25 Best Selling sites, Platforms and Marketplaces to Sell Things Online (2024)

 25 Best Selling sites, Platforms and Marketplaces to Sell Things Online (2024)

by arshad sohail

July 26, 2024

Stores and individuals can sell things on online sales sites. Here are 25 of the most popular selling sites and marketplaces for selling and buying products.

25 Best Selling sites, Platforms

Best websites to sell products online in 2024

1. eBay

2. Bonanza

3. Ruby Lane

4. Etsy

5. Chairs

6. Swappa

7. Poshmark

8. Decluttr

9. Amazon

10. Facebook Marketplace

11. Craigslist

12. Beside

13. Shopify

14. WooCommerce

15. BigCommerce

16. Magento

17. eBid

18. Rakuten

19. Mercado Libre

20. Flipkart

21. MyDeal 

22. Shopping on Instagram

23. Jotform

24. Gumtree

25. Beloved

eBay

eBay introduced online selling to users and continues to lead the market.

eBay is one of the original destinations for people looking to sell goods online, having been around since 1995 – and still going strong. The marketplace has more than 1.7 billion listings and 135 million users worldwide.

You can sell anything on eBay, from everyday things like shoes and watches, to weird things (yes, that's a product category) like popcorn-scented pillows, air bottles, and giant 1970s chairs. There is a constant flow of motivated customers and easy ways to integrate eBay as an additional sales channel for your online store. 

Bonanza

Bonanza is a newer online sales site based in Seattle. 

Bonanza is an online sales site that is growing in popularity as an alternative to eBay. You can sell pretty much anything on the platform, and its website receives more than two million monthly visits.

Think of Bonanza as a middle ground between online selling sites Amazon and eBay. Bonanza has more unique and handmade items for sale than eBay, but fewer brand names than Amazon. For example, you can sell the latest Nike Air Max model or a handmade copper necklace and find active buyers for each. Buyers can add products to their cart at a set price or negotiate an offer with you through the platform.

Ruby Lane

Ruby Lane is where you can connect with passionate shoppers.

Ruby Lane is an online marketplace for vintage and antiques. Selling on Ruby Lane gives you access to highly targeted buyers for categories such as antiques and collectibles, vintage and art, dolls and jewelry.

Whether you own an antiques and collectibles store or just want an online sales site, Ruby Lane is a good place to connect with passionate buyers. 

Etsy

Etsy includes tools to help you promote your business on the platform.

Etsy is a place to sell handmade and vintage items. In 2015, it began to include manufacturer-developed manufactured goods, but only for select marketplace accounts. There are currently over 95 million active buyers on Etsy, making it a potentially lucrative way to start selling online.

If you're new to online selling sites, Etsy provides access to a network of active buyers, a pop-up shop, and tools to help promote your business on the platform.

Chairish

Chairish can help you connect with collectors to get more online sales.

Chairish is an online consignment store dedicated to high quality home decor and furniture. It takes a few minutes to list (free) and depending on your seller plan, you get 70-80% of the selling price back.

If you have design-oriented furniture or home decor to sell online, this is the relevant website to sell online. It can quickly get your business in front of ideal customers.

Swappa

Swappa reviews all products that are sold on the market.

Got an old iPhone you want to get rid of? Or a Nintendo Switch that you don't use much anymore? Turn your tech into cash on Swappa, the buy and sell website for phones, laptops, cameras and more.

Swappa reviews all products sold on its marketplace, so everything you submit must be in good working order. Payments are protected by PayPal. 

Poshmark

Poshmark is a popular place to sell clothes.

Launched over a decade ago, Poshmark is one of the most popular social commerce marketplaces for users looking to sell clothing and lifestyle accessories.

With over 80 million registered users, sellers on the platform benefit from a large community of eager buyers. Poshmark sellers can also share their items on social media.

Declutr

Declutter is also a tech-focused marketplace.

Decluttr is another platform that focuses on electronics, but it's also a sales site for books, game consoles, and other home entertainment items.

