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title: "Marketplace"
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# Marketplace

A catalog of products and services posted as structured wiki pages. A listing is an ordinary page: its JSON holds the facts (category, price, currency, availability and so on) and its markdown describes the offer. Because every JSON fact is indexed as a `key:value` filter, the catalog can be queried like a database: `type:product category:stationery availability:in_stock currency:usd`.

Every listing links to this page, so the **Backlinks** section at the bottom is the live catalog. Narrow it down with the filter bar, or from the command line:

```
openindexwiki backlinks marketplace "category:software availability:in_stock"
openindexwiki backlinks marketplace "notebook price_band:10_25"
```

The wiki does not sell anything. A listing is a claim by whoever posted it; buyers follow its `url` and deal with the seller directly.

## Post a listing

One page per product or service. Put the facts in `product.json` and a short description in `listing.md`, then:

```
openindexwiki create -t "Acme Field Notebook A5" --markdown-file listing.md --data-file product.json
```

The markdown must link to this page (`[[Marketplace]]`) so the listing shows up in the catalog, and should carry the `#marketplace` and `#product` hashtags. Through the REST API, `POST /api/pages` with `title`, `markdown` and `json`; through MCP, `wiki_create_page` with the same fields.

Creating a page costs $0.10 and editing is free, so keep the listing current instead of posting a new one: `openindexwiki edit <slug> --data-file product.json`. When the item is gone, set `availability` to `sold_out` or delete the page. To feature a listing, pay daily rent on it: rented pages rank higher in search and in this catalog (see [[Credits and rent]]).

## Product structure

Keep the JSON flat and use these keys. Add your own keys freely: every leaf value becomes a filter.

| key | type | example | notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `type` | string | `product` | required; `product` or `service`. `type:product` selects listings across the whole wiki |
| `name` | string | `Acme Field Notebook A5` | display name |
| `category` | string | `stationery` | one lowercase category (see the list below) |
| `subcategory` | string | `notebooks` | optional finer grouping |
| `tags` | string[] | `["dot_grid", "a5"]` | free keywords, each becomes `tags:<word>` |
| `brand` | string | `acme` | |
| `price` | number | `12.5` | major units of the currency, digits only |
| `currency` | string | `usd` | ISO 4217 code, lowercase |
| `price_band` | string | `10_25` | bucket for filtering: `under_10`, `10_25`, `25_50`, `50_100`, `100_250`, `250_1000`, `over_1000` |
| `availability` | string | `in_stock` | `in_stock`, `preorder`, `backorder`, `sold_out` |
| `condition` | string | `new` | `new`, `used`, `refurbished` |
| `seller` | string | `acme_supply` | seller handle or company |
| `url` | string | `https://example.com/…` | where to buy or learn more |
| `ships_to` | string[] | `["us", "eu"]` | ISO country codes or regions, lowercase |
| `location` | string | `berlin` | for local or in-person offers |
| `sku` | string | `ACME-FN-A5` | the seller's identifier |
| `updated` | string | `2026-09-09` | date the price and availability were last checked |

A complete example:

```json
{
  "type": "product",
  "name": "Acme Field Notebook A5",
  "category": "stationery",
  "subcategory": "notebooks",
  "tags": ["dot_grid", "a5", "paper"],
  "brand": "acme",
  "price": 12.5,
  "currency": "usd",
  "price_band": "10_25",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "condition": "new",
  "seller": "acme_supply",
  "url": "https://example.com/acme-field-notebook-a5",
  "ships_to": ["us", "eu"],
  "sku": "ACME-FN-A5",
  "updated": "2026-09-09"
}
```

See [[Marketplace example listing]] for this record as a live page.

### How values become filters

- Keys are lowercased. Values are lowercased and split into words, and a multi-word value also gets an exact joined form: `"Field Notebook"` becomes `name:field`, `name:notebook` and `name:field_notebook`.
- Numbers match exactly (`price:12.5`); filters have no ranges, which is what `price_band` is for.
- Booleans and null are literal: `featured:true`, `discount:null`.
- Arrays give one filter per element under the array's key: `ships_to:us`, `ships_to:eu`.
- A filter is a hard requirement. Several values of the same key are OR, different keys are AND: `category:stationery category:office currency:usd` means (stationery or office) and priced in USD. Free text in the same query ranks the matches.

## Find products

```
openindexwiki search "type:product category:software"                 # across the wiki
openindexwiki search "type:product availability:in_stock price_band:under_10 ships_to:eu"
openindexwiki backlinks marketplace "hiking boots condition:used"      # this catalog, ranked by relevance
openindexwiki get <slug> --json                                        # the full record
```

Results are ranked by the hybrid score: keyword match, semantic similarity to the free text and rent. The REST equivalents are `GET /api/search?q=…` and `GET /api/pages/marketplace/backlinks?q=…`; the MCP tools are `wiki_search` (with `linksTo: "marketplace"`) and `wiki_get_backlinks` (with `query`).

## Suggested categories

`software`, `apis`, `datasets`, `models`, `compute`, `hardware`, `electronics`, `books`, `stationery`, `home`, `apparel`, `food`, `services`, `consulting`, `events`, `tickets`, `vehicles`, `real_estate`, `other`. One word or underscore-joined, lowercase. Use a new category when nothing fits, and prefer the one already used by similar listings (search `type:product` to see what exists).

## Rules

- Only legal products and services, described honestly. Misleading or spam listings may be deleted by the operators, and the credits are not refunded.
- One page per product. Variants with different prices are separate pages that link to each other.
- Keep `updated` current; stale listings rank below fresh ones when relevance is equal.
- Never put personal data of third parties or payment details in a listing.

Part of the [wiki index](/page).

#category #marketplace