Selling Online Through an Online Marketplace

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If you have products to sell, there are lots of resources on the internet that can help you reach customers and sell your goods. Below are 18 online marketplace solutions where you can sell your products online.

Some of the marketplaces are free to use, others charge a store set-up fee, a monthly charge or a transaction fee. When you can, it can work in your favor to choose a selling platform that focuses on a specific niche that reaches your market. For example, handmade goods, jewelry or tickets.

A big benefit to using an online marketplace to promote and sell your products is that most provide a secure payment system. This means that you can accept credit cards from your customers securely without having to purchase and install a merchant account program yourself.

Another reason why people like to use these platforms for selling online is that they generate lots of traffic that you can take advantage of. Trying to generate lots of website traffic yourself can be difficult, time consuming and expensive.

A well-known site like eBay, Amazon or Etsy has already established a level of trust with their visitors. Selling on these trusted sites generally transfers a certain level of trust to your business as well.

• Amazon
  You can sell books on Amazon, but also many other items.
• ArtFire
• Artsefest
  Specializes in unique, handmade items.
• Atomic Mall
  Wide variety of categories.
• Blujay Online Marketplace
  100% free online marketplace. See also 2 other ways you can sell online for free
• Bonanza
  Multiple product categories include business and industrial, clothing, collectibles, health and beauty, home and garden, sporting goods, toys and hobbies.
• Craigslist
  Great way to reach people locally, if you are selling large items that will be difficult to ship.
• eBay
• eBid.net
  No listing fees, over 10,000 different categories in which to list, and a Google Shopping Marketplace Partner.
• eCrater
  Both a free web store builder and online marketplace. All listed products are submitted to Google Product Search for increased exposure.
• Etsy
  Popular site for selling craft items, with specialty craft categories like pets, housewares, geekery, paper goods, children, plants and edibles.
• Handmade Catalog
• iOffer
  Site for buying, selling and trading
• RubyLane
  Sell antiques, vintage clothing and collectibles, dolls, fine art, artisan jewelry, glass, postcards, pottery, silver and more.
• SellCraftsOnline.org
• TicketTailor
  Sell tickets online without having to pay any booking fees.
• WebStore
  Online auction website with free website with no listing or selling fees.
• Zibbet
  Features unique, handmade products, including fine art, supplies and vintage items.