Marketplace Business Rules

Why This Exists

This document defines business rules for the Marketplace Domain.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Rules protect listing quality, category control, discovery relevance, request workflow integrity, and ownership boundaries.

Rule Catalogue

Rule ID	Area	Rule
MKT-RULE-001	Ownership	Marketplace owns listing, discovery, category, search, visibility, request, matching, and workflow state.
MKT-RULE-002	Supplier boundary	Supplier owns supplier relationship, performance, ratings, reviews, response time, quote performance, and preferred supplier state.
MKT-RULE-003	Funding boundary	Funding owns funding products, applications, and assessments.
MKT-RULE-004	Organization boundary	Organization owns customer business profile.
MKT-RULE-005	Intelligence boundary	Intelligence may recommend providers, but Marketplace owns displayed recommendation workflow records.
MKT-RULE-006	Contract boundary	Contract may request marketplace support but does not own marketplace listings.
MKT-RULE-007	Categories	Listings must use approved provider categories.
MKT-RULE-008	Visibility	Listing visibility must be controlled by Marketplace state.
MKT-RULE-009	Verification display	Verification display must reference source domain and not imply Marketplace ownership.
MKT-RULE-010	Requests	Quote and support requests must preserve requester, provider, category, and status.
MKT-RULE-011	Matching	Marketplace matches must include score or rationale.

Provider Type Rule

Marketplace participant type must be explicit for every listing so customers understand whether they are viewing a supplier, advisor, funding partner, insurer, equipment provider, fleet provider, professional services provider, or technology provider.