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Let’s talk Marketplace 60: How we build the Marketplace Universe – update from the engine room

ENGLISH VERSION! If you ask a couple how they met, you often get two very different versions of the same story. With Ingrid and Valerie – the two creators of "Let's talk Marketplace" – it's completely different: the two are in complete agreement about how it all began, a good three years ago. Valerie asked Ingrid via LinkedIn whether she would like to do an interview with her. And Ingrid wanted to. It turned into a wonderful professional collaboration. The two are now established podcast professionals and marketplace experts. And they have big plans to make this knowledge available to an ever-growing circle of marketplace people. In episode 60, they not only talk about how they met, but also about their plans: To build a home for marketplace people in Europe with Marketplace Universe and bring them together there – for exchange among colleagues, for deepening knowledge in workshops and webinars, for the search for new talents and new jobs, for a marketplace community. You can find out what projects Ingrid and Valerie are working on here in the podcast. Listen in! And because some things are still in the planning stage, you can help shape what the Marketplace Universe should look like. Write Ingrid or Valerie on LinkedIn: What topics would you like to see? Which workshops would support you in your daily Marketplace business? How would you like to exchange ideas with other marketplace specialists? Newsflash: The Obi.de marketplace is now live, around 10,000 partner products are already online on the DIY marketplace. Amazon is reducing the sales fee for the Clothing & Accessories category from 15% to 8% in the pan-EU marketplaces from May 15, 2024. Kaufland, on the other hand, is increasing the fees on its marketplace as of April 30, 2024, in some categories even significantly. According to a calculation by ibi research, Temu reaches 75 million users per month in the EU, Shein 108 million and Amazon 181 million. At the Mirakl Platform Summit, many brands could be seen building marketplaces, including Zooplus, Popken Fashion / Happy Size and Yves Rocher.

Let´s talk Marketplace Podcast 59: LTM goes to… Sweden and the Nordics

What makes the Swedish online market tick? Why are marketplaces nowhere near as popular there as in other European countries? And what is the easiest way to conquer the market? In their new podcast episode, Ingrid and Valerie join Anna Nordlander on a trip to Scandinavia and – spoiler – to Japan to explore the marketplace worlds there and find out more about similarities and differences. In Sweden, the five largest marketplaces account for less than 25 percent of total e-commerce sales – in Germany, the online marketplace share of e-commerce turnover is higher than 65 per cent. However, the biggest payers are almost exclusively old acquaintances: Amazon, Zalando, MediaMarkt and eBay. The local marketplace Traderia is a C2C platform. As a renowned Amazon expert, multi-company founder, experienced marketplace consultant and sought-after keynote speaker, Anna recommends that newcomers to foreign markets should definitely take a look at the marketplaces. “The easiest way to internationalize is probably via marketplaces such as Amazon,” she is convinced – especially as a large number of service providers offer support. And she is convinced that it is sometimes more worthwhile looking at supposedly exotic markets such as Japan than just targeting familiar neighboring countries. In the podcast, she also reveals the 7 mistakes that screw up any internationalization in record time. Listen in! How many of you can imagine expanding to Scandinavia or even Japan? Or have you already taken the plunge? Note from our sponsor MarketSupply: Speaking of service providers, MarketSupply offers marketplace-as-a-service and promises to handle the entire marketplace business. This means that the brand decides which of its products it wants to sell on which marketplaces and at what price, and the service provider takes care of the rest. It lists the products on the marketplaces, handles all customer interaction and logistics and also takes care of all communication with the marketplaces. If you would like to try out MarketSupply, write to Henning Heesen on LinkedIn under the keyword “Marketplace Universe”. You will then receive a free onboarding for the MarketSupply service worth 800 Euros. Newsflash: The Date for Amazon Prime Day 2024 is fixed: It will be July 9th and 10th. Shein is opening a Pop Up Store in Liverpool. Otto will open its marketplace to European sellers starting next year, Otto-CEO Marc Opelt announced. ebay has launched a “Shop the Look” AI feature for its fashion cateories in UK and US.

