Kinetic Marketplace
Validate, Plan, and Secure Investment Before Build
Using a research-led design blueprint, the founder tested market fit, gained investor confidence, and de-risked the platform before building.
Project at a Glance
What We Were Working With
B2B Marketplace / TradeTech / Bulk Trading
Industry
Discovery, Design & Investor-Ready Blueprint
Services
Clickable Prototype, Wireframes, SRS Document, Technical & Financial Plan, Competitor Analysis
Deliverables
4–5 Designers and Strategists
Team Size
Project Overview
What Kinetic Marketplace Does
Kinetic Marketplace is a B2B trading platform built around lots instead of individual items. This structure reflects how serious bulk traders actually operate. Buyers place bids on groups of lots rather than single units.
The platform is designed for accountability and trust from the start. Before placing a bid, buyers submit and pass document validation checks, including a valid trading license. Sellers review bids and approve offers that meet their criteria. A structured merchant onboarding process ensures only verified sellers can list, creating a regulated, document-gated marketplace that meets real-world trading standards.
This engagement focused on the discovery and design phase. 6sense HQ delivered a complete investor-ready blueprint. This included user research, wireframes, a clickable prototype, a full SRS document, technical and financial planning, and competitor analysis.
The Challenge
What Kinetic Marketplace Was Up Against
The founder's vision for Kinetic Marketplace was to make a bulk trading platform for serious, documented transactions. What he didn't have yet was proof of the product for investors and the market.
Too Complex to Build Blind
Features like lot-based bidding, document validation, seller approval workflows, and merchant onboarding are complex to design. The founder needed a solid technical foundation before committing a budget to development.
Investors Needed Tangible Proof
The founder needed a clickable prototype, a detailed plan, and research validating market demand. Without these, investor conversations would stall at the first question.
Need to Confirm Market Interest
Bulk trading platforms exist, but the combination of lot-based bidding, buyer credentialing, and seller approvals was untested. The founder needed evidence that real users wanted this platform before spending on development.
The Solution
How We Helped
A dedicated team of designers, researchers, and strategists guided the founder from idea to a complete, investor-ready blueprint over 12 agile sprints.
Started with the users
The team conducted research with the founder's target buyers. They uncovered real pain points and workflow gaps. Every design decision came from these insights, not assumptions or competitor templates.
Created an interactive prototype
The prototype demonstrated how buyers would bid on lots, how documents would be validated, and how sellers would approve offers. Investors and stakeholders could interact with the flows, making the platform tangible and credible.
Delivered a complete blueprint
Beyond the prototype, the team produced wireframes, a full SRS document, technical architecture plans, financial modeling, and competitor analysis. The founder now had everything needed to brief a development team, pitch to investors, and confidently move into the build stage.
Keeping Delivery Continuous
What Happened When Things Changed
1
Adapting to user feedback
The team redesigned flows based on interviews with target buyers and real user input. Every structural change was documented and shared with the founder before updating the prototype, keeping him in control of key decisions.
2
Maintaining disciplined scope
The team ran structured sessions from discovery through handover. Every feature, flow, and document in the SRS was deliberate. The founder ended up with a blueprint based on real user needs and build realities.
3
Prioritizing investor readiness
The prototype had to work for investor presentations, not just internal validation. The team focused on flows that mattered most: lot-bidding, document validation, and seller approvals.
Results
What Kinetic Marketplace Achieved
12 Sprints
Completed on time
100%
Sprint completion
Investor-Ready
Credible to present to investors and stakeholders immediately
5 Key Deliverables
Prototype, wireframes, SRS document, technical plan, and competitor analysis
From the Client
What Kinetic Marketplace Said
They took our idea and turned it into something real we could actually show people. The whole process felt organized and professional.
Owner
Kinetic Marketplace