All articles by Mira Muurinen

Get a comprehensive introduction to the world of SEO, tailored specifically to online marketplaces.

Marketplace payments are very complex. This guide helps you list your feature requirements and compare and choose the best marketplace payment provider for you. (Yes, there's a comparison table!)

When one of the world’s most successful angel investors talks marketplaces, we listen.

You don’t need inventory, warehouses, or expensive technology to start an e-commerce business. By building an e-commerce marketplace, you can connect multiple sellers and buyers through one platform. Here’s how.

Are you considering using Mollie to process payments on your marketplace? Here's an overview of its features, pricing, and support so you can weigh it against other options.

Online marketplaces are prime targets for attacks. Here's what you should know about defending your marketplace against the most common risks.

Learn the principles behind a strong marketplace strategy… and the pitfalls they'll will help you avoid.

Building a peer-to-peer product marketplace a bit like Etsy? This complete guide helps you launch fast and grow your marketplace iteratively.

How does Zillow make money? Explore Zillow’s revenue streams, from rentals and agent ads to mortgages, and discover actionable lessons for marketplace founders.

Learn how Rakuten makes money through affiliate cash-back commissions, marketplace fees, advertising, and more, and discover lessons you can apply to your own marketplace business.

All the key information on the upcoming EU regulation compiled.

How does Amazon make money? Explore Amazon’s business model, revenue streams, and what marketplace founders can learn from its growth strategy.

How does Airbnb make money? Learn how the platform generates revenue through fees, experiences, and premium offerings, plus lessons for marketplace founders.

Vinted makes money by charging buyers a fee and offering seller promotion tools—not seller commission. Learn about their unique revenue model and how it works.

Are you considering Fondy to power your marketplace payments? Here's our thorough overview on its key features, pricing, and more.

Freelancing is growing in popularity. Here's how you build a platform like Upwork or Fiverr.

Is Trustap the right marketplace payment partner for you? Here's an overview of Trustap's key features, pricing, support, and more.

The guide to building a website like Fresha with online booking and salon management.

Why multi-vendor marketplaces are a great business – and how you can build your own.

Are you considering Ryft to power your marketplace payments? Here's a detailed overview of Ryft's pricing, key features, and more.

Learn how to build a website like Alibaba with our step-by-step guide, covering ideation, MVP creation, achieving product-market fit, and more.

eBay is the world's second-most visited online marketplace. Learn how to build a website—and a business—like eBay.

Learn how to build a website like Amazon with our step-by-step guide.

The definition of a marketplace, benefits, types, how to build one from scratch, and more.

Are you considering Mangopay to power your marketplace payments? Here's a detailed overview of Mangopay’s marketplace payment features.

PayPal for Marketplaces is a widely used marketplace payment provider. Explore its features, fees, available countries, currencies, payouts, and more.

Should you choose Adyen for your marketplace payments? Read this article to know Adyen's features, fees, supported currencies and countries, tax handling, & more.

Stripe Connect key features, fees, security compliance, integration and more.

Marketplace payments are very complex. This guide helps you list your feature requirements and compare and choose the best marketplace payment provider for you. (Yes, there's a comparison table!)

Gregory Edwards shares his advice for the best marketplace SEO results.

Michael Caldwell shares how to take both users and search engines into account when creating your website.

Mike van der Heijden shares how investing in SEO can considerably increase a marketplace’s traffic and valuation.

Backlinks are key to your marketplace's SEO authority. Here's how you can build backlinks – and the tactics you should avoid.

Learn about the key marketplace features you need to make your platform viable – and lovable – from day one.

Marketplace content marketing with an SEO mindset.

A step-by-step guide for building a peer-to-peer marketplace.

How to find your initial set of keywords and get started with a marketplace keyword strategy.

This article introduces the basics of technical SEO and suggests ways to tackle common technical marketplace SEO issues.

How to avoid common marketplace SEO pitfalls – and tap into the unique opportunities.

Get a comprehensive introduction to the world of SEO, tailored specifically to online marketplaces.

Creating a micro jobs marketplace where freelancers can post their skills? This guide helps you get started.

Comparison of building a marketplace with Sharetribe or Wordpress + plugins.

What is a rental marketplace – and how to build a successful rental platform?

Thinking of building a B2B marketplace? Watch Josh Breinlinger’s interview for some tactical advice.

Axel Heinz’s story proves that you can prevalidate your marketplace idea extremely affordably. And that you should.

Tips for scaling your marketplace from Spotify’s former Global Head of Markets.

Prepare your marketplace for Strong customer authentication (SCA). Here's what you should know about implementing 3D Secure 2 to comply with European payment regulation in 2019.

James Berdigans believes his B2B platform thrives when its customers and providers thrive.

Follow Ben Narasin’s advice to build the next marketplace unicorn in an unconquered market.

Kyōyū, Canon's first-ever gear-sharing marketplace, was built on Sharetribe. What benefits does the Fortune 500 company see in the sharing economy?

Carmen Alfonso Rico’s strategies for building a marketplace that is defensible against competitors.

When one of the world’s most successful angel investors talks marketplaces, we listen.

Doreen Huber discusses Lemoncat’s success story from the moment the idea was born.

Mathias Ockenfels shares his love of network effects – and how he spots them early on.

How can a marketplace startup compete with platform giants? Connor Gillivan, co-founder and CMO of the freelance marketplace FreeeUp, shares their story.

Trust Eventbrite’s VP of Growth: if customers are turning to providers on your marketplace, you’re on to something magical.

This article discusses James Currier's 19 actionable tactics to solve the chicken-and-egg problem for marketplaces. This is the fourth article in a series covering our favorite talks from the first Marketplace Conference in San Francisco.

A long list of actionable tips for marketplace entrepreneurs, courtesy of Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director at Jackson Square Ventures. This is the third article in a series covering our favourite talks from the first Marketplace Conference in San Francisco.

This talk by UrbanSitter’s COO is a must for any marketplace entrepreneur planning on launching new markets.

This article series brings you some marketplace wisdom and inspiration from the first Marketplace Conference in San Francisco. In this article, we discuss a talk about building trust by Upwork’s VP of Product Management, Jessica Tiwari.

Stasher co-founder and CCO Anthony Collias reveals how Stasher validated their business idea, built their tech, found partners and funders, and expanded the marketplace to three continents.