Launching the Glide App Marketplace
Creating a better connection between experts and businesses seeking custom solutions
Have you ever wondered what happens when you combine thousands of industry experts who build software with businesses hungry for solutions that actually work? Glide’s new App Marketplace does exactly that.
We all know how effective custom business applications are for businesses. The successes of Glide Experts’ clients speak for themselves. The App Marketplace will help more businesses discover and deploy custom solutions—faster and more easily.
We are creating the first dedicated place where Glide’s incredible Expert community can showcase their industry-specific expertise and craftsmanship. It will help connect businesses that are seeking better, more customized solutions to their challenges with the Experts who can help them.
Check out the new Glide App Marketplace
Shop for an app or submit oneWhat is the Glide App Marketplace
The Glide App Marketplace is a specialized platform where businesses can instantly access fully built, ready-to-launch Glide apps built by Experts.
Experts can submit base apps, either specifically built for the marketplace or replicated from the structure of successful apps they’ve built before. Businesses can browse those apps and easily purchase them, with each purchase including personalized configuration and customization services.
The Marketplace turns your Glide apps into replicable sources of recurring revenue and more easily marketable products that will attract more prospective clients.
Builders benefit from connecting with targeted customers, and clients benefit from getting customizable solutions they can immediately implement and interact with while also establishing direct connections with the professionals who built them and can help ensure the software perfectly fits their unique business needs.
What kinds of apps are going in the App Marketplace
Glide powers over 100,000 businesses in manufacturing, retail, real estate, tech, and more. While each business has unique needs and specific systems in place, there are also many commonalities within similar industries or teams.
The best marketplace apps build a streamlined foundation off those common needs while leaving space for customization. The Marketplace gives these experts a platform to showcase their industry-specific solutions, reach new customers, and build their business around their Glide expertise.
Here are some examples already in the Marketplace:
HR Management Portal from Robert Petito
Robert Petitto has developed an HR Management Portal that centralizes employee records, recruitment processes, and critical HR workflows in one accessible system. Designed specifically for small to medium-sized businesses without dedicated HR departments, this solution incorporates industry best practices gained through years of professional HR management experience. They’ll now be able to find it on the Marketplace.
Agency Management System by Gideon Lahav
Gideon Lahav has listed the exact agency management system he developed and uses daily to run his own successful business. This solution, refined through practical application and continuous improvement, is now available on the Marketplace to all freelancers and agencies seeking enterprise-grade workflow management without enterprise-level complexity.
A note from Brett
This isn’t just my passion project; it’s the bridge that transforms “I need this” into “we built exactly that”. In an era where software often feels incomplete or clunky, Glide’s new App Marketplace isn’t just about connecting Experts with businesses - it’s creating a whole new world of possibilities where industry experts meet technological innovation.
For the creators, the builders, and the industry experts, this is your invitation to step forward and showcase your life passion and the specialized knowledge you’ve cultivated. Your expertise deserves recognition, and businesses need exactly what you provide. If you’ve built a solution for an industry, the marketplace offers a stage for it to find an ever-growing audience.
For businesses tired of twisting processes around poorly fitting software or having to adapt to creaky, outdated legacy platforms, this is your opportunity to discover solutions built by people who truly understand your challenges. We invite you to browse the marketplace to see what apps or Experts spark your interest.
How to get on the Marketplace and start earning
While the Marketplace is in its initial stages of growth, we are running submissions through the Experts Hub. Details can be found in Docs.
To have your app listed in the marketplace, Experts must:
Be a Certified Expert
Be listed in the Experts Directory
Have an active Agency Plan
Once the core requirements are met, you can submit your app and description inside the Experts Hub. Apps will be reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis. Submit your next app, and help build this into the best custom software marketplace out there.
Together, we’re not just building apps, we are building bridges between Experts and the businesses they’re uniquely qualified to help.
