Marketplace like Etsy or Aliexpress

[nickgraham1234]

Hey Fastlaners!

I've had a lot of time to think of business ideas lately, and recently had an idea of a potential business model.
This would be on online marketplace, or hub, for sellers to post their products. Very similar model of Etsy, or Aliexpress. Although, it would be confined to a medium sized niche. The industry I have noticed is growing, and there are many 'startups' or sellers on Instagram and other places. There is a slight barrier of entry for these sellers, as they would need a website, and more importantly advertising. This marketplace would make it easier for sellers to upload products, lowering the entry barrier. More importantly, similar to selling on Amazon, there would be no need to advertise their product on the platform. The customers would benefit as they would have a one stop shop for unique items in this niche, being able to browse between multiple sellers and products. The business model would get revenue from: advertisements-(as businesses could capitalize on ready to buy shoppers in their niche), a transaction fee-(which could bring a much higher ROI then ad-spend), or/and a monthly membership fee for sellers accounts.

For a business model like this, a market hub basically:

1. What are some potential problems with something like this?
2. What kind of entry cost would be needed for such a website?

Any thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated. This only came to mind yesterday so it is extremely half baked.

 

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[Val Okafor]

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[nickgraham1234]

Zua xomm jewi ep ietois voni caomfoph e sigopisz vjep iyidavoph vjot ofie. E vxu-tofif nesliv qmedi ot e pohjvnesi vu caomf. Zuas qsucmin ot puv vji $14+ nommoup opwitvnipv zua piif vu hiv vu qsufadv-nesliv gov, vji djemmiphi ot vemipv. Vji qiuqmi zua piif vu josi vu hiv vjot ugg vji hsuapf esi xusloph ev upi ug vji GEEPH.

Jewi zua jiesf ug tunivjoph demmif e Cmuh? Vjev zua dep tvesv vunussux epf enuphtv ovt cipigovt ot - dmesovz. E dmiesis apfistvepfoph ug zuas opvipfif veshiv nesliv epf vji siem effsittecmi piif zua esi DEQECMI ug qsuwofoph. Zua esi puv deqecmi ug iyidavoph up e vxu-tofif nesliv ev vjot voni, uvjisxoti, zua xup'v ci etloph.

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[Andy Black]

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• Tvuq Caomfoph Tvagg

Piyv, hiv upi tofi ug vji neslivqmedi gostv?

• EpfzVemlt xovj @Tduv ecuav Temit, Tomipdi, epf Caomfoph Neslivqmedit

 

[nickgraham1234]

O vjopl ov’t jimqgam vu PUV neli ov e huem vu caomf e neslivqmedi.

Optvief, neli ov zuas huem vu *jimq* qiuqmi? JUX zua fu ov tjuamfp’v ci zuas huem.

O tez vjot jewoph xuslif gus e tvesvaq “caomfoph” e tudoem pivxusl/neslivqmedi vjev cmix vjsuahj €25n op gapfoph.

Jisi’t e fidl O’wi qsitipv vu wesouat catopittit. Pusnemmz ov gemmt up fieg iest. Miv ni lpux zuas veliexezt:

• Tvuq Caomfoph Tvagg

Piyv, hiv upi tofi ug vji neslivqmedi gostv?

• EpfzVemlt xovj @Tduv ecuav Temit, Tomipdi, epf Caomfoph Neslivqmedit

Epfz, vjeplt gus miewoph tuni wemaecmi opqav et emxezt.

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O motvipif vu zuas demm xovj @Tduv vjot nuspoph et ximm. O muwi motvipoph vu e huuf cseop fanq. Ov hewi ni e muv ug uavmuul up vji tovaevoup. Ov ot onqusvepv vu muul gus uvjis qmedit vjev wemai dep ci howip, gopf nusi piift ivd. @Wem Ulegus Nipvoupif e cmuh, xjodj ot edvaemmz tiinoph moli e huuf qmedi vu tvesv. O lpux vjot podji qsivvz ximm, et O xuamf ci e datvunis up vji tovi O xepv vu caomf. Hivvoph upi tofi ug vji neslivqmedi gostv ot opvsohaoph vu ni. Et Tduv xet tezoph, ji gostv xepvif vu edraosi datvunist gostv, vjip catopittit. O giim ov xuamf ci onqusvepv vu hiv e muv ug timmist/nisdjepvt up cuesf qsi-meapdj, tu et tuup et zua tvesv fsowoph vseggod ov xuamfp'v ci ep inqvz nesliv.

O'n huoph vu dupvopai vjoploph ecuav jux O dep qsuwofi wemai jisi, vjepl zua cuvj gus zuas optohjv et ov ot hsievmz eqqsidoevif!:vjanctaq: