Selling on OnBuy
A UK marketplace worth having, treated the same as the larger ones.
OnBuy is a UK marketplace with less competition per listing than Amazon or eBay. That makes it worth having for a lot of sellers, and it makes it not worth much effort — the return per hour spent is only good if the hours are few.
How it works
- Stock-only by default, same as every other marketplace.
- Orders arrive in the same queue as everything else.
- Snapshot before write applies here too.
The case for a smaller marketplace
Once your catalogue and stock already live in one place, adding another channel is closer to switching something on than to opening a shop. That changes the arithmetic on smaller marketplaces completely: a channel that adds a few per cent of revenue is worth having if it costs an afternoon, and not worth having if it costs a weekly routine.
What it does not do
Nothing OnBuy-specific in the way of ads or promotions. Stock, orders, and the same protections as the bigger channels.
Stop reconciling stock by hand
One catalogue, six channels, one stock figure that stays right.