How To Start An Online Marketplace Platform Like Amazon

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How to start an Online Marketplace Platform like Amazon


The groundwork to start an online marketplace platform To build an Amazon-like multi-vendor marketplace you need to do the following

Market study to identify the supply gap

Decide the audience and the market to sell

Prepare the paperwork to start your business

Choose vendors to onboard

Find the right ecommerce marketplace solution


Must-Have Modules To Start An Online Marketplace Platform You need the following modules to run your horizontal multi-vendor ecommerce store


Vendor Registration for vendor onboarding

Vendor Approval Flow to approve or reject vendors

Adaptive Payments to divide multi-product order among vendors

Discount Engine to plan a variety of discounts

Vendor Dashboard to create a separate vendor login

Tax Engine to implement multi-level taxes

Admin Dashboard to give admin an overview of the business Seller Ledger to set up rules for vendor payouts, commissions etc.

Integrated Shipping for faster deliveries Returns & Refunds Management to minimize customer complaints grievances

Go for the multi-seller ecommerce solution that offers you all the above


Features Of An Easy To Use Marketplace Platform For The Vendors

Easy registration & onboarding

Separate login and dashboard

Simple & feature-rich admin

Product management with import/export

Featured product option

Integrated shipping solution

Unified notifications (email, SMS, push)

Transparent payment and commission module


An Easy To Use Marketplace Platform For The Customers

Fast loading sites

Mobile apps

Quick search and navigation

High-quality product images and videos

Product review and rating

Multiple payment options including COD

Single-click checkout

Multiple discounted shipping choices


Build Your Marketplace Website With StoreHippo

Niche Vertical Marketplace

Horizontal Marketplace

A marketplace of sellers selling a niche product or services

Brings together sellers selling multiple product lines


Service Aggregation Marketplaces (B2C)

B2B Marketplace

Brings together various sellers selling their services

Brings together distributors, wholesalers and buyers on a common platform


B2B2C Marketplace

Hyperlocal Marketplace

Brings different businesses on a platform that finally sells to end customers under one brand name

Add local stores as seller on your marketplace to ace hyperlocal ecommerce

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