{"id":575,"date":"2019-05-08T12:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:12:10","slug":"online-marketplace-startup-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/online-marketplace-startup-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges that Online Marketplace Startup can Come Across"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are about to start your online marketplace. Congratulations! Prepare to work hard and dedicate all your time to it. The main reason why it is so challenging is that you have to handle both market sites: buyers and sellers. But this is not the only challenge that might appear on your way.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s examine possible rough goings and ways to cope with them.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Defining customers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The marketplace can be successful in a long-term perspective only if it solves customers&#8217; problems. Without providing a useful service, the marketplace won\u2019t last long. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s necessary to understand people whose lives you are about to improve. The success of the startup directly depends on customer service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1899\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iStock-545675310.webp\" alt=\"Defining customers\" width=\"2207\" height=\"1358\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Solution<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><b>Define the larger target audience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has problems that you are solving. However, if people experience the same pains, it doesn&#8217;t mean they have an identical context. For example, in the beauty industry, your target audience is women and men who want to look better. Though the list of services would be different for them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Create an ideal customer profile (ICP).<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Start with i<\/span><\/b>dentifying potential customers <b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of the larger target audience. These are people with a particular problem that your marketplace solves. <\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ideal customer is a person whose problems you can solve and who is ready to buy your product.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<em><strong>Let\u2019s get down to how to do this:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, you need to <strong>identify how the market is divided<\/strong> into groups of customers.<br \/>\nHere is the example of market segmentation for beauty service marketplace:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geography: Los Angeles, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demographics: 18-35, men and women, annual income $ 50,000, single<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychographics: interested in fashion, beauty, fitness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behavior: use mobile phones for texting, talking and buying, spend time on Instagram and fashion sites, carefully choose beauty experts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits: social status, health, emotions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Think over every group of customers and compare them with the goals of your marketplace. Based on this information you can<strong> define the most suitable segment for your platform<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIf you have already built MVP, the best way to develop an ICP is to analyze existing customers. Start with identifying those customers who love your product and get more value from it than the average customer. Figure out what you know about them: geography, age, gender, budget.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t hustle while building a marketplace platform and don\u2019t invest too much. Especially if you are not sure that your marketplace will attract buyers. Scale your business slowly. It will give you time to adjust to your customers&#8217; needs and build trust.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/building-mvp-for-an-online-marketplace\/\">Building MVP for an Online Marketplace<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Engaging both buyers and sellers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning, every startup faces the biggest challenge \u2014 necessity to attract users. It is vital to get both sellers of services\/products and people who are ready to buy from them. Your task is to build strong trustworthy relations with sellers. You also need to attract customers to create demand for the products offered by sellers. Here appears the classic problem \u2014 you won\u2019t attract customers unless you\u2019ve got sellers. But how to attract sellers unless there are customers ready to buy the product?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1898\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HR_Technology_and_Social_Media__the_key_to_attract_more_talent_2.png\" alt=\"Engaging both buyers and sellers\" width=\"3330\" height=\"1410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HR_Technology_and_Social_Media__the_key_to_attract_more_talent_2.png 3330w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HR_Technology_and_Social_Media__the_key_to_attract_more_talent_2-380x161.png 380w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HR_Technology_and_Social_Media__the_key_to_attract_more_talent_2-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HR_Technology_and_Social_Media__the_key_to_attract_more_talent_2-1024x434.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3330px) 100vw, 3330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><i><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our advice \u2014 begin with sellers. It also makes sense to start with targeting a small city or area and find sellers first. Provide them with reasons to join your platform. And they might become interested in starting selling there. Then start getting buyers, as you have what to propose to them and can show that your platform is trusted. At this stage, it&#8217;s better to continue focusing on the same area. Only after getting a stable base of sellers and customers you can start expanding.<\/span><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Getting revenue<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s important to build an online marketplace platform, make a connection with sellers and get a stable customer base. Yet it will not work properly without a business model. There are different types of marketplaces. Each of them needs to have an elaborated business model to earn revenue. The platform should be profitable for you, convenient for buyers, and lucrative for sellers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1893 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DL.jpg\" alt=\"Getting revenue\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DL.