Marketplace
Online buying hub
A marketplace is a location where goods are bought and sold—originally an open area or square where vendors gathered.
The meaning has extended to any venue for commercial exchange: the global marketplace, the marketplace of ideas.
Online platforms for buying and selling are marketplaces: She sells vintage clothing on several online marketplaces.
Open-air merchant district
- soukTraditional Arab market
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
- vendorOne who sells goods
- hagglingNegotiating a lower price
booth · square · plaza · hawker · merchant · cart · canopy · bargain
Gathering place for discourse
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- debateFormal argument on issues
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
dialogue · public square · agora · intellectual · diversity · viewpoint · free speech · expression
Struggle for supremacy
- supplyFurnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- tradeExchange of commodities
capitalism · pricing · consumer · producer · regulation · equilibrium · monopoly · forces
bazaar
Open-air merchant district
haggling · booth · square · plaza · hawker · merchant · cart · canopy · bargain · crowd
forum
Gathering place for discourse
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- debateFormal argument on issues
- opinionSubjective personal belief
exchange · dialogue · public square · agora · intellectual · diversity · viewpoint · free speech · expression · competing
competition
Struggle for supremacy
trade · capitalism · pricing · consumer · producer · regulation · equilibrium · monopoly · forces · invisible hand
platform
Raised flat structure
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- eBayWeb auction marketplace
Etsy · listing · storefront · seller · buyer · checkout · cart · review · rating · algorithm
- Canadian MediaCBC, CTV, Radio-Canada, Rogers, ICI
- Public RadioNPR, pledge drive, Radiolab, driveway moment, tote bag
- Meta ProductsFacebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads
- Facebook DevelopmentAPI, SDK, login, permissions, developer console
Marketplacecommons
Shared community resources
hermitage · public square · sanctuary · wilderness · monastery
Marketplacemonopoly
One seller, no substitutes
command economy · central planning · rationing system · black market · cartel
Marketplacecommune
Shared-living community
collective · commons · cooperative · gift economy · sharing economy
- digital marketplaceOnline platform for transactions
- online marketplaceWebsite connecting buyers, sellers
- global marketplace
- Facebook MarketplaceSocial platform's trading section
market, place, markets, marketed, marketing, marketer, marketers, marketable, unmarketable