MVP Multi-Vendor Marketplace Build

I need an experienced developer who can get a first-release multi-vendor marketplace online fast. The platform will focus on physical goods and, at this MVP stage, only has to cover the essentials:

• Product listing & management – vendors must be able to create, edit, and deactivate items from their own dashboard, with images, stock levels, price, and basic SEO fields.
• Order processing & tracking – once a shopper checks out, I want automatic status updates (confirmed, packed, shipped, delivered) both in the buyer’s account and in the vendor panel.
• Vendor management – simple onboarding, profile pages, sales analytics, and the ability for me (as admin) to approve or suspend stores.
• Credit/Debit card checkout – a single, secure card gateway (Stripe, Braintree, or similar) is all that’s required for payment at this stage.

Everything should be mobile-friendly and cleanly coded so we can iterate later. I’m open on tech stack as long as it’s widely supported and easy to scale—Laravel, Django, Node, or a SaaS marketplace engine are all fine if you can justify the choice.

Please outline:
1. Your proposed stack or platform.
2. Estimated timeframe for an end-to-end, testable MVP.
3. Any similar marketplaces you’ve built that I can review.

I’ll supply branding assets and copy once we agree on the approach; you provide the live site, full source code, and a short hand-over guide so I can manage vendors and products without you.