Skillable Marketplace

Overview

Skillable Marketplace is part of Skillable’s ecommerce offering that lets lab authors and training providers publish and sell hands-on labs through a shared catalog available to a global audience. It sits alongside Skillable Storefront, which is a branded sales portal, but Marketplace focuses on shared discovery across multiple providers.

Marketplace Basics

Skillable Marketplace is a multi-vendor commerce catalog where lab creators can:

• Publish and list hands-on labs built on the Skillable platform

• Reach a broader buyer audience beyond a single storefront

• Enable discovery and purchase through Skillable’s Marketplace interface

• Leverage Skillable for billing, hosting, and delivery infrastructure

It differs from Storefront in that Marketplace is shared across multiple vendors, while Storefront is a dedicated branded storefront for a single organization’s catalog.

How Marketplace Works

Marketplace Catalog

The Marketplace catalog brings together ready-to-launch hands-on labs from a range of providers, making it easy for buyers to discover and purchase content that aligns with their learning goals.

Marketplace offerings generally fall into three categories:

• Authorized vendor labs: Labs built by software vendors to train users directly on their tools, environments, and real-world use cases.

• Curated partner content: Labs created by training companies, certification providers, and Skillable partners to support skill development and product adoption.

• Skillable Challenges: Scenario-based labs designed to help learners practice and validate skills across beginner through advanced levels.

Requirements to Sell on Marketplace

To participate in Marketplace:

1. Content must be built and deployed via the Skillable platform

2. Labs must be self-paced or independently consumable

3. Listings must meet quality, metadata, and Marketplace policy criteria

4. Vendors must commit to maintaining content updates and responsiveness

These requirements ensure buyers find high-quality, relevant offerings and the Marketplace experience remains trusted.

Marketplace vs. Storefront

Key Benefits for Marketplace Sellers

• Self-service publishing: Authors can manage listing descriptors and metadata, pricing and availability, and listing updates and versioning.

• Performance and analytics: Marketplace provides insights into views and engagement metrics, sales and revenue performance, and buyer interest and catalog health.

• Billing and payments: Skillable handles secure billing and transaction processing, tax calculation (where needed), and regularly scheduled seller payouts.

• Hosting and delivery: Skillable manages lab environment hosting, post-purchase access provisioning, and platform uptime and stability.

Summary

Skillable Marketplace provides a shared catalog for publishing and selling hands-on labs built on the Skillable platform. It enables lab authors and training providers to reach a broader audience while Skillable manages hosting, access, and commerce infrastructure.