If no one sees your product, no one buys your product. Revolutionary, right? Yet the "gurus" never stop telling you to build traffic from scratch on Shopify or WooCommerce. Here’s the real deal: you need marketplaces, not platforms.🧵📌
If no one sees your product, no one buys your product. Revolutionary, right? Yet the "gurus" never stop telling you to build traffic from scratch on Shopify or WooCommerce. Here’s the real deal: you need marketplaces, not platforms.🧵📌
Marketplaces = pre-qualified, intent-driven buyers waiting to throw cash at the right seller. Marketplaces deliver customers on a silver platter! Here are 6 digital marketplaces I’ll focus on in 2025:
Creative Market: The go-to marketplace for creatives: graphics, fonts, templates, brushes, 3D models, and more.
📊 Stats:
• 5.7M monthly visitors.
• $2-5M annual revenue.
Perfect for designers! Opening a shop is straightforward.
Envato: The alpha of digital marketplaces. With segments like Envato Market, Envato Elements, and Placeit, it dominates niches like stock photos, motion graphics, and WordPress themes.
📊 Stats: $10-15M monthly revenue.
Creative Fabrica: Think craft heaven: fonts, graphics, embroidery patterns, and DIY design assets.
📊 Stats:
• 7.2M monthly visitors.
• $2-5M annual revenue.
Gumroad: More than an e-commerce platform—it’s a powerhouse marketplace. Sell eBooks, courses, art, or anything digital.
📊 Stats:
• 20.9M monthly visitors.
• $10-15M monthly revenue.
Design Bundles: A niche gem for graphics, templates, and fonts. Less traffic, but less competition.
📊 Stats: 2.2M monthly visitors.
Think Etsy’s just for handmade scarves? Think again. Etsy’s 500M monthly visits make it a digital product goldmine.
📊 Stats: $1B+ annual revenue.