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# Medusa Recipes

This document provides you resources for different paths based on what you're building with Medusa.

:::note

These recipes assume you already have a Medusa backend setup. If not, you can create a Medusa project with the following command:

```bash
npx create-medusa-app
```

[Learn more in this guide](../create-medusa-app.mdx).

:::

## Recipe: Setup Ecommerce Store

Follow this recipe if you want to use Medusa for an ecommerce store. This recipe includes three steps that will get you a storefront deployed to Vercel and a backend deployed to Railway.

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## Recipe: Build a Marketplace

Follow this guide if you want to build a Marketplace with Medusa.

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  href: '/recipes/marketplace',
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    description: 'Learn how you can build a marketplace with Medusa.'
  }
}} />

---

## Recipe: Build Subscription Purchases

Follow this guide if you want to implement subscription-based purhcases with Medusa.

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  type: 'link',
  href: '/recipes/subscriptions',
  label: 'Build Subscription Purchases',
  customProps: {
    icon: Icons['credit-card-solid'],
    description: 'Learn how you can implement subscription-based purchase in Medusa.'
  }
}} />

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   question="Did your find your use case?"
   positiveQuestion="Is there anything that should improved?"
   negativeQuestion="What was your use case?"
/>

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## Can't find your path?

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Medusa is a customizable commerce solution that can be used to build any custom use case. If you can't find your use case mentioned above, the following guides give you a general understanding of how Medusa can be used and how you can customize it.

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