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A marketplace is the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. The term is also used in a trademark law context to denote the actual consumer environment, ie. the 'real world' in which products and services are provided and consumed.
Marketplaces and street markets
A marketplace is a location where goods and services are exchanged. The traditional market square is a city square where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. This kind of market is very old, and countless such markets are still in operation around the whole world.
- In the USA such markets fell out of favor, but renewed interest in local food has cause the reinvention of this type of market, called farmers' markets, in many towns and cities.
- In continental Europe, especially in France, street markets, as well as "marketplaces" (covered places where merchants have stalls, but not entire stores) are commonplace. Both resellers and producers sell their wares to the public.
- Markets are often temporary, with stalls only present for one or two days a week ("market days"), however some (such as Camden Market in London, UK) are open every day of the week. Such markets are normally specialist—the various stalls of Camden Market, along with the shops associated with it, sell a variety of alternative lifestyle products ranging from clothes and jewellery to CDs, instruments and furniture. An example of a large market is Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok.
- Some large markets have become permanent institutions comparable to shopping malls. One example is the huge Seventh-Kilometer Market near Odessa, Ukraine.
The Roman term for market, still in use in a related sense, is forum. The modern shopping mall can be seen as an extension of this concept.
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@rumblestrut What content does the Envato network sell? I see job ads, advertising, etc. Marketplaces doesn't seem much cross-promoted.
peterc (Peter Çoopèr) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:31:36 -0000
@rumblestrut What content does the Envato network sell? I see job ads, advertising, etc. Marketplaces doesn't seem much cross-promoted.
@billreiss Me thinks Zune is waiting for the release of WinMo 7, so that their marketplaces can somehow be linked together #wishfulthinking
pinggoat (Chuka Okoye) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:24:14 -0000
@billreiss Me thinks Zune is waiting for the release of WinMo 7, so that their marketplaces can somehow be linked together #wishfulthinking
half-wish I was going to CES. the other half? PHEW! Vegas, exhibit halls, oversaturated marketplaces -glad I'll only read selected summaries
moveable_steve (moveable_steve) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:29:26 -0000
half-wish I was going to CES. the other half? PHEW! Vegas, exhibit halls, oversaturated marketplaces -glad I'll only read selected summaries
App marketplaces coming very soon to connected TVs. Most use HTML/W3 widget specs. Way to go.
celso (Celso Martinho) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:16:32 -0000
App marketplaces coming very soon to connected TVs. Most use HTML/W3 widget specs. Way to go.
#drupal #web #etsy Looking for examples of community marketplaces. Like Etsy but for different niches. Suggestions?
ethangj (Ethan G. Jones) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:57:59 -0000
#drupal #web #etsy Looking for examples of community marketplaces. Like Etsy but for different niches. Suggestions?
Think - Ancient marketplaces had a sound of life, that sound? Conversation. Today the "internet" is a conversation. Who's listening??
gvlamm (gvlamm) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:27:52 -0000
Think - Ancient marketplaces had a sound of life, that sound? Conversation. Today the "internet" is a conversation. Who's listening??
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