{"id":23927,"date":"2019-01-28T09:19:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T09:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowband.com\/blog\/?p=23927\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:20:04","slug":"why-you-should-sell-on-an-ecommerce-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowband.com\/blog\/ecommerce-blog\/why-you-should-sell-on-an-ecommerce-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should sell on an eCommerce Marketplace?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the huge involvement of the internet in daily lives, a large number of\u00a0customers are buying products online globally<\/a>. The advancement of the eCommerce industry is flourishing day by day. If you are a retailer then the idea to sell online could never go wrong.\u00a0 Selling online expands your reach globally. This helps the online marketplace to make more profits than usual.<\/p>\n

There are numerous ways of selling online apart from starting an online website. Retailers can even sell their products through renowned\u00a0marketplaces<\/a>. The growing competition among sellers encourages them to implement some new strategies to attract more customers to your product. Selling on Marketplace like\u00a0eBay<\/a>,\u00a0Etsy<\/a>,\u00a0Walmart<\/a>,\u00a0etc could be a bet as they can easily give a brand more exposure. and get you instant access to a vast number of potential customers.<\/p>\n

If you create your own eCommerce website<\/a>, you can get full control, large profits, higher scalability. It can become costly for you as setting and promoting a niche brand requires high investments. But if you choose a marketplace, you could sell your products online with certain control but will be able to leverage the global reach and services of a Marketplace. Customers often prefer buying products from Marketplaces because of the wide variety of products and the ease of all-in-one shopping. Apart from this, selling products on Marketplace could offer you much more.<\/p>\n

Marketplace statistics to give a clear idea<\/h1>\n
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  1. Here is a graph from a similar Web<\/a> representing the total visits of two famous marketplaces Amazon and eBay.\u00a0\"amazon-vs-ebay-sales-compare\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. In a recent blog, published by the webretailer<\/a>, Amazon is still on the top, surpassing every other marketplace. It gets around 5.2B visits every month.<\/li>\n
  3. The report includes data for 155 most visited marketplaces with more than one million visitors per month. And eBay ranks 2nd <\/sup>globally in the similarweb reports.<\/li>\n
  4. The top 20 marketplaces have a collection of general merchandise except 3 that sells specific product categories, eg. Etsy.<\/li>\n
  5. General, Fashion, Arts, crafts and gifts, Homewares, and Electronics are the top five product categories among the popular marketplaces.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Top 5 Marketplaces in India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Amazon India<\/li>\n
    2. Flipkart<\/li>\n
    3. Snapdeal<\/li>\n
    4. Myntra<\/li>\n
    5. Shopclue<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Top 5 Marketplaces in Spain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Amazon Spain<\/li>\n
      2. Milanuncios<\/li>\n
      3. El Corte Ingles<\/li>\n
      4. Ali Express<\/li>\n
      5. eBay Spain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Top 5 Marketplaces in Italy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Amazon Italy<\/li>\n
        2. eBay Italy<\/li>\n
        3. Mediaworld<\/li>\n
        4. Unieuro<\/li>\n
        5. AliExpress Italiano<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Top 5 Marketplaces in Poland<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Allegro<\/li>\n
          2. Ceneo<\/li>\n
          3. Chrono24<\/li>\n
          4. Showroom<\/li>\n
          5. Domodi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Top 5 Marketplaces in France<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. Amazon FR<\/li>\n
            2. Cdiscount<\/li>\n
            3. eBay FR<\/li>\n
            4. Leroy Merlin<\/li>\n
            5. Fnac<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Top 5 Marketplaces in Germany<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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              1. Amazon\u00a0Germany<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
              2. eBay\u00a0Germany<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
              3. eBay Kleinanzeigen.<\/li>\n
              4. Otto<\/li>\n
              5. Idealo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Below are some of the reasons to start selling products on Marketplace:<\/h4>\n

                1. Huge audience access:
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                \"access-to-huge-audience\"<\/a><\/p>\n

                The huge popularity of Marketplace<\/a> like Etsy, eBay, Walmart, etc. for online shopping automatically provides you the accessibility to all its customers\u200a without having to spend any money on marketing. It\u2019s a good opportunity for small business owners to gain good profits without any advanced investments.<\/p>\n

                2. Low Startup Cost:
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                \"save-your-time-and-revenues\"<\/a><\/p>\n

                As Marketplace<\/a> has all things set up in one place, the retailer has to hardly make any investments other than some few expenses. Thus, the minimal cost is involved in selling on a Marketplace in comparison to selling on your own eCommerce website. For example Marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, etc charges:<\/p>\n