The Best Marketplaces to Sell Your Products
Written by: Naomi Middleton
Marketplaces are a great place to sell your products and get them in front of potential new customers. As the e-commerce world has grown, there are more and more marketplaces available. It is important to remember that every marketplace has a different audience so you will need to test your products out on different platforms to see which one is most profitable. One marketplace might work great for your product and another marketplace might be a complete waste of time.
General Marketplaces
Amazon
Monthly Website Visitors: 2.2B
Fees: $39.99 per month/plus 8%-15% transaction fee
Shipping Costs: Seller is responsible for determining shipping fees when shipping their own products. When using FBA, shipping fees are taken out of the payout.
Product Niche: Almost any product
Ebay
Monthly Website Visitors: 729.2M
Fees: $0.35 listing fee per item, 12.9% transaction fee plus $0.30 per order.
Shipping Costs: The seller determines shipping fees
Product Niche: Almost any product
Wayfair
Monthly Website Visitors: 91.8M (30 million customers)
Fees: No fees (Required to sell at wholesale cost)
Shipping Costs: Shipping is covered by Wayfair
Product Niche: Home Goods
Handmade Marketplaces
Etsy
Monthly Website Visitors: 366.9M (81.9 million active buyers)
Fees: $0.20 listing fee, 5% transaction fee, 3% + 0.25USD credit card processing fee
Shipping Costs: The seller determines shipping fees
Product Niche: Handmade
Amazon Handmade
Monthly Website Visitors: 2.44 billion site visitors
Fees: 15% transaction fee
Shipping Costs: Seller is responsible for determining shipping fees when shipping their own products. When using FBA, shipping fees are taken out of the payout.
Product Niche: Handmade
Society6
Monthly Website Visitors: 5.3M monthly site visitors
Fees: Artists earn 10% of every sale. They can earn an additional 10% on sales if they refer them.
Shipping Costs: No shipping fees
Product Niche: Handmade (Digital Art)
CrateJoy
Monthly Website Visitors: 725.1K monthly site visitors
Fees: 11.25% per transaction or $39.99 per month
Shipping Costs: The seller determines shipping fees
Product Niche: Handmade (Subscription Boxes)
Wholesale Marketplaces
Faire
Monthly Website Visitors: 5.5M (250,000 retailers)
Fees: 25% commission rate on opening orders and 15% commission rate on future orders. No fees on the business you bring in.
Shipping Costs: Shipping is covered by Faire or buyer
Product Niche: Handmade
Tundra
Monthly Website Visitors: 130.3K
Fees: No Fees
Shipping Costs: The seller determines shipping fees
Product Niche: All Products