Let’s talk Marketplace 58: Vaditims große Marktplatz-Pläne feat. Sneaker-King Stepan Timoshin

Er sagt, er ist ein kleiner Junge aus Berlin-Marzahn und er hatte einen Traum: sich hochzuarbeiten und richtig Geld verdienen. Das ist ihm extrem gut gelungen. Stepan Timoshin wurde mit 18 als Reseller von limitierten Sneakern zum Millionär, heute ist er DER Sneaker-König in Deutschland. Im Krisenjahr 2023 hat er mit seinem Unternehmen Vaditim 30 Prozent Wachstum hingelegt und 25 Millionen Euro umgesetzt. Wie er sein erstes Sneaker-Paar gewinnbringend verkauft hat, was ihm wichtiger ist als Geld und warum er Niederlagen zelebriert wie Erfolge, das alles hat er Ingrid und Valerie in der neuen Folge 58 des Podcasts "Let's talk Marketplace" verraten. Erfrischend offen erzählt er, warum er mit Performance Marketing im letzten Jahr eine Million verbrannt hat, warum er Angebote von Nike, Amazon oder Zalando ausschlägt, warum er 2025 verstärkt den osteuropäischen Markt 2025 angehen will und warum ihm eine Milliarde Euro Umsatz fehlen, um die USA zu expandieren. Und ganz nebenbei haut er raus, dass er Vaditim zum eigenen Marktplatz ausbaut. Stepan ist einer, der sich treu ist und fest seinem Motto folgt: Mein Business, meine Regeln. Einer, der sich nicht schont und auch nicht scheut, selbst in die Verantwortung zu gehen. Ein gutes Business-Vorbild, finden Ingrid und Valerie. Überzeugt euch selbst und hört rein! Hinweis unseres Sponsors Allegro: Wenn ihr Allegro ausprobieren möchtet, haben wir ein ganz besonderes Angebot für unsere euch: –        100 % Rabatt für euer Professional-Abonnement –        Kostenloses Listing in den meisten Kategorien –        100 % Rabatt auf Verkaufsprovisionen Dafür müsst ihr euch nur unter folgendem Link bei Allegro als Verkäufer registrieren: https://allegro.pl/campaign/isonlinesourcing?afilliation=OHN_article&affiliation_source=OHN_article⁠   Newsflash: Kaufland Marktplatz startet in Q3 in Österreich und Polen Decathlon hat in seinen Zahlen zum Geschäftsjahr 2023 auch ein paar Details über den Marktplatz verraten, zum Beispiel, dass das GMV um 76 Prozent gewachsen ist Zahlen gab es auch vom DYI-Anbieter B &Q, da ist der Marktplatzanteil auf 38 Prozent gestiegen. Shein soll seine Gewinne auf 2 Milliarden US-Dollar verdoppelt haben, heißt es in einem Bericht der Financial Times. Der Umsatz lag demzufolge bei 45 Mrd. US-Dollar. Mytheresa und die BestSecret Group sind angeblich an einer Übernahme der defizitären YOOX NET-A-PORTER-Gruppe interessiert.   Im Personalkarussell fahren unter anderem Laura bei Ulla Popken mit, Benjamin Schneider bei Happy-Size und Pascal Vetter, der bei Weltbild aussteigt. 

