The hottest Marketplace Substack posts right now

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The United States is NOT The Best at R&D

The Polymerist • 199 implied HN points • 05 Mar 24
💼 Business Innovation Regulation Industry Marketplace Start-ups
  1. Successful R&D projects often take longer than expected, like Evonik's 10+ year journey into biosurfactants
  2. In Europe, a longer-term view in R&D is enforced, making it more appealing for chemical innovation than the US
  3. There is a need for a breakout success in sustainable chemical startups in the US, similar to Tesla in the automobile industry
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GPTs won't make you rich

Artificial Ignorance • 142 implied HN points • 18 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Marketplace APIs Productivity Monetization
  1. GPTs are valuable for improving productivity with advanced prompts, document uploads, and external APIs.
  2. Building a business solely around GPTs is challenging due to factors like limited IP protection, competition, and uncertain revenue sharing.
  3. The true potential of GPTs lies in internal company use cases, where they can enhance efficiency and workflow automation.

IWG: A Wonderful Company at a Wonderful Price

Modern Value Investing • 39 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
💰 Finance Investing Real Estate Marketplace Growth Profitability
  1. IWG has a solid legacy business model of providing flexible workspaces and is trading at a great price, making it an attractive investment option.
  2. IWG's Worka segment is a fast-growing and profitable marketplace business, showing solid growth and expected to generate significant revenue.
  3. IWG is transitioning to a capital-light model and aims to become a major player in managed and franchised office space, with significant growth potential in the untapped market of office real estate.

Data Monetization Strategies: Benchmarking Case Studies

astrodata • 19 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
💼 Business Data Monetization Benchmarking Case Studies Revenue streams Marketplace
  1. Benchmarking is a useful way to monetize existing data, leading to new revenue streams and improved product fidelity.
  2. Case studies demonstrate different applications of benchmarking like offering scouting services for esports, providing real estate market data, and offering eCommerce performance insights.
  3. Implementing benchmarking as a data monetization strategy starts with understanding the value of the aggregate data you can provide to customers.

Knowde

Axial • 37 implied HN points • 14 Dec 23
💼 Business Startup E-commerce Supply Chain Innovation Marketplace
  1. Axial partners with great founders and inventors in early-stage life sciences companies
  2. Knowde aims to modernize the global chemical industry through its B2B marketplace
  3. Knowde's platform streamlines chemical procurement for buyers and provides digital storefronts for suppliers

Uber is Finally … Profitable: What Drove This?

Gad’s Newsletter • 1 HN point • 11 Mar 24
💼 Business Economics Marketplace Regulation Labor Profitability
  1. Despite previous doubts, Uber has achieved profitability by moderating spending and efficiently managing its operations.
  2. Uber's profitability hinges on increasing their take-rate from customers, while the drivers are facing challenges with payment structures such as algorithm-based systems.
  3. Even though Uber is profitable, there are concerns about the sustainability of these profits due to potential regulatory changes impacting their business model and driver treatment.

Introducing Ghost - A B2B marketplace to solve for >$1T of excess inventory

Equal Ventures • 59 implied HN points • 19 Jul 22
💼 Business Marketplace Inventory Startup Investment Retail
  1. There was a significant rise in excess inventory due to supply chain challenges, leading to potential losses of over $1T annually.
  2. Ghost is a B2B marketplace created to help brands manage and liquidate excess inventory efficiently.
  3. The founders of Ghost, Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, demonstrated remarkable success with the platform in a short period, showing strong product-market fit.

Why You Should Join Traba

Why You Should Join • 3 implied HN points • 19 Jun 23
💼 Business Startups Marketplace Staffing Industrial Technology
  1. E-commerce is driving the growth of the logistics industry, with significant potential for expansion.
  2. Warehousing is crucial for e-commerce, with a substantial rise in warehouse employment and demand for space.
  3. Traba is innovating industrial staffing with technology, offering better experiences for both workers and businesses, which makes it a promising solution in a large and growing market.

ChatGPT plugins: OpenAI's attempt to kill Google

I Am Not a Robot • 1 HN point • 13 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Plugins Competition Innovation Marketplace
  1. ChatGPT plugins are aimed at making it more useful like Google by connecting it with external resources.
  2. With access to ChatGPT's plugin store, users can easily enhance their tasks such as shopping or gathering information.
  3. OpenAI's advantage over Google in developing ChatGPT plugins lies in offering early adopters favorable deals and incentives.

