List of online marketplaces

This is a non-exhaustive list of online marketplaces.

Name Location Industry Year Launched Total Financing ($) Business Model # of Service Professionals Global Alexa page ranking
Avvo Seattle, US Legal services 2006 60,500,000 [1]
  • Premium subscription for attorneys.[2]
  • Access to legal advice for consumers.[3]
185,000 [4] 5,006 [5]
Amazon.com Home Services Seattle, US Home services 2014
  • 10-15% of the project value [6]
 7 [7]
As Seen On TV Clearwater, FL Consumer Products 2015 16,536 [9]
BuildZoom San Francisco, CA Remodeling/construction 2012 3,500,000[10]
  • Premium contractor subscriptions.
  • Commission when they broker a project.
3,500,000 [11] 53,329 [12]
BriskSale New York, NY Consumer web: new, used, and handmade [13] 2015 Undisclosed [14]
  • A truly free online marketplace[15]
  • Crowdsourced marketing options available [16]
Cleanify San Francisco, CA Cleaning services 2012 1,800,000
  • Marketplace for independent local cleaning services
 557,018[17]
Oceanum.se Stockholm, Sweden Pool products 2015 Undisclosed Marketplace for pool equipment manufacturers
Fiverr Tel Aviv, Israel Creative services 2010 110,000,000[18] [19]
  • Marketplace for creative digital services sold as Gigs. Millions of Gigs available from Sellers to Buyers.
  • Fiverr charges a flat 20% fee to the Seller.
 398 [20]
Freelancer Sydney, Australia Freelance marketplace, Online outsourcing, Employment website 2009 1,506 [21]
HomeAdvisor Golden, CO Home improvement 1999
  • Lead generation (for home improvement contractors)
5,908 [22]
Homejoy (closed) San Francisco, CA Home cleaning 2010 - 2015 39,700,000 [23]

39,700,000 [23]
  • They match independent cleaners with consumers and take a percentage of the fees.
40,485 [24]
Instacart San Francisco, CA Grocery delivery 2010 274,800,000 [25]
  • They earn a percentage of the total purchase cost for a delivery order. [26]
 11,375 [27]
Skreened Columbus, Ohio On-Demand Apparel & Housewares 2006
  • Skreened artists set up a free account and earn a commission that they set on every order.
46,247 [28]
TaskRabbit San Francisco, CA Small jobs 2008 37,700,000
  • Task Rabbit earns a commission on every transaction they broker.
19,840 [29]
Thumbtack San Francisco, CA Local services 2008 148,200,000 [30]
  • Charging service provider for increased access to leads
240,000 [31] 4,073 [32]
Udemy Silicon Valley e-learning 2010
  • Marketplace for teachers to create and offer courses
  • Earns commission for students tution fee
 518 [33]
ZocDoc New York, NY Medical care 2007 97,900,000[34]
  • Subscription to scheduling system software
 6,665 [35]

References

  1. ↑ Cook, John (15 April 2014). “Legal marketplace Avvo accelerates with $37.5M, eyes international expansion and new products”. GeekWire. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ↑ See Avvo Pro site page at: http://www.avvo.com/avvo-pro.
  3. ↑ See Avvo Advisor site page at: https://advisor.avvo.com
  4. ↑ Company Press Release (23 October 2014). “The first app and online service to deliver fast, affordable legal help from experienced lawyers anytime, anywhere”. Avvo.com. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Avvo.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  6. ↑ Howe, Neil (16 June 2015). “Why Home Services Marketplaces Offer More Than Just Renovations”. Forbes. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Amazon.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  8. ↑ As Seen On TV Partner Program. “As Seen On TV Seller Fees”
  9. ↑ "SeenOnTV.com". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  10. ↑ Kokalitcheva, Kia (6 October 2014). “With a fresh $2.15M, BuildZoom crunches data to pick the best home improvement contractors”. VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ↑ See Buildzoom about page at: http://www.buildzoom.com/about
  12. ↑ "Buildzoom.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  13. ↑ http://www.builtinnyc.com/company/brisksalecom
  14. ↑ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/brisksale#/entity
  15. ↑ The 5 best places to sell your stuff online
  16. ↑ Why Sell On BriskSale?
  17. ↑ http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Cleanify.com
  18. ↑ Fiegerman, Seth (11 August 2014). “Fiverr Raises $30 Million to Grow the Gig Economy”. Mashable. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  19. ↑ Sawers, Paul (11 November 2015). "Fiverr raises $60 million and removes $5 minimum charge to help lure freelancers online". VentureBeat via Business Insider
  20. ↑ "Fiverr.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  21. ↑ "Freelancer.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  22. ↑ "Homeadvisor.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  23. 1 2 Ha, Anthony (5 December 2013). "Homejoy Raises $38M As It Looks To Expand Beyond Home Cleaning". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  24. ↑ "Homejoy.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  25. ↑ "Instacart, a Grocery Delivery Start-Up, Raises $220 Million".
  26. ↑ "On the way to $220M in funding, Instacart quietly changed its business model".
  27. ↑ "Instacart.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  28. ↑ "Skreened.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  29. ↑ "Taskrabbit.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  30. ↑ "How Thumbtack Plans To Be Your One-Stop Local Services Shop For Plumbers, Chefs And Belly Dancers".
  31. ↑ "Local Services Marketplace Thumbtack Raises $4.5 million".
  32. ↑ "Thumbtack.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  33. ↑ "Alexa rank for Udemy.com". Alexa.com. Alexa.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  34. ↑ See ZocDoc Crunchbase page at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zocdoc
  35. ↑ "Zocdoc.com site overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
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