Let’s talk Marketplace 57: New opportunities for fashion feat. Tradebyte

Where have they gone, the double-digit growth rates? Especially fashion brands are asking themselves this question. Many have lost ground in recent months, some have not survived, as we found out two weeks ago when we updated our fashion marketplace quadrant. If you want to look at it again, you can find it here. So where and how can fashion brands still grow? This week, Ingrid and Valerie discussed this with two specialists who are very close to the fashion industry, namely Alexander Otto and Stefan Röttger. They represent our partner Tradebyte, a marketplace integrator that focuses on the technical integration of marketplaces and support in setting up a marketplace business specifically for the fashion industry. In this episode of “Let’s talk Marketplace”, they talk about where high-growth markets can still be found – spoiler alert: Have a look at Eastern Europe. And Alex also granted us an exklusive sneak peak into the still very secret program of this year’s ECD, the big fashion meet-up event on 11th of June in Munich.. Thinking about attending the ECD? Then check this out: Listeners of Let’s talk marketplace get a whooping 50% discount on the ECD ticket.  Use this registration link https://ecd-gate.com/open and the code ECD-50-LTM – but be quick about it, the code is only redeemable 5 times! Speaking of cool events: If you are in Berlin next week on 11th of April AND if Amazon is a big part of your daily business, do have a look at the famed “Amazon Late Night” event hosted by our partner Amzell (event language: German).  Attendees enjoy conversation, Amazon insights, good food and drinks – for free! Register here: https://www.amzell.de/de/triff-uns/amazon-late-night-with-amzell/amazon-late-night-04-2022⁠  Newsflash: The German Boulevard newspaper BILD has started their own online marketplace. After the successful launch in Czech Republic last year, then Polish marketplace Allegro started now their online marketplace in Slovakia. Migros CEO Mario Irminger has publicly stated that Galaxus is having strong discussions about the extent to which it wants to remain active in Germany.

Let’s talk Marketplace 56: Selektiver Vertrieb, oder: Warum Brands mehr A… in der Hose brauchen

Preisfrage: Wovon träumt ein Marktplatz-Manager nachts? Antwort: Von selektiven Vertriebsmodellen. Oh, wie schön wäre es doch, wenn sich die Preisspirale rund um die eigenen Produkte auf Marktplätzen unterbrechen ließe, zum Beispiel indem man besonders preistreiberischen Händlern einfach den Verkauf verbietet – oder? Wer sich solchen Phantasien schon mal hingegeben hat, sollte bei der heutigen Folge von "Let's talk Marketplace" besonders gut zuhören. Ingrid und Valerie haben nämlich einen Anwalt gefunden, der sich mit dem Thema nicht nur besonders gut auskennt, sondern tatsächlich auch noch Tacheles redet – nix "Es kommt darauf an…"! Markus Nessler ist Spezialist für selektive Vertriebssysteme. Mehr als 70 solcher Systeme hat er in den letzten 20 Jahren im Auftrag verschiedener Hersteller und Marken entworfen und umgesetzt, teils europaweit. Und er sagt: Das, was wir im Vertrieb oft als Kanalkonflikt bezeichnen, ist in aller Regel ein Preiskonflikt. Und den können Brands aufwendig in Form von Vertriebsverboten stoppen – oder schon viel früher an der Wurzel. Indem sie ihre Bezugskonditionen für den Online-Handel anheben. Schon Schnappatmung bekommen? Dann zuhören, es wird noch besser. Newsflash TikTok Shop startet spätestens 2025 in Deutschland und sucht jetzt schon Mitarbeiter für ein Büro in München Douglas ist zurück an der Börse, aber der Start auf dem Parkett lief nicht so doll. Die französische Baumarkt-Kette Castorama (eine Kingfisher-Tochter) hat einen Online-Marktplatz gestartet Amazon hat Luxury Brands Stores eingeführt – auch für Luxus-Marken, die gar nicht auf Amazon verkaufen.

“Let’s talk Marketplace 55: Honey, who shrunk the fashion business?”

There is no way around it: We have to talk about fashion. The Zalando figures for 2023 are out and show the company's paradigm shift from growth-driven to profitability-maximised, the marketplace landscape for fashion has taken serious blows in the last year – so Fashion-Queen Valerie and Ingrid take up the challenge and discuss the marketplace scenery in this struggling industry. Listen into their take on the Zalando update and their thoughts about the most relevant marketplaces for fashion and shoes. Valerie's latest marketplace quadrant for fashion and shoes is out – you can find it here: https://tinyurl.com/25xbfh9f This comprehensive overview has long become an industry standard for the marketplace business, and it has seen quite a lot of changes and updates in the last year. For Valerie's deeper dive into the Zalando business update, click here: https://tinyurl.com/228aemgx Newsflash Temu marketplace launched in the US, for the beginning just with round about 1000 Chinese sellers who have an inventory in the US. Amazon has announced that it will significantly shorten the return period in some categories. SHEIN is now on the EU list of Very Large Online Platforms. The EU estimates the number of monthly active Shein users in the EU at 108 million. Change of leadership at Otto Group: Michael Otto hands over to his son Benjamin in 2026, Alexander Birken hands over operational management to CFO Petra Scharner-Wolff in 2025. SportScheck has found a saviour: The Italian Cisalfa Group is joining as an investor.

