Marketplace - Spree Commerce

Hard times ahead for DTC eCommerce and the rise of a dropshipping marketplace

February 17, 2022

What’s happening with Shopify is a health indicator of the entire independent DTC retail industry. And Shopify stock dropped 52% in the past 6 months. Long story short: hard times ahead. Google is about to introduce similar privacy changes to Apple’s which killed Facebook ads as a cheap source of traffic. The times of independent DTC brands might be coming to a painful end. There has never been a better time to launch or join a multi-vendor marketplace than now. Vendo is an all-in-one platform that allows you to onboard Shopify brands to your marketplace, as vendors, easily. Or to convert a Shopify store into a marketplace.

8 Successful Local Delivery Marketplaces using Spree Commerce

July 14, 2021

Marketplaces have always been one of the most popular Spree Commerce use cases thanks to its robust multi-vendor features as included in the Spree multi-vendor extension. The extension is so popular, in fact, that we’ve decided to move it into Spree Core in a future version set to be released in early 2022. Development is underway!

Vendo marketplace builder frees you from the burden of self-hosting and maintenance. Contact Vendo now for a demo and launch an eCommerce platform at a fraction of a typical cost and within weeks instead of months.

Is there space for yet another local food delivery marketplace?

February 1, 2021

The way we think about food changed a lot since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. There was an increase in people using online and mobile services to order and have food or groceries delivered, with reportedly 47% doing so for the first time.

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Launch a local delivery marketplace MVP within weeks

January 1, 2021

Now it’s easier than ever to quickly build an MVP for a local delivery marketplace, such as Uber Eats, Doordash, or Deliveroo, by combining the Spree Commerce marketplace platform with one of the Last Mile Delivery Software cloud providers.

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Ruby on Rails powering 4 out of 5 top multi-vendor marketplace platforms in the world

February 20, 2020

4 Ruby on Rails powered marketplace businesses – Airbnb, Doordash, Instacart, Postmates – gross 76% of all merchandise sold (GMV) by all top 100 marketplace platforms on the Andreessen Horowitz “Marketplace 100”, a ranking of the largest and fastest-growing consumer-facing multi-vendor marketplace E-Commerce websites.

2 out of 10 fastest-growing marketplace platforms in the Andreessen Horowitz Marketplace 100 ranking were built using Ruby on Rails.

The most popular JavaScript framework among the top 100 marketplaces is React used for frontend app development.

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CBD E-Commerce marketplace compliant with FDA interstate regulations

January 5, 2020

FDA’s jurisdiction over interstate CBD sales could be possibly avoided with a CBD E-Commerce multi-vendor marketplace offering hemp products in each state separately. Customers living in a particular state could only purchase CBD products from merchants based in their own state. Spree Commerce can help to make that happen.

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P2P or C2C rental marketplace development using Spree Commerce

January 5, 2020

A rental marketplace is a multi-vendor E-commerce platform connecting people or parties who want to use the equipment, sports gear, vehicles, or real estate owned by some other people. Sometimes called a P2P or a C2C marketplace, it allows for renting, loaning, sharing, swapping. Spree Commerce may be customized for such a purpose.

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As a Marketplace Facilitator collect sales tax for marketplace sellers if required

July 23, 2019

New regulations already passed by the majority of states require online marketplace owners and operators to collect and remit sales taxes on behalf of their sellers. Below is a walkthrough of the new responsibilities in the form of frequently asked questions and answers (FAQ).

TL;DR: if all your marketplace sellers ship over a certain amount (usually between $100k – $250k in total) into any state then you should automate sales tax handling or could get in trouble with tax authorities. Services such as AvaTax integrate well with Spree to help you mitigate your tax-related risks.

Vendo marketplace platform frees you from the burden of tax reconciliation, self-hosting and maintenance. Contact us now for a demo and launch an eCommerce platform at a fraction of a typical cost and within weeks instead of months.

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Multi-vendor marketplace development: what are the biggest challenges?

July 11, 2019

An interview with Damian Legawiec, Spree Commerce open-source tech lead and a marketplace architect at Vendo, who talks about the biggest challenges in multi-vendor marketplace development. Having built and supported operations of such marketplaces Damian has unique know-how on how to develop and run such a business.

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Stripe Connect and Spree Commerce for marketplace development projects: how to build vendor trust and incentivize them to join?

July 10, 2019

Two-sided or multi-vendor marketplaces face an early chicken and egg problem. Without vendors, suppliers, or service providers, there’s no value for the customers. But without the customers, vendors don’t see a point in joining the marketplace. This problem is usually solved by building vendor trust and incentivizing the vendors to join the marketplace, which is the first step to getting market traction. And what do the vendors really want? Stripe says: confidence in getting paid asap. Spree Commerce support that vision with a Stripe Connect integration.

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