Top eBay Competitors in 2019

Along with internet development, there are more and more companies dealing with e-commerce services. Surely, you have heard about eBay – one of the biggest online shopping platform with the number of 180 million active buyers in 190 markets. Its businesses are divided into three main categories: the internet marketplace eBay, classifieds group eBay for people who are looking for different kinds of goods in their local area and a huge ticket service StubHub. Furthermore, the revenue for 2018 was over 10,75 billion USD which makes eBay the largest online marketplace in the global perspective. But should eBay feel safe in its leading position? Let’s check what other entities are operating in this field and find the greatest eBay competitors in 2019. 1. Introduction

E-commerce corporations offer a wide range of goods-selling both in wholesale and in detail. We can find their household articles, electronic devices, sports equipment, and even designers clothes. Certainly, most of us have used online shopping services already and the names of eBay’s competitors presented below aren’t unknown to us. It is high time to see it. 2. TOP eBay competitors in 2019

In this article, we will describe the top eBay competitors nowadays. The list is sorted in last to first order, based on various factors.

2.17 Snapdeal

logo owner: Snapdeal The Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal is the largest shopping platform with over 60 million items and 300 thousand sellers in India. It was founded in 2010 by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal. The headquarter of the Snapdeal is in New Delhi and the company has acquired some businesses already, e.g. Grabbon.com, Shopo.in or Doozton.com. Next, to the sales service, a user could also advertise its store or particular offer.

2.16 Wayfair

logo owner: Wayfair Wayfair is a shopping service, where companies can sell varied home accessories and furniture. It was formed in 2002 in Boston and at the present Wayfair provides its actions also abroad – Germany, Ireland or the United Kingdom are the places where we can use e-commerce services of this entity. Furthermore, Wayfair functions under some other names across Europe and North America, such as Joss & Main, All Modern, Brinch Lane or Perigold.

2.15 Wish

logo owner: Wish Presented eBay competitors list includes also Wish company, which was established in 2010 by Danny Zhang and Peter Szulczewski in San Francisco. 5 years later, when Wish has been rising to fame, two global leading e-commerce platforms, issued a takeover bid, but Wish rejected a proposal. What is interesting, Wish has started as an application designed for creating wish lists of particular items from different categories – beauty, family, home or electronics. The presented entity also offers outlet products at lower prices and the special possibility of faster shipping called Wish Express.

2.14 Reverb.com

logo owner: Reverb This portal concentrated on new and vintage music gear sales. Foundation of the company was in 2013 in Chicago. It joins over 200 employees and more than 2,6 million active users, including 1,05 million buyers. There are items from aficionados either popular rock bands and artists such as Green Day, Bill Ward or Billy Corgan. What is more, the company set up its own foundation Reverb Foundation with possibilities to increase musical knowledge and use it in practice.

2.13 eCrater

logo owner: eCrater Ecrater is a kind of big online shopping mall which was set up in 2004 in California by Dimitar Slavov. On the eCrater, we are able to open an online store for free, but all added information must be in English and there is a limit of photos you might add to your product. Buyers can choose from more than 30 categories, i.a. Automotive, Art, Baby, Electronics, Home&Garden or Video Games.

2.12 Flipkart

logo owner: Flipkart Another example of competitors of eBay is Flipkart shopping platform. The company was formed in India in 2007 by former Amazon workers – Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal. Flipkart was at the outset selling books, but presently it offers about 80 million items in over 80 various categories. We can even point some house brands such as Citron with home accessories, Billion with smartphones or Digiflip with electronics. When it comes to numbers, there are more than 100 million active users and 100 thousand sellers.

2.11 Ebid

logo owner: eBid The online marketplace Ebid is an example of competition for eBay. There are more than 2.820.860 products offering for sale on Ebid website – from body stuff, books and toys to musical instruments and vehicles. The presented company provides its services in 23 countries all over the world including the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Italy or US. On the website, we might see different types of auctions such as auto-extend, free, platinum and gallery ones.

2.10 OLX Group

logo owner: Olx It was founded in 2006 by Fabrice Grinda and Alec Oxenford. Six years later, the major part of the company was acquired by an entity from South Africa – Naspers. OLX Group has its own 18 brands all over the world, e.g. Avito in Russia, Selency in France, Imovirtual in Portugal and Aasaanjobs in India. We can add different types of products such as vehicles, clothes, furniture or electrical devices, which are chosen by over 350 million people every month.

2.9 Zalando

logo owner: Zalando Zalando is a German company with headquarter in Berlin. It was founded in 2008 and initially, the corporation was functioning under the Ifansho name. Generally, Zalando offers fashion and lifestyle articles in 17 markets around Europe. The shopping platform has over 24.6 million active customers who can choose from almost 2.000 brands. The total number of Zalando employees is more than 15.000 and the Swedish entity Kinnevik owns the part of the company (32%).

2.8 Etsy

logo owner: Etsy Our eBay competitors list also contains Etsy – American e-commerce platform. The company was founded in 2005 and nowadays it hires over 870 employees. This marketplace offers unique items, needed especially for handmade creative activities. We can find there clothing, home decoration, jewelry, furniture, etc. This is also a place with recycled or upcycled products and even photos of available items are made in the natural, artistic style. If you want to start selling on Etsy, you have to register an account and pay 0,20 USD – the company charges a fee for sold articles

2.7 Newegg

logo owner: Newegg Newegg comes from North America and specializes in online sales of technological products such as smart home items, games, and other electronic entertainment. It was founded in 2001 by Fred Chang in California and operates its services all over the world (in 50 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin American and the Middle East precisely). The name of the company is a metaphor of new birth, as a new hope for the e-commerce industry. In 2017 Newegg was listed on TWICE’s like a 5th of Top 25 CE E-retailers

2.6 Groupon

logo owner: Groupon Groupon is one of the most famous shopping platforms, which is known by offering local activities, trips, events and coupons for various brands. The company is located in Chicago and was founded in 2008. There are no doubts that Groupon is a serious competition to eBay which joins over 49.5 million active customers in 15 countries. The interesting fact is that its mobile application was one of the 25 most used apps in 2016 and has been downloaded 200 million times already.

2.5 Shopify

logo owner: Shopify This Canadian online marketplace can be claimed as a serious competitor to eBay. It offers a wide range of services which are needed for running an online store – from storefront and payments, through marketing and shipping. The entity was founded in Canada in 2004. Everything begins with selling snowboard equipment, but actually, it operates over than 800 thousand businesses all over the world. There is a dedicated 24/7 support team of Shopify and many discussion forums with over 581 thousand members in.

2.4 Rakuten

logo owner: Rakuten Rakuten was established in Japan in 1997 by its present chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani and provides online shopping services. Since 2015 the entity has started appearing in many different countries – from the US, France, and Brazil to Germany and the United Kingdom. Presently, it operates in 30 countries, joins about 1.3 billion members and provides global services such as Rakuten Viber, Rakuten Marketing or Rakuten Tv. And did you know, that the company is the main partner of FC Barcelona football team.?

2.3 Walmart

logo owner: Walmart With the 514,4 billion USD revenue, Walmart corporation opens the podium of the biggest eBay rivals. The company focuses on sales, especially in its hypermarkets’ chains, grocery stores, and discounts. It was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Arkansas. The available products in Walmart are in 40% of its private label brands, such as Sam’s Choice and Great Value. What is more, to make the Walmart more competitive, it has launched clothing lines and renewed the old ones, including George, Wonder Nation or AllStarMech.

2.2 Alibaba

logo owner: Alibaba Group Another competition to eBay is Alibaba wholesale trade service. The company was founded in 1999 in China and you might associate it with its other businesses – especially popular marketplace AliExpress. Next, to its e-commerce service, the entity operates in technological projects and internet services, offers ticketing platform Damai and in 2017 opened its own supermarket chain under Hema name with possibilities to buy directly in shop or order online for delivery. The buyers of Alibaba come from over 190 countries and offers more than 40 different categories of items.

2.1 Amazon

logo owner: Amazon Amazon is a multinational corporation from the United States which provides B2C online shopping services. Additionally, it handles in artificial intelligence projects, cloud computing, and live streaming platforms. There are various businesses operated by Amazon such as Audible.com which sells audiobooks and spoken versions of magazines, Whole Foods Markets in the United States where you will find products free from flavors and sweeteners or home security company Ring. The founder, chairman and the watchful eye of Amazon is Jeff Bezos, who established this company in 1994. It has started conquering international markets with selling books online in the United Kingdom and Germany. Nowadays it joins over 647,500 employees and on Amazon website, you can see the best selling products from different categories. 3. Summary

There is a large number of shopping platforms, where we can sell our products either buy things which are of special interest to us. As you can easily guess, presented in a paper below companies are not only ones which handle e-commerce services. If you are hungry for more online stores, check the professional business directories on Datantify and find the clients, co-workers, and suppliers right now.