Case study · Agro
Tropa Libre, livestock marketplace.
Tropa Libre is a livestock marketplace in Uruguay where producers sell cattle directly to each other, from the phone, with no auctions and no commissions. Cambalache designed and built the web platform and the iOS and Android apps.
- Client
- Tropa Libre
- Industry
- Agro & livestock
- Location
- Uruguay
- Platforms
- Web, iOS and Android
- Status
- Live
01The client
Tropa Libre is a work tool for Uruguayan farmers, made by producers for producers.
02The idea
Cattle sold between producers: list a lot from the phone, get offers from verified producers and close the deal directly, without auction houses or percentages.
03What we built
- Lots listed from the phone with recent photos, category, head count, weight and location
- Mandatory DICOSE verification to publish, and offers from verified producers
- El Galpón, a marketplace for machinery and hay bales
- Live market prices: dollar, steer, cow, soy, corn and wheat
- A web platform plus iOS and Android apps
04The launch
Live at tropalibre.app, with apps on the App Store and Google Play.
The product
Live, with real users.
Quick answers
About Tropa Libre, in short.
Who built Tropa Libre?
Tropa Libre was designed and built by Cambalache, a product studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that ships fixed-price MVPs, platforms and AI agents.
What is Tropa Libre?
A marketplace where Uruguayan producers sell cattle directly to each other: list a lot from the phone, get offers from verified producers and close the deal, with no auctions and no commissions.
Which platforms does Tropa Libre run on?
Web, iOS and Android.
How much does it cost to build a product like Tropa Libre?
It depends on the scope. A product like Tropa Libre usually starts from one of our fixed-price packages: Validate, $3,900 in 2 weeks for one core flow or one automated process; Launch, from $8,000 in 8 weeks; or Scale, from $15,000 in 10–14 weeks for marketplaces and heavy integrations. You get the exact price and launch date in writing before any code is written.
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