Viber communities
Hundreds of unread messages and no way to search them. The thing you wanted was posted an hour ago and is now four hundred messages up the scroll.
No search. No categories.
04 - Built for Buyers & Sellers
Built Around How
Maldivians Trade.
Buyer and seller tools made just for our islands.
For the Buyer
Great shopping anywhere.
Find special items, join fun auctions, and enjoy safe payments.
01
Grab the Drop
Prices fall every hour on deals. Be the first to buy when the price is right.
02
Find It Anywhere
Smart search finds what you want from verified sellers nearby, with no endless scrolling.
03
Safe Payments
Pay with local methods. If something goes wrong, our protection covers your order.
04
Never Miss a Bid
Get alerts when you are outbid. Tap once to bid again before time runs out.
For the Seller
Grow your business fast.
Reach buyers across the Greater Male' Region. Track your sales and build your brand easily.
01
Know What Works
See which items sell best, who is buying, and where your buyers live.
02
Fast Setup
Take a photo and set a price in seconds. Your item reaches buyers across the region fast.
03
Build Trust
Our verified program helps you get loyal customers and a great reputation.
04
Easy Delivery
Schedule local couriers with one tap. We handle the rest for you.
06 - Protected Both Ways
Protection isn’t
a policy page.
It’s the
transaction itself.
Every safeguard runs inside the order itself - the same flow on both sides of the trade. The buyer isn’t sending money to a stranger’s account. The seller isn’t taking a screenshot’s word for it.
Trading in a group chat
Find a post
In a group, on a page
DM a stranger
No idea who is on the other side
Transfer the money
Straight to a personal account
Hope
No record, no recourse
An order on MarketLink
01
Verified seller
Identity checked before listing
02
Payment held
Not handed to a personal account
03
Order confirmed
The buyer confirms what arrived
04
Funds released
The seller is paid on completion
The same order, protecting both sides
Buyer Protection
01
Every seller is KYC-verified
Identity is checked before anyone can list. No anonymous accounts, no burner Instagram pages.
02
Payment held, not handed over
Funds are held securely and released to the seller only once the order is confirmed. You are never wiring money to a stranger’s account.
03
Buyer protection on every order
If the item doesn’t arrive, or isn’t what was listed, the order is covered. There is a process, not a dead end.
04
Ratings and history are public
Every seller carries a visible track record that can’t be reset by making a new page.
05
Encrypted local payment methods
Maldivian payment rails - no card details passed to a stranger over chat.
Seller Protection
01
No more forged transfer slips
Payment is confirmed by the platform, not by a screenshot in a chat.
The Maldives Police Service publicly warned of a surge in fraudulent transactions using forged bank transfer slips - Maldives Police Service, via Raajje.mv, 30 September 2024. MarketLink is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Maldives Police Service.
02
Verified buyers only
Bidders and buyers are real, identity-checked accounts. A bid means something.
03
Guaranteed settlement
Once the order completes, you get paid. No chasing, no “I’ll send it tonight.”
04
Reputation that compounds
A verified track record that carries across every listing, instead of starting from zero on each new group or page.
05
Dispute resolution with a record
Every message, bid and transaction is logged in one place. Evidence exists.
03 - How It Works
Simple to start.
Exciting to use.
Live Auctions
Start a bid, watch buyers compete, and sell to the highest bidder. It is fair and easy for everyone.
01 Seller sets a start price and a timer.
02 Buyers make bids in real time.
03 The highest bid wins when time is up.
Daily Drops
Items start high and drop in price every hour. Wait for a price you like and buy fast. Speed and patience win.
01 Item starts at a high price.
02 The price drops a bit every hour.
03 The first buyer to buy it wins.
08 - Why MarketLink
Four places to look.
One place to find.
Nobody chose this. Group chats and social feeds were built for conversation, not for commerce - so the work of finding, checking and paying falls on you. MarketLink puts all of it in one place.
