— Web App · Marketplace · Live
Freelegs.
A vehicle relocation marketplace connecting NZ rental operators with drivers.
At a glance
Status
Live · NZ-wide
Stack
Laravel · Filament · Postmark · S3
Type
Two-sided marketplace
My role
Founder, designer, sole developer
The challenge.
Vehicle rental operators constantly need cars moved between locations — Christchurch back to Queenstown, Auckland down to Wellington — and currently pay through the nose for transport companies, or run them empty themselves.
Travellers increasingly want cheap (or free) vehicle access for one-way trips. Existing options (TransferCar) work but feel dated. There's room for something faster, cleaner, and NZ-focused.
What I built.
A two-sided marketplace where operators post relocations and drivers apply to take them. Real-time listings, application flow, operator-side approval, driver verification, trip tracking. Built in Laravel with a clean public-facing site and operator dashboards.
Listings
Operators post relocations with pickup, drop-off, dates, vehicle details, and any extras.
Applications
Drivers apply to take a trip; operators review, approve, and message via the platform.
Verification
Driver licence and identity checks before a trip is confirmed.
Operator dashboards
Filament-based ops admin for managing listings, applications, and trip history.
The product treats marketplace trust as the actual feature: obvious states for listings, clear language around handover, and a verification path that doesn't feel like homework.
The result.
Live nationwide, with operators posting real trips and drivers applying daily.
Currently growing organically — exactly the kind of project where the next 12 months are about category education and operator onboarding more than tech.
For technical readers Tech notes
- Stack
- Laravel · Filament · Tailwind · Alpine.js
- Postmark transactional email for application + operator notifications.
- Storage
- S3-backed image handling for vehicle photos.
- Hosting
- ap-southeast-2, daily backups, uptime monitoring on search/claim/account.
- Tests
- Pest test suite (43 tests covering core marketplace flows).
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