Let’s talk Marketplace 54: SO eroberst du den US-Markt feat. Klaus Forsthofer

Es wird Zeit für eine neue Ausgabe von "Let's talk Marketplace reist…" – und diesmal machen wir uns, begleitet von unserem Gast Klaus Forsthofer, auf den Weg in die USA. Denn dort lockt das große Geld: 2023 war der US-amerikanische Online-Markt rund 670 Milliarden US-Dollar schwer, und damit größer als alle europäischen E-Commerce-Märkte zusammengerechnet. Und im Gegensatz zum deutschen und anderen westeuropäischen Märkten war der US-Markt in den letzten Jahren nicht rückläufig, sondern wächst munter weiter. Klingt ja eigentlich toll – und trotzdem ist die Liste der deutschen Unternehmen, die sich nach einem Fehlstart mit zwei blauen Augen wieder aus den USA zurückgezogen haben, lang. Fragen wir also am besten einen, der die USA gut kennt und den Markt gerade mit seinem zweiten Unternehmen zähmt: Klaus Forsthofer. Der Online-Händler, Amazon-Experte und dank eines Joint Ventures mit uvex auch Co-Geschäftsführer eines Herstellers verkauft seit anderthalb Jahren uvex-Produkte auf Amazon.com. Sein US-Geschäft ist gerade mal anderthalb Jahre nach dem Start schon profitabel. Wie er dieses Kunststück vollbracht hat, erzählt er in der heutigen Folge. Newsflash: Otto wird im April Nahrungsergänzungsmittel als erste 7-Prozent-Kategorie auf dem Marktplatz zulassen. MediaMarkt hat seinen Marktplatz in den Niederlanden gestartet. Amazon öffnet seine Kundendaten-Blackbox – zumindest in den USA. Dort können Seller jetzt Daten zu Alter, Schulabschluss und Einkommen der Kunden einsehen. Temu bringt es in den USA auf eine Customer Retention von beeindruckenden 28 Prozent. Die Kunden sind damit doppelt so aktiv wie die von Walmart und Target. Ingrids Deepdive zum aktuellen Stand bei Otto findet ihr hier: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ingrid-lommer_was-ist-eigentlich-los-bei-otto-das-habe-activity-7172946751920836609-xyH5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Let’s talk Marketplace 53: What is marketplace-as-a-service – and it it for you? feat. Marketsupply

Let’s talk marketplace is a weekly podcast now – and Ingrid and Valerie are already quite pumped to present all their new insights for you, even though the strains of a weekly production do take getting used to… And to celebrate the start of their new rhythm, they picked a particularly controverse topic for today’s episode: marketplace-as-a-service providers. These companies promise A LOT to their customers (mainly brands): Easy onboarding to dozens of marketplaces, professional listings, a cost-effective marketplace business without any of the hustle, while retaining full control over listings and pricing for the brand – sounds to good to be true? This is why LTM is very happy to welcome Henning Heesen from our sponsoring partner Marketsupply to this episode. He is able and willing to answer ALL questions on the marketplace-as-a-service model, how cooperation with such a service provider works, how much it costs, who could benefit from it (and who won’t) and how brands find out which service provider is the right match for them. No backing out of the hard questions! Note from our sponsor Allegro: If you want to try out Allegro, we have a very special offer for our listeners: IF you set up your account using the link in the shownotes of this episode, you get 100% discount for  your Professional subscription List your products for free in most categories, instead of their listing fee Receive up to 100 % discount on sales commissions (more details in the comments) So, there’s no better time to try out Allegro but now! Newsflash Otto’s Head of Marketplace, Bodo Kipper, leaves the company over “differing views on the strategic direction of Otto.de  ebay stagnated in 2023, stopping the fall of its GMV and customer base.  Amazon aggregator Thrasio is finally bankrupt, and its competitor Perch has merged with Razor Group.  Fossil marketplace Katchin has been secretly taken offline. No official information on this, but voices from inside the company have confirmed this to us. Yoox is tightening the thumbscrews on brand onboarding and is becoming much more restrictive towards brands.

Let’s talk Marketplace 52: Wie verkauft man Farben auf Marktplätzen, Miss Pompadour?

Ein großer Teil des Erfolgs der Farben-D2C-Brand Miss Pompadour, die seit rund drei Jahren die deutschen E-Commerce-Bühnen aufmischt, besteht in der Fähigkeit ihrer Co-Gründerin Astrid Reintjes, Farben treffend zu erklären. Bestes Beispiel ist das Bestseller-Produkt des Unternehmens, ein Farbton namens "Weiß mit Charakter" – da hat man doch gleich ein Bild im Kopf, oder? Doch wie funktioniert diese besondere Fähigkeit außerhalb des geschützten Reservats "eigener Online-Shop" und mitten im kompetitiven Hauen und Stechen eines Online-Marktplatzes? Das probiert Miss Pompadour seit rund einem Jahr auf Amazon, Otto und mittlerweile auch Hornbach aus. Eine gute Gelegenheit fürs Let's talk Marketplace-Team, mit Astrid über erklärungsbedürftige Produkte zu sprechen – und teils sehr überraschende Antworten zu bekommen (wait for Minute 50…) Newsflash Mädchenflohmarkt öffnet sich mit einem neuen B2B-Partnerprogramm für externe Anbieter von Second-Hand-Ware. Der niederländische Marktplatz-Primus bol ist 2023 um rund 5 Prozent auf ein Gesamt-GMV von 5,8 Milliarden Euro gewachsen. Asos führt für Marktplatz-Partner will dieses Jahr das neue Fulfllment-Modell "Asos Fulfillment Services (AFS)" einführen. The Platform Group hat Hood.de übernommen. Und das Personal-Karussell hat sich im Februar besonders kräftig gedreht.

Let’s talk Marketplace 51: How to sell on… Allegro

Welcome to a truly international episode: Ingrid records from Germany, Valerie tunes in from her workation Thailand and joining them from Poland is Mateusz Długokęcki, Group Director International Sellers & Fulfilment Sales at Let's talk Marketplace partner Allegro. Together they take a look at the Polish e-commerce market and customers – and at Poland's No. 1 online-marketplace Allegro. Allegro, founded some 25 years ago, has grown to a remarkable Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of approximately 8 billion EUR in the first nine months of 2023 alone – a year-on-year growth of 13.1% in the same period. German marketplace experts haven't heard these kinds of figures for quite a while, so consider Ingrid and Valerie intrigued. Together with Mateusz they discuss, what categories and products are the most promising to sell on Allegro, how to cater to the Polish customer (and their high demands regarding logistics) and why the Polish language barrier might not be as high as you think. Special offer for Let's Let´s talk marketplace listeners:  If you register your brand as a seller at Allegro we have a special benefit for you: For new joiners we have a Welcome Package:  Benefits: Up to 100% discount on sales commission and up to 50% discount on sales commission on Featured offers. In total partners can save up to 10,000 PLN! A package of 100 additional 10-day Features. Partners can turn them on and off any time in the My Assortment tab. 100% discount for the Professional Subscription.  Partners can list offers for free in most categories where we normally charge a listing fee. If Partner finishes the Allegro Academy's Welcome Program course within 10 days of the moment they set up their business account, they will get additional 100 Features. They are valid for 90 days. Use this link to register and collect all benefits: ⁠https://allegro.pl/campaign/isonlinesourcing?afilliation=MarUni_2024q1&affiliation_source=MarUni_2024q1⁠  Newsflash: Zooplus, Europe’s biggest online retailer für pet related products, seems to be working on its own marketplace. Kaufland is starting out there own fullfilment German kitchen application brand Miele retracted all its vendor and official retailers connections to Amazon, leaving the field open to resellers Amazon Brazil starts as a full marketplace for physical goods fashionette started their marketplace in September 2023 and from March they are welcoming brand partners to the platform The latest announced business figures of Amazon, AliExpress, Home24, and MediaMarkt Saturn

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