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DL-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DL-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make every transaction work for you. It means you should start charging a fee on every transaction that is conducted on your platform. This is a widespread way of getting profit from the marketplace. Sellers usually prefer working with this model. It lets them avoid paying to the marketplace until they get the first profit. This business model is very convenient for owners of the platform too. As all the cash flow passes through their platform, they can be sure that everything is safe. This business model creates a win-win situation. Buyers receive a wide list of product\/services and the secure payment system. Sellers, in their turn, can get stable traffic of customers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is one more fee charged model that leads to growing the revenue \u2014 membership fee. This model mostly works for marketplaces that sell expensive products or services. According to it, a number of users are regularly charged for getting access to the marketplace.<br \/>\nFor example, a <a href=\"https:\/\/beautyadvisor.com\">marketplace platform that provides beauty services<\/a> follows\u00a0this business model. There are 2 types of users: beauty experts and customers. Beauty experts can use the platform for free or can pay for the membership. The ones with a paid premium position are displayed at the top of search results. So they have more chances to be found by users and get new customers faster than others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/beautyadvisor.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-636 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Summer-Specials.webp\" alt=\"BeautyAdvisor\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about the flow of transaction money. You need to have a clear strategy on how to pay to your sellers and ensure them a profit. Pay attention that you also need to know when to transit money from buyers to sellers. It\u2019s quite popular to move money only when you are sure that buyers will receive the products they paid for. That\u2019s why you need to discuss this issue with developers. They can implement the payment system that will guarantee the secure flow of money.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Low conversion rates<\/h3>\n<p>Everything seemed to be fine, you had a small, but the stable base of customers. But one day you noticed a sudden drop in the conversion rate. What\u2019s wrong? Why did it happen?<br \/>\nThe common reason for a low conversion is that the marketplace platform doesn\u2019t look attractive to customers. Or even worse. They simply can\u2019t find the necessary information there.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Solution<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span>If you are getting traffic but no conversion, it\u2019s time to pay attention to the design issues. It&#8217;s important to build a platform that looks good. And it&#8217;s vital to take care of usability and make sure all the information is easy to find. Also, think about the filtering option. Customers should be able to filter and find only relevant items. Without losing time.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, you can make developers work a bit more and build an admin panel. It will allow sellers to adjust the interface of the shop up to their needs.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Responsibility for provided products<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine that you bought the product online. Unfortunately, it was delivered to you with some damage or for any other reason you were not happy with it. What would be your first reaction? For sure, it\u2019s to address the platform that provided you with this product and try to improve the situation. Customers typical behavior is to direct their anger to the marketplace owners. But are they responsible for it? No, and consequently they can not solve the problem. Unfortunately, instead of making a connection with sellers, buyers contact marketplaces. Eventually, marketplaces can gain a bad reputation due to the fault of one or a few shops. In the eyes of buyers, responsible for the problem is the one who provides information about the product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1896 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GEN-Libert-Great-Platforms-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Responsibility-Trolls-Hackers-Fake-News-Ads-Social-Media-1200.jpg\" alt=\"Responsibility for provided products\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GEN-Libert-Great-Platforms-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Responsibility-Trolls-Hackers-Fake-News-Ads-Social-Media-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GEN-Libert-Great-Platforms-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Responsibility-Trolls-Hackers-Fake-News-Ads-Social-Media-1200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GEN-Libert-Great-Platforms-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Responsibility-Trolls-Hackers-Fake-News-Ads-Social-Media-1200-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GEN-Libert-Great-Platforms-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Responsibility-Trolls-Hackers-Fake-News-Ads-Social-Media-1200-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stage.productcrafters.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GEN-Libert-Great-Platforms-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Responsibility-Trolls-Hackers-Fake-News-Ads-Social-Media-1200-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>Marketplaces that take the responsibility instead of sellers, will not last long. It\u2019s vital at the beginning of launching the marketplace to get out a message about the responsible side. You need to communicate with your customers. You can also establish direct communication between sellers and buyers. The most efficient way to do it is by implementing a direct messaging channel. It will connect sellers with customers and let them solve any appearing issue. As a result, the reputation of the marketplace will be safe and sound.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope that now you are well-equipped with the necessary knowledge to start building your own marketplace platform. <strong>If you have a wonderful idea, <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/contacts.html\">contact us<\/a> and let\u2019s create something great together. <\/strong><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our team has a focus on building online marketplaces. We have already launched a few of them in different business domains: <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/raisal.html\">Raisal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/productcrafters.io\/beautyadvisor.html\">BeautyAdvisor<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are about to start your online marketplace. Congratulations! Prepare to work hard and dedicate all your time to it. 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