Amazon

 Amazon pioneered the concept of online marketplaces and continues to reign supreme.

As global e-commerce sales continue to grow, Amazon remains the go-to place for many. Amazon is reported to sell more than 4,000 products per minute, giving sellers an active, built-in audience. 

Facebook Marketplace

Facebook Marketplace can be integrated with Shopify stores.

Facebook Marketplace is an online sales site where individuals can discover, buy and sell items on Facebook. More than one in three people in the US use Marketplace every month, offering sellers a huge opportunity to reach an active audience. It's free and Facebook doesn't charge anything, but there are guidelines you need to follow in order to sell on the platform. 

Facebook has also partnered with platforms like Shopify to allow merchants to display their inventory, advertise items, and find new customers for their business.

Craigslist

For many, Craigslist is a basic sales site, but its features are simple.

Craigslist is one of the earlier online sales sites. Started in 1995 by Craig Newmark, it began as an email distribution list among friends featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It quickly became a web marketplace and over the years has expanded to 700 cities in 70 countries. It's free and pretty basic, but it's definitely not the best online store for bulk sales. It's basically a big local forum with a lot of stuff.

Craigslist is a higher risk online marketplace. Since the platform has a "hands-off" approach to buying and selling, fraud can easily happen and if it does, you will not get any help from the company.

Nextdoor

Nextdoor shares some features with both Facebook and Craigslist.

Nextdoor is similar to Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist in that it focuses on community selling. Nextdoor also allows for a "friendly neighbor" feel by letting people post about what's going on in their neighborhood — whether it's traffic delays or restaurant recommendations. It acts as a hub for the area.

Nextdoor also offers a free forum to sell your items online. It's similar to Facebook Marketplace: there are no listing fees and you'll have to meet buyers in person. It is also a bit more secure as you need to create an account before accessing the platform.

Shopify

As you already know, Shopify is probably the most popular e-commerce platform in the world. It's an obvious choice, especially in English-speaking countries.

It includes everything to get you started – including logo and business name generators. You can create and manage your store in just a few clicks.

You can start selling items online through Shopify in four easy steps:

1.  Create a Shopify store
2.  Find suppliers using Shopify Handshake or the dropshipping app of your choice
3.  Install Tidio for lead generation, customer service and email marketing
4.  Count the money that comes your way

WooCommerce

Shopify is the easiest way to sell products online if you want to start from scratch. But if you already have a WordPress site, you can try WooCommerce. 

WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce platform built for WordPress. You install a free plugin and – baf! – your website will turn into a fully functional store.

It is currently the second most popular eCommerce solution in the world. In some countries like Russia, WooCommerce is more popular than Shopify.

Advantages of WooCommerce:

•  It is free and open source
• Has a highly engaged user community

BigCommerce

BigCommerce is one of Shopify's main competitors. Recently, this company from Texas went public and is gaining popularity.

BigCommerce allows you to build your store from scratch. You can use many ready-made tools for website design and sales management. If the basic functionality isn't enough, you can choose from over 800 apps available in the BigCommerce App Store.

Here's a foolproof recipe for selling stuff online fast with BigCommerce:

1.  Create your BigCommerce website
2.  Add your products or install Spocket to dropship
3.  Install Tidio to increase customer engagement and sell more
4.  Advertise on social networks and generate traffic.

Magento

• If you want to sell your stuff online for free, starting your own Magento store might be overkill. Magento is popular among eCommerce professionals who expect top-of-the-line solutions.  

• In 2018, Magento Commerce was purchased by Adobe, the company that created some of the most important tools for web designers. It's only natural that Magento has the best drag-n-drop online store builder and an amazing user interface.

• Magento Marketplace has nearly 3,500 extensions that you can use to customize your store. Magento Enterprise Edition is priced at $22,000. However, with the Community Edition, you can run a small business for free.

eBid

eBid is an alternative to eBay. His commission fees are competitive and there are many categories to choose from. It offers free signup, a 5% final value fee, and Google Shopping integration.

