To Be, or Not to Be: Evaluating The Pros & Cons of Becoming a Marketplace - with Jason Wyatt from Marketplacer
April 5, 2023
Jason Wyatt is Co-Founder of Marketplacer – an Australian technology company which enables established retail businesses to open their doors to third-party sellers by becoming a marketplace. For the European listeners among you, Bike Exchange is one of their customers who you might recognise – Jason’s first company in fact, but in Australia, where there are now more than 40 notable marketplaces, Marketplacer has helped some of the country's biggest names, including Chemist Warehouse, Woolworths, Myer and more to leverage this new business model.
In this episode, expect to learn:
- How Lance Armstrong winning the Tour De France inspired Jason to quit his cushy accounting job to build a cycling marketplace
- How Myer grew their online revenue from 60 million to ¾ of a billion since working with Marketplacer
- Whether becoming a marketplace is a viable way for you to grow your own business
- Jason’s recommendations to take advantage of the 40+ marketplaces in Australia
Jason Wyatt is Co-Founder of Marketplacer – an Australian technology company which enables established retail businesses to open their doors to third-party sellers by becoming a marketplace. For the European listeners among you, Bike Exchange is one of their customers who you might recognise – Jason’s first company in fact, but in Australia, where there are now more than 40 notable marketplaces, Marketplacer has helped some of the country's biggest names, including Chemist Warehouse, Woolworths, Myer and more to leverage this new business model.
In this episode, expect to learn:
In this episode, expect to learn:
- How Lance Armstrong winning the Tour De France inspired Jason to quit his cushy accounting job to build a cycling marketplace
- How Myer grew their online revenue from 60 million, to ¾ of a billion since working with Marketplacer
- Whether becoming a marketplace is a viable way for you to grow your own business
- Jason’s recommendations to take advantage of the 40+ marketplaces in Australia
For an eCommerce business looking to succeed on Amazon, there are almost unlimited resources to help you.
But what about marketplaces beyond Amazon?
In this podcast, we talk to successful marketplace sellers, industry experts, marketplace insiders and more, to help you build a healthy, scalable & diversified marketplace business.
Expect to learn:
But what about marketplaces beyond Amazon?
In this podcast, we talk to successful marketplace sellers, industry experts, marketplace insiders and more, to help you build a healthy, scalable & diversified marketplace business.
Expect to learn:
- Which marketplaces exist beyond Amazon, around the world
- Which marketplaces are worthwhile for your category
- How you can expand to new marketplaces beyond Amazon
- How to turn your Amazon business into a marketplace business
Marketplace Jungle is brought to you by eCommeleon, your PIM for marketplaces.
Your host is Jesse Wragg, Co-Founder & Managing Director at eCommeleon.