Problems at Airbnb (ABNB)

The Bear Cave • 1 HN point • 06 Apr 23
💼 Business Tech Hospitality Marketplace Entrepreneurship Investing
  1. Airbnb is facing challenges from professional hosts who are building their own platforms and offering deals outside of Airbnb.
  2. Sentiment against Airbnb has shifted negatively on social media due to various horror stories and scandals.
  3. Professionally managed properties in the short-term rental market are gaining traction, offering better advantages and revenue than individual hosts.

ACR #25: Can Blockchain Solve Food Security?

Africa Crypto Report (ACR) • 0 implied HN points • 06 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Blockchain Agriculture Marketplace Supply Chain Cryptocurrency
  1. Blockchain is being used in Africa to improve transparency and efficiency in the food supply chain.
  2. eFama App by Coronet Blockchain helps farmers connect directly with buyers, ensuring product quality and eliminating intermediaries.
  3. The application aims to help farmers achieve product quality assurance, access markets directly, and build sustainable businesses.

$APRS Token Sale: How to Participate

Ronin’s Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 11 Mar 24
🔮 Crypto Staking Marketplace
  1. Prepare early for the $APRS token sale by staking wRON and meeting KYC requirements well in advance to avoid last-minute issues.
  2. The $APRS token sale involves three main phases: Staking Period, Purchase Period, and Claim Period, each with specific steps to follow.
  3. Following the steps outlined for the token sale, such as wrapping RON, purchasing $APRS tokens, and claiming them, ensures a smooth participation process.

The case of the disappearing plants

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 13 Aug 22
💼 Business E-commerce Marketplace Technology Finance Social media
  1. Etsy sellers faced challenges when their plant listings were mysteriously disappearing, highlighting the platform's content algorithm issues and fee increases.
  2. Despite Etsy's increased competition and challenges for sellers, the average monthly sales per active seller on the platform may not yield significant income.
  3. The incident with disappearing plant listings serves as a reminder for Etsy sellers to diversify and consider using other platforms to secure their livelihoods.

5 Keys To Rule Your Marketplace

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 13 Apr 16
💼 Business Marketplace Supply Growth Expansion Customer Acquisition
  1. Liquidity is crucial: Offer a lot of relevant results, qualified supply that's quickly filterable, and a seamless end-to-end process to avoid disappointing customers.
  2. Supply is key: More supply leads to more demand, better conversions, retention, and word of mouth. Insufficient supply can lead to marketplace failure.
  3. Concentration matters: Focus your marketing efforts to consolidate demand, aiming for a tipping point where growth becomes exponential. Once saturated, shift focus to customer success.

Future of NFT marketplace & buidling Flip.xyz

sonsofcrypto • 0 implied HN points • 28 Mar 23
🕹 Technology NFT Web3 Crypto Marketplace Podcast
  1. Flip.xyz aims to be the best platform for tracking NFT portfolios and emphasizes the importance of royalties to empower creators and decentralize the system.
  2. Collaboration with partners who share the vision of adding real value to NFTs beyond speculation is a key focus for Flip.xyz.
  3. The future of NFT marketplaces may involve specialization, decentralized systems like ZK technology for privacy, and the continued development of utility-driven web3 applications.

Xometry (XMTR)

Nihar’s Thoughts on Stocks • 0 implied HN points • 07 Sep 23
💼 Business Marketplace Revenue Competition Growth Operations
  1. Xometry is a marketplace business with core services for buyers to order parts and supplier services with different revenue percentages and margins.
  2. The business recently faced deceleration and challenges in Q3 '22, impacting growth and profitability forecasts.
  3. Marketplace businesses like Xometry face struggles with product customization, order size, and consistent ordering patterns, impacting scalability and business efficiency.

Duuce by Kévin Jourdan

Newsletter Circle • 0 implied HN points • 10 Jul 23
💼 Business Marketplace Acquisition Growth Future Experience
  1. The newsletter industry is growing with the emergence of platforms like Duuce dedicated to buying and selling newsletters.
  2. Duuce shifted to a vetted marketplace model, focusing on quality newsletters, success fees, and proper due diligence.
  3. Educating and providing tools for growth and monetization are key to preparing for the future of trading newsletters.

Shopify Stores at Sensible Prices

Dan's Stack • 0 implied HN points • 14 Apr 22
💼 Business E-commerce Marketplace Entrepreneurship Investing Startups
  1. Shopify Exchange is a marketplace for buying and selling e-commerce businesses built on Shopify, revealing data showing that most shops are inexpensive and unprofitable.
  2. Profitable Shopify stores sell at a premium, with 20% of listings being profitable and having a higher median list price compared to overall listings.
  3. Applying specific criteria like low List Price / Revenue ratio, profitability, and stable revenues filters out overpriced listings, making the search for valuable businesses easier.