At Tamebay we are increasingly writing more articles about a wider selection of marketplaces. Over the course of the year, we’ve been looking at several dozen marketplaces and you can find the profiles here: marketplaces 2018.
In the UK there is a reasonable amount of choice. But bigger generic marketplaces are pretty much limited to eBay and Amazon. Plenty of niche marketplaces, however, are emerging. But that’s not true in other countries.
In France, priceminister (part of the Rakuten Group), Cdiscount and La Redoute are all powerful. For the BeNeLux countries bol.com is vital. Looking east, Allegro is bigger than both Amazon and eBay in Poland. Don’t forget the likes of Zalando, Spartoo and Fruugo. All are open to third party retailers who want to sell online via marketplaces in various parts of Europe.
The everyday tasks of fulfilling one marketplace or another are not markedly different as long as you have the back-end management and despatch processes in place. Language can be a problem but once that’s cracked you can sell pretty much anything anywhere. The many multi-channel marketplace providers, that can plug into many (if not all) of the 400 or so EU online retail sites, can do much to grease the wheels.
Here’s where you come in. We want to write about more international shopping sites that you would like to read about. We’ve got plenty of ideas but do let us know which of the hundreds of available marketplaces you’d like to know more about.
We will be writing about new destinations every week, so there’s plenty of scope. Please do let us know what you’d like to read about. Either leave a comment or drop me a note: [email protected].
