pro fast and search engines can index depth.

Trust & safety features matter: verification steps, KYC fields, rate limiting, reCAPTCHA, audit logs, blocked IP/UA lists, report flows, and configurable visibility rules (invite-only, private groups, or public). Providers get dashboards for orders, payouts and messages; buyers get order timelines and delivery pages with file previews and acceptance states. Multilingual, currency and RTL options are common for global rollouts.

What you typically get

• Vendor registration, profiles, portfolios and service listing forms with custom fields
• Gigs with packages/extras or bookings with calendars, time slots and policies
• Messaging, notifications, reviews/ratings and dispute workflows
• Checkout, commissions, refunds and payouts via Stripe/PayPal (webhooks included)
• SEO-friendly URLs, sitemaps, category pages and basic analytics widgets
• Admin panel for users, listings, orders, payouts, content and moderation

How to choose the right script

• Model fit: gigs vs. bookings vs. request–quote; do you need milestones, revisions, or timed sessions?
• Payments: split/connected payouts, escrow/hold, refunds, taxes/VAT, invoices and downloadable receipts.
• Discovery: categories, attributes, geo filters, sorting and a clear URL taxonomy.
• Performance: caching (OPcache/Redis), queue workers for emails/files, and mobile-first templates.
• Maintenance: PHP 8 support, Composer, changelog cadence, and clear environment config (.env).
• Compliance: GDPR data export/delete, cookie consent, terms/privacy pages and age-gating if needed.

Round out your stack with related PHP categories

Secure sign-in with Login & Authentication; handle billing and invoices via Payments & Billing; build briefs and onboarding with Form Builders; manage attachments through File Management; improve discovery using Site Search; measure funnels in Analytics & Reporting; add referrals with Affiliate Programs; explore adjacent Marketplace Scripts or single-vendor Shopping Carts; and publish guides with a PHP CMS.