Insights from marketplace experts

Founded and led by former executives from Apple, Visa, Top Hat, and TouchBistro, Nautical is making best-in-class marketplace technology accessible to everyone, from startups to enterprises

Explore multi-vendor marketplace models, from B2B and B2C to vertical and horizontal, and find the best fit to build a successful platform.

Starting or managing a multi-vendor marketplace can be a daunting task. In fact, while a traditional SaaS or ecommerce startup should see traction within 6 to 9 months, a marketplace can take three years to validate. Check out the must read books for marketplace founders here.

How to Get the Attention of Potential Marketplace Vendors and Convince Them to Sell on Your Marketplace

For a multi-brand business to succeed, brands must be seamlessly connected behind the scenes. It doesn’t matter how different they may appear to customers, or if the brands are in entirely different segments, like business-to-business and direct-to-consumer.

Nautical has built the only end-to-end platform for companies seeking to launch and scale a B2B multi vendor marketplace. Find out how it can help your business.

Multi-vendor marketplaces are different than a traditional ecommerce store. Instead of holding inventory and fulfilling orders, multi-vendor marketplaces coordinate transactions between buyers and sellers.

As a multi-vendor marketplace operator, your job isn't to design, manufacture, or, in many cases, even hold inventory. You probably don’t store any goods. You likely don't own warehouses. And you don't manage your sellers’ workforce. ‍Beyond building a beautiful marketplace website, what does a marketplace operator really do? If we had to boil it down to one word, it would be: communicate.

Bhavin Shah, Nautical COO/CTO, shares what you should know before joining a startup.