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Actionable insights from building marketplaces. Straight from the team behind Mercur.

Why the Webkul Multi Vendor Marketplace Was Never Built to Run