8 Top UK marketplaces ranked by traffic

 
As we’ve been running our Marketplaces 2018 series since the start of the year, it makes sense to look at the top marketplaces ranked by traffic – If you want sales then go where the consumers are would seem to make sense so today we’re looking at 8 of the busiest UK marketplaces and how they rank against each other.

This isn’t intended to be a one stop guide as to which marketplaces you sell on. Traffic to some marketplaces (e.g. Tesco, Halfords and Game) is impossible to judge as they are also retailers in their own right. Others which may be of interest (e.g. Zalando and Alibaba have masses of traffic but perhaps not in the UK). Today we’re focusing purely on the marketplaces where UK traffic is clearly segregated.

Our primary source for the data is Alexa. This is not a definitive guide to the traffic reported by the marketplaces but has been used as it is a common source readily available for comparison. Data for the marketplaces ranked by traffic was sourced on the 6/2/18.

Amazon.co.uk

UK Rank: 3

Global Rank: 85

60.0% of Amazon.co.uk‘s traffic comes from within the UK with around 15% split between the US (5.7%), China (5.5%) and Japan (4.3%). Only 2.8% of traffic comes from Ireland. Notably, Amazon have now overtaken the BBC in terms of traffic who are ranked 7th in the UK.

Following a dip in traffic in the summer, Alexa data suggests that Amazon’s traffic appears to have been on an upward trajectory.

eBay.co.uk

UK Rank: 10

Global Rank: 150

70.1% of eBay.co.uk‘s traffic comes from within the UK with a further 7.7% split between the US (2.7%), China (1.9%), France (1.6%) and Germany (1.4%). eBay gets more traffic in the UK than Yahoo! who are placed two below at the 12th most popular UK website. It’s worth noting that eBay listings are visible on other eBay sites around the world which helps explain why fewer oversees visitors as a percentage visit eBay.co.uk.

Somewhat worryingly if is accurate, Alexa reports eBay’s traffic has declined in recent months.

Gumtree.com

UK Rank: 40

Global Rank: 1,420

Gumtree attract a massive 82.1% of traffic from within the UK with a further 2.3% from the US. Ireland, Australia and France each provide 0.9% of Gumtree’s traffic. Gumtree still has more traffic than Tripadvisor in the UK who come in three positions below at number 43. Although not strictly a marketplace, Gumtree is still interesting as a site with possibilities for business selling and so not to be totally ruled out.

Gumtree’s traffic appears to have peaked in the summer months and rapidly declined in the past quarter according to Alexa figures.

Etsy

UK Rank: 106

Global Rank: 170

The bulk (59.7%) of Etsy‘s traffic according to Alexa comes from the US with the UK being their second biggest market in terms of traffic at 6.4% of their total traffic. Canada (3.7%), France (3.3%) and Germany (2.9%) are also worth noting.

Etsy’s traffic has risen over the course of the past year according to Alexa so it’s looking good if your products are suitable for this marketplace.

Notonthehighstreet.com

UK Rank: 710

Global Rank: 9,620

72.9% of NotOnTheHighStreet‘s traffic comes from the UK, with a 6.3% coming from the US. India accounts for 2.5% of Notonthehighstreet’s traffic with Ireland and Canada both accounting for 0.9%.

Alexa data suggests that Notonthehighstreet had a massive dip in traffic for most of 2017 but picked up sharply in the run up to Christmas.

Flubit.com

UK Rank: 5,911

Global Rank: 119,512

Flubit attracts 89.7% of traffic from the UK according to Alexa with the only other country noted being the US from where another 2.3% of visitors reside.

Over the Christmas period it would appear according to Alexa that Flubit’s traffic hit a high for the past 12 months.

OnBuy.com

UK Rank: 16,255

Global Rank: 253,649

OnBuy who bill themselves as a “British marketplace” attract 82.3% of their traffic from the UK. Somewhat surprisingly they’re popular in the Netherlands where 13.8% of their traffic comes from according to Alexa – that’s a massive chunk and so particularly noteworthy.

It’s little surprise that OnBuy’s traffic is trending upwards as they are relatively new and encouraging to see.

Yumbles

UK Rank: 34,038

Global Rank: 333,769

Yumbles have the lowest proportion of their traffic from the UK (53.1%) of any of the marketplace we checked with another 16.0% from the US and 0.6% from Russia.

As a speciality food marketplace it’s not surprising that they’re ranked lower than marketplaces selling general merchandise but it’s a pretty respectable number and Alexa indicates that traffic has been steadily rising since a dip in the summer months.