The way it works now
Same buyer · same item · four separate placesFacebook Marketplace
Open to anyone, with no verification layer and no escrow between you and the person you are about to send money to.
421 cases MVR 3.1M
Reported scam cases involving Facebook Marketplace in the Maldives in 2023 - the highest case count of any channel tracked.
Bank of Maldives CEO via Edition.mv - 21 Dec 2023
Instagram shop pages
You have to already know the page exists. Discovery happens by word of mouth, and a DM is the only way to ask what something costs.
If you don’t follow it, it isn’t there.
Word of mouth
Slow, local and limited to the people you already know. Whatever sold on the next island sold without you.
You never learn what you missed.
One place instead
One app. One search.
One region.
- Verified sellers
- Protected payment
- Search and filters
- Greater Male' delivery
Line by line.
What you are doing
Group chats & social feeds
With MarketLink
- 01
Finding it
Group chats & social feeds Scroll a group chat, or already know which page to follow.
With MarketLink One search across every seller in the region, at once.
- 02
Narrowing it down
Group chats & social feeds No filters. Price, condition and location live in the caption - if they are mentioned at all.
With MarketLink Real categories and filters: price, condition, island, auction or buy-now.
- 03
Knowing who you are dealing with
Group chats & social feeds A display name and a profile photo.
With MarketLink KYC-verified sellers, with ratings and sale history attached to the profile.
- 04
Paying
Group chats & social feeds A transfer to an account number, then a wait.
With MarketLink Protected payment through the app, with buyer protection on every order.
- 05
The listing itself
Group chats & social feeds Buried under a hundred newer messages by the evening.
With MarketLink A page, a link and a record - with the price and the history still on it.
- 06
Getting it to you
Group chats & social feeds Arranged yourself, message by message.
With MarketLink Courier-integrated delivery across Greater Male'.
For buyers
Search instead of scrolling.
Stop hunting across four apps for one thing. Ask once, and let the app come back to you.
- 01
One search, every seller
Search every listing in the region at once, instead of four apps and a dozen group chats.
- 02
Filters that actually exist
Price, condition, island, auction or buy-now. Narrow it down in seconds instead of scrolling for an hour.
- 03
Alerts instead of refreshing
Save a search and get told the moment the thing you want is listed. No more checking a group chat at midnight.
- 04
See the history first
Price, seller rating and past sales are on the listing - you decide before you commit, not after.
- 05
It does not disappear
Every listing has a page, a link and a record. Nothing vanishes into a chat scroll.
For sellers
Reach the people already looking.
Not whoever happens to be scrolling that group at that moment. Buyers with intent, across the Greater Male' Region.
- 01
Buyers who are already looking
Your listing reaches people searching for exactly that item - not whoever happens to be scrolling that group at that moment.
- 02
The whole region, not just your contacts
Greater Male' reach from your first listing, with more atolls coming as the network grows.
- 03
Intent, not broadcast
Categories and search put you in front of buyers with intent, instead of spraying a feed and hoping.
- 04
Know what is working
Analytics on what is being viewed, who is bidding, and where your buyers are.
- 05
A reputation that carries
Verified once, rated on every sale. Your track record follows you instead of restarting on each new page or group.
And then there is the fun part
Shopping shouldn’t feel
like paperwork.
Every other part of this section is about removing friction. This part is about putting some back - the good kind. Live auctions and hourly drops make buying something an event instead of an errand.
Live auctions Illustrative example
Current bid
MVR 1,250
Time left
0:14
The clock is the point.
Real-time bidding, a countdown that everyone can see, and the last-second bid that takes it. You get told the instant you are outbid, and one tap puts you back in front.
Daily drops Illustrative example
Price right now
MVR 4,800
Hour
01/12
Patience versus nerve.
The price falls every hour and you decide when to strike. Hold out for a better number and you might get it - or you might refresh and find someone already tapped.