More than 50% of E-commerce sales were achieved through online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay.

Are you an aspiring E-commerce seller or an amazon seller moving hundreds or thousands of products a month? If the answer is “yes” then take note, as we are going to give you some highlights from SimilarWeb Data used in the 2020 top online marketplaces as reported by WebRetailer!.

Have you been thinking of expanding to a new market? Well now might be the time.

The top two global marketplaces where you can sell your products directly to customers is Amazon with 5.7 billion visits and eBay with 1.6 billion visits per month. That is a staggering amount of the global population looking for new and used products. Your sales opportunities are enormous!

General marketplaces are by far the most popular where large varieties of products are sold. At second place it’s those mainly selling fashion. The top three being Zalando in Europe, then Myntra in South Asia followed by Dafiti in South America. In North America, Poshmark takes the top spot for fashion.

In third place we are going to look at is electronics! Yes, electronics, we are not talking TV’s but it’s all about video games! BestBuy came in on top in North America, with 229.3 million visits a month followed by Newegg with 32.4 million visits per month. While on a global front, G2A.com came in third with 13.6 million visits per month.

In fourth place it’s homewares! Topping the marketplace in North America and Europe is Wayfair with 125.3 million visits per month, ManoMano took top place in Europe with 27.6 million visits per month and with its global reach, Houzz took the third spot with 18.6 million visits per month.

In fifth place and the final marketplace is books! Yes, driven by rare books and textbook sales, marketplaces such as Barnes and Noble, AbeBooks (part of Amazon) and ZVAB take the top three sales positions averaging 26.8, 13.2 and 1.5 million visits per month, respectively.

Thinking about taking your products abroad? Here are the top online marketplaces by region:

#                      Region                         Marketplaces              Visits per month

1                      North America                     50                                4.9 billion

2                      East Asia                               16                                4.5 billion

3                      Europe                                  63                                3.6 billion

4                      South America                     13                           894.9 million

5                      Southern Asia                        5                           652.6 million

Would you like to look at a new market or expand your sale changes but aren’t quite sure where to start? Perhaps you are fearful of poor sales? At E-commerce Direct our e-commerce sales experts can help. We can test your products in new regions, help you set-up new marketplace platforms and even build a top-achieving Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising campaign.

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