If you want to change your marketplace site, you can import items from eBay to eBid with just a few clicks.    

eBid is one of the best sites to buy and sell items if they are:

• • Books
• • Comics
• • Jewelry 
• • Magazines
• • Music recordings
• • Sports memorabilia
• • Stamps

Rakuten

• Rakuten hosts a wide range of product categories.

• Rakuten is a large marketplace based outside of Japan that provides e-commerce, banking, communication services and more. Similar to marketplaces like Amazon, you can sell across endless product categories, including clothing, books, sports, subscription boxes, and more.

• To date, Rakuten has more than 57,000 merchants. Businesses that want to sell on Rakuten must be registered in the United States or Japan, or use a service partner.

Mercado Libre

• Mercado Libre sells products to more than 18 countries.

• Mercado Libre is the most popular e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, serving more than 18 countries. Sellers on the platform sell many kinds of products from 20 main categories and 123 sub-categories.

Flipkart

• Flipkart is the largest retail website in India.

• Flipkart started as an online bookstore in 2007 and has grown to become India's largest online retailer. Retailers can sell anything on Flipkart, including consumer choice, fashion, homeware, food and lifestyle products. Amazon's rival, Walmart-backed Flipkart, continues to lead in e-commerce market share in India. 

MyDeal 

• Australia's MyDeal marketplace attracts millions of users per month.

• MyDeal is an Australian marketplace offering more than a million products in 3,500 categories, welcoming more than four million visitors per month. It's strictly a marketplace, meaning it doesn't sell its own products, only products from third-party sellers.

• While you can sell products in a variety of categories, the platform typically focuses on furniture, homewares, and other large items. MyDeal does not offer any fulfillment services, so sellers must coordinate their own shipping or use an external logistics company.

• Sell internationally in minutes with Shopify Markets

• Shopify Markets helps you sell to multiple countries and grow your business internationally - all from a single Shopify store. Manage store location, shipping, obligations and compliance in one place.

Instagram shopping

Instagram is one of the best places to sell physical products online. You can change your profile to a business account and use your posts and stories to tag products.

The procedure is very easy:

• • Link your Instagram business profile to your Facebook catalog
• • Register in the Instagram Shopping app
• • Create posts and stories and tag your products (up to 5 per image/video)

Using Instagram Shopping features to reach customers is very effective. Using hashtags, you can display products in a very natural way and find the right audience. You can plan your Instagram feed and show products in a very natural way and use hashtags to find the right audience.

Still, you should think of Instagram primarily as a marketing channel. It should attract visitors to your online store, but it cannot replace it.

Jotform

Jotform Store Builder is a no-code online app builder that lets you sell products, services, and subscriptions.

It provides more than 23 payment gateways through which you can easily accept payments and collect donations. You can build your store by simply choosing one of over 100 ready-made templates and customizing it according to your preferences and business needs.

Jotform Store Builder also offers more than 80 ready-to-use widgets such as product listings, QR codes, and map locations.

Gumtree

In a way, Gumtree is an alternative to Craigslist, which has become very popular in Europe and Australia. It is another classifieds website that has almost everything from used cars to jobs.

Gumtree is one of the best local selling sites in the UK. If you want to get rid of an old TV and some DVDs, you can list the package on Gumtree and someone will collect it from you.

Generally, Gumtree is free, but there are several upgrades available. For example, you can pay to increase visibility or add additional photos to make sure you have a good camera for product photography.

Advantages of selling on Gumtree:

• • It's free and easy
• • Great for local sales
• • Casual and suitable for direct pickup

Preloved

Preloved is a UK classifieds website with hundreds of categories. If you don't like Gumtree, try Preloved. It is a favorite site of many second-hand hunters.

Premiled puts a lot of emphasis on community. There are different levels of membership. For example, some users will receive additional benefits such as early access to selected advertisements.

Why should you consider Preloved for selling things online?

• • There are no listing fees
• • No commissions
• • Huge user base