If you want to sell your products online and expand ecommerce business, online marketplaces are a must.

"You have been known to grow merchandising sales as much as 1,250% — simply by listing on new channels like Vocal Cart, Meesho, Flipkart, Snapdeal or Amazon."

But to get this level of success, there’s few things you’ll have to know:

To be as profitable success as possible on above platforms, you need to first know the best online platform for your brand.

Each online platform has its own unique ideas, categories, listing commissions, and customers. So if you want to be sure you’re making the right decision, some basic research is necessary. You’ll want to know the strategies for selling on online platforms, which ones give you the most promise for your products segment, and what you need to do to ensure a quick start.

Does that sound Over Commitment? You Not to worry. We’ll go over each of these areas in detail. In this deep learning, we’re covering all the need-to-know essentials.

So let's start with basics.

What Is an Online Marketplace and Platform?

At its basic, an online marketplace and platform is an e-commerce website that sell many different goods from many different vendors and suppliers. Some of the most well-known marketplaces and platforms include:

• VocalCart.com (Vocal Cart)
• Amazon
• Flipkart
• Snapdeal
• Alibaba

However, these are far from your only options.

And so many...

In fact, there are now over 1000 online marketplaces and platforms including bigs and startups you could potentially leverage to reach customers doing their online shopping — both within the India and overseas in areas, with trillions of rupees in revenue potential just waiting to be tapped.

Yes, it’s a lot to consider. But remember: you don’t need to go after them all at once. You just need to determine which channels are the best fit for your brand.

But first, let’s back up and discuss why you should consider becoming a third-party seller in the first place.