Online Marketplaces news and trends

B2B Marketplaces Cash in on Fast, Flexible and Future-Forward Payments
B2B Payments // September 24, 2024

Online marketplaces are all about innovation. And in the B2B procurement space, that innovation is increasingly starting and ending with better and more seamless payments. After all, there’s an old saying about business-to-business payments: as long as it works, people don’t want to see any...

Only 22% of US Consumers Prefer Payment Options on Brand Websites
eCommerce // June 04, 2024

Cart abandonment — when online shoppers select items with the apparent intention to buy, only to leave those items sitting in digital limbo — happens on every eCommerce website, but PYMNTS Intelligence data reveals that it is especially common on brands’ sites. As we detailed...

Online Marketplaces Grab Auto Parts Share From Specialty Merchants
Retail // May 13, 2024

As shoppers increasingly purchase auto parts from third-party online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, retailers and eCommerce merchants specializing in the category are seeing sales declines. In Q1 of this year, CarParts.com’s net sales dropped 5% year over year, and the company’s net loss...

Why the World’s Biggest Buyer Relies on Online B2B Marketplaces
B2B Payments // April 19, 2024

Digitization is increasingly revolutionizing the B2B landscape with streamlined procurement processes, and even better payments workflows. Don’t believe it? Look no further than the U.S. government, the world’s single largest buyer, which is expanding its $6 billion eCommerce initiative to include more online marketplaces — opening up...

Interviews & Exclusives
43% of Gen Z Consumers Prefer Buying Direct From Brands

October 11, 2024
As younger consumers reshape the retail landscape, their motivations, preferences, and behaviors provide invaluable insights for brands and retailers striving to stay ahead. A PYMNTS Intelligence report, “The Online Features Driving Consumers to Shop With Brands, Retailers or Marketplaces,” a collaboration with Adobe, analyzes the evolving dynamics of online shopping, unveiling distinct trends that set […]

Online Marketplaces Grab Auto Parts Share From Specialty Merchants

May 13, 2024
As shoppers increasingly purchase auto parts from third-party online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, retailers and eCommerce merchants specializing in the category are seeing sales declines. In Q1 of...

Why the World’s Biggest Buyer Relies on Online B2B Marketplaces

April 19, 2024
Digitization is increasingly revolutionizing the B2B landscape with streamlined procurement processes, and even better payments workflows. Don’t believe it? Look no further than the U.S. government, the world’s single largest...

Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks

March 05, 2024
Among the many payment acceptance tools now available, embedded solutions provided by a variety of payment facilitators (PayFacs) have become increasingly popular among marketplaces and independent software vendors (ISVs), both...

Quick Reads
Mangopay and VTEX Team to Boost Global Marketplaces

September 26, 2023
Payment infrastructure provider Mangopay has launched a partnership with digital commerce platform VTEX. The collaboration is designed to give marketplace operators a single pay-in and pay-out solution and provide frictionless buying and selling experiences, IBS Intelligence reported Tuesday (Sept. 26).  According to the report, marketplaces powered by VTEX will be able to use Mangopay’s modular global payment infrastructure to adhere […]

eBay to Add AI-Powered Image-Based Listing Tool

September 11, 2023
eBay will be adding an image-based listing tool to its range of offerings powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This tool will allow sellers to simply take or upload a photo within...

LA’s CREXi Real Estate Marketplace Lands $30M For Digital Expansion

January 27, 2020
Online commercial real estate marketplace CREXi — which serves as a digital toolkit of sorts for buyers, sellers and investors — has raised nearly $30 million from investors, according to...

Study: More People Fall Prey To Fraudsters Online Than By Phone

September 30, 2019
A recent study about how people respond to scammers shows that consumers are more likely to become victims on social media and online marketplaces than over the phone, The Wall...