Marketplaces

The era of reselling Chinese goods is over. Shein & Temu are killing it selling directly to the US customer. My advice: sell more American brands through your own marketplace. Sell Canadian & European, if you'd like. Just don't expect any growth out of reselling Chinese anymore.

Houzz has transformed the home improvement and interior design industry with its innovative multi-vendor marketplace. By leveraging custom software development and self-hosting solutions, Houzz has been able to innovate rapidly, scale effectively, and protect its unique value proposition. Let's explore why these solutions are essential for similar startups seeking VC funding and aiming for rapid marketplace growth in the competitive home and design sector.

Market-proven strategies on how to start and run a highly-profitable online wellness marketplace in this increasingly crowded space.

As parents, we must navigate the myriad of mothercare and children’s products. So many products, so little precious time which should be spent with the children instead of doing research or shopping for them. But there are very few places that serve as a one-stop shop for busy parents with product recommendations, advice, and assistance. There lies the baby & kids marketplace business opportunity with tens of Shopify brands as sellers.

Beauty influencers and beauty industry experts, global cosmetics brands, and beauty retailers - Vendo empowers them all to launch a beauty marketplace dropshipping business with tens of new beauty brands onboarded in just minutes.

The home and garden shopping category has ample opportunity for starting a high-GMV lifestyle marketplace business. Vendo makes it easy to tap into this high average order value (AoV) space by launching a dropshipping marketplace with curated products from tens of stores running on Shopify, Magento, or WooCommerce.

Here's how to start and run a successful fashion marketplace with Vendo automating seller onboarding from Shopify, WooCommerce, or Magento, empowering you to curate your ever-changing product catalog, ensuring a delightful shopping experience, and building customer loyalty to your marketplace brand.

Consumers often crave new and improved hardware because it lets them do more, experience more, and raise the quality of their life through entertainment, leisure, community interactions, and family time. That’s precisely why consumer electronics is the most popular shopping category, with an average revenue per user exceeding $300. Marketplace founders can take advantage of this thriving and innovation-driven industry by catering to their chosen niche and cross-category customer needs.

VTEX might seem like a luxury yacht, especially for small and medium marketplace businesses (SMB), exploring marketplace solutions, when they were searching for a sturdy fishing boat. While tailored primarily for enterprise-level clients, VTEX offers a comprehensive suite of features and capabilities and has been recognized as a leading marketplace eCommerce platform by both IDC and Gartner. However, all that comes at a price. Let's embark on a journey through VTEX from the perspective of an SMB, exploring its platform overview, features, pricing, usability, customization, SEO and marketing capabilities, and customer support.

BigCommerce stands out as a general-purpose eCommerce solution with more than one third-party multi-vendor marketplace app available. However, BigCommerce versatility comes with its own set of considerations, from pricing to marketplace scalability, usability and support. Let's delve into BigCommerce from the perspective of a marketplace use case, exploring its platform overview, features, pricing, usability, customization, SEO and marketing capabilities, and customer support.