Online Marketplaces news and trends

Why the World’s Biggest Buyer Relies on Online B2B Marketplaces
B2B Payments // April 19, 2024

Digitization is increasingly revolutionizing the B2B landscape with streamlined procurement processes, and even better payments workflows. Don’t believe it? Look no further than the U.S. government, the world’s single largest buyer, which is expanding its $6 billion eCommerce initiative to include more online marketplaces — opening up...

Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks
Payments Innovation // March 05, 2024

Among the many payment acceptance tools now available, embedded solutions provided by a variety of payment facilitators (PayFacs) have become increasingly popular among marketplaces and independent software vendors (ISVs), both of which leverage embedded payments to improve efficiencies and fortify customer engagement. But as a...

Lack of Payments Choice Risks Higher Cart Abandonment on Online Brand Sites
eCommerce // February 29, 2024

Cart abandonment, a key element of increasing online conversion, poses a significant challenge for online marketplaces, retailer and brand sites. This issue is increasingly worrisome as budget-conscious shoppers use carts as wish lists while searching for better deals. Online businesses use various strategies to try...

8 in 10 Consumers are Highly Satisfied With Online Marketplace Shopping
eCommerce // January 23, 2024

The convenience of shopping from the comfort of one’s home has led to the growing popularity of online marketplaces among consumers. As detailed in “The Online Features Driving Consumers to Shop With Brands, Retailers or Marketplaces,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Adobe collaboration, a significant share of...

Interviews & Exclusives
Online Marketplaces Grab Auto Parts Share From Specialty Merchants

May 13, 2024
As shoppers increasingly purchase auto parts from third-party online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, retailers and eCommerce merchants specializing in the category are seeing sales declines. In Q1 of this year, CarParts.com’s net sales dropped 5% year over year, and the company’s net loss of $6.5 million marked a significant drop from the $1.1 […]

Why the World’s Biggest Buyer Relies on Online B2B Marketplaces

April 19, 2024
Digitization is increasingly revolutionizing the B2B landscape with streamlined procurement processes, and even better payments workflows. Don’t believe it? Look no further than the U.S. government, the world’s single largest...

Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks

March 05, 2024
Among the many payment acceptance tools now available, embedded solutions provided by a variety of payment facilitators (PayFacs) have become increasingly popular among marketplaces and independent software vendors (ISVs), both...

Lack of Payments Choice Risks Higher Cart Abandonment on Online Brand Sites

February 29, 2024
Cart abandonment, a key element of increasing online conversion, poses a significant challenge for online marketplaces, retailer and brand sites. This issue is increasingly worrisome as budget-conscious shoppers use carts...

Quick Reads
Mangopay and VTEX Team to Boost Global Marketplaces

September 26, 2023
Payment infrastructure provider Mangopay has launched a partnership with digital commerce platform VTEX. The collaboration is designed to give marketplace operators a single pay-in and pay-out solution and provide frictionless buying and selling experiences, IBS Intelligence reported Tuesday (Sept. 26).  According to the report, marketplaces powered by VTEX will be able to use Mangopay’s modular global payment infrastructure to adhere […]

eBay to Add AI-Powered Image-Based Listing Tool

September 11, 2023
eBay will be adding an image-based listing tool to its range of offerings powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This tool will allow sellers to simply take or upload a photo within...

LA’s CREXi Real Estate Marketplace Lands $30M For Digital Expansion

January 27, 2020
Online commercial real estate marketplace CREXi — which serves as a digital toolkit of sorts for buyers, sellers and investors — has raised nearly $30 million from investors, according to...

Study: More People Fall Prey To Fraudsters Online Than By Phone

September 30, 2019
A recent study about how people respond to scammers shows that consumers are more likely to become victims on social media and online marketplaces than over the phone, The Wall...