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Single-listing vs Multi-listing marketplaces

What is the difference between these two types of marketplaces?

Updated over a year ago

Single listing marketplace

A single listing marketplace has multiple vendors on one page, with just one of these vendors winning the 'buy box'. A product search will generally return a single listing for that specific product and readily show other products.
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The key driver of sales is winning the buy box - this could be either you brand direct-to-consumer effort, an authorised reseller or the marketplaces' own stock. Eebz tracks all vendors on your product page on these marketplaces.


Product name search is a secondary driver.
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The best example of a multi-listing marketplace is Amazon, but Fnac, MediaMarkt and many other marketplaces also have multiple vendors on one page.

Multi listing marketplace

A multi-listing marketplace displays a single vendor on each PDP. A good example of this is Shopee or Lazada. A product search will return multiple versions of a listings, and generally show fewer other brands.
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They key driver of sales is that your product listing indexes in the product name search.

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