Guide
How to Launch a Prediction Market
Thinking about launching a Polymarket-style prediction market? Here is what it takes - the model, the software and the operator tools you need to run your own platform.
Step by step
Five steps to launching a prediction market
1. Choose your markets
Start with what your audience wants to trade: sports, politics, finance, crypto or custom local events. YES/NO and event-based markets are the foundation of a prediction market.
2. Set up peer-to-peer pricing
On a prediction market, players trade against each other and prices move with supply and demand, the same model that made Polymarket work. It is a live exchange, not a fixed-odds book.
3. Get the software
Under the hood you need a P2P exchange engine, order matching, market settlement, wallet integration and an operator backoffice. BetEngines delivers all of it as licensed, white-label software you own.
4. Connect wallets and payments
Plug in the payment rails your audience already uses, from cards and wallets to emerging-markets options like M-Pesa, PawaPay and USSD, so players can fund positions and cash out easily.
5. Go live and manage it
Create markets, settle outcomes and watch activity from the backoffice. Because players are matched against each other, your exposure stays balanced while you focus on growing the platform.
The shortcut
Skip the build, keep the ownership
The technology is the slow part, and that's the part we've already solved. BetEngines gives you ready-made prediction market software to launch a Polymarket-style platform: P2P exchange engine, matching, settlement, wallets and operator backoffice, all as licensed, white-label software you run as your own.
Frequently asked questions
What software do I need to launch a prediction market?
A P2P exchange engine with order matching, market management, settlement tools, wallet integration and an operator backoffice. BetEngines provides all of this as prediction market software you own and operate.
How is a prediction market different from a sportsbook?
In a prediction market, players trade against each other and prices move with supply and demand, the model Polymarket uses. A sportsbook instead offers fixed odds priced by the operator. BetEngines builds both.
Can BetEngines build the platform for me?
Yes. We build Polymarket-style prediction market software and hand you a platform you launch and operate under your own brand.
Ready to launch your prediction market?
Bring us the markets you want to run, and we'll build the platform behind them: exchange engine, matching, settlement, wallets and operator tools.