CollabAway is a creator-hospitality collaboration platform that connects travel creators with hotels, Airbnb hosts, and unique stays.
Within 6 months, the platform reached $7K MRR and 1,200+ paying users by replacing cold outreach and spreadsheets with a focused marketplace workflow.
The problem
Creators and hospitality brands both wanted collaborations, but the process was fragmented.
Creators relied on cold emails, DMs, spreadsheets, and manual follow-up. Hosts had no consistent way to evaluate creators, compare proposals, or manage collaboration requests.
The market needed a structured platform for discovery, proposals, and partnership management.
The solution
Ownex Labs helped build a two-sided SaaS marketplace with:
- Creator profiles
- Host listings
- Collaboration discovery
- Proposal workflows
- Subscription billing
- Partnership management
- Admin visibility
The product focused on making the first valuable action simple: creators could find relevant stays and hosts could evaluate collaboration requests in one place.
The outcome
CollabAway reached $7K MRR in 6 months by giving both sides a clear reason to return.
For creators, the product reduced cold outreach. For hosts, it created a more organized way to find marketing partners.
What founders can learn
If you are building a marketplace SaaS, focus on:
- The repeated workflow
- The first valuable transaction
- Trust signals between both sides
- Simple monetization
- Admin tools that reduce manual operations
Explore the full project
Read the detailed CollabAway project page or contact Ownex Labs if you are building a marketplace, subscription SaaS, or creator platform.
