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Marketing Strategies for B2C & B2B Marketplaces
Marketplace marketing is challenging because it requires managing a two-sided ecosystem. You need to attract vendors to bring in buyers and maintain enough buyers to keep vendors engaged. But how can you get enough buyers for your sellers, and enough sellers for your buyers? It's a modern paradox, and we provide some elements of answers in this article.
Understand Tax & Duty Requirements for a B2C Marketplace (Merchant of Record)
Selling internationally is one of the biggest growth levers for a marketplace. It is also one of the most misunderstood areas of compliance. Before opening your platform to cross-border transactions, you need to understand three things: what types of taxes and duties apply, who is responsible for collecting and reporting them, and how to configure your technical stack to handle them correctly.
Data Protection on a Marketplace
Running a marketplace means you are not just a retailer: you are a data controller. Every order placed on your platform generates customer data that you are legally responsible for, regardless of which vendor fulfilled it.
How to Handle Refunds & Returns on Your Marketplace
Managing returns and refunds well is one of the most underrated levers in marketplace operations.
Agency vs. Merchant of Record on Shopify
Payment models, fund holding, and currency flows for multi-vendor marketplaces.
How to Manage Shipping on Your Marketplace?
Managing shipping is crucial for marketplaces as with the right tools and some effort, it will increase the marketplace average order value (AOV) and total number of orders.
Compare Multi-Vendor Ecommerce Businesses
Are you looking to start an online business to sell products? Then you have several options to choose from! We'll look at all different options you can do to sell vendor products online.
Start Your Multi-Vendor Marketplace on Shopify
Learn how to get started creating a multi-vendor marketplace on Shopify.
The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Successful Online Marketplace in 2026
We referenced here our thoughts on how you can create your own marketplaces. With more than 6 years of experiences with marketplaces, follow this guide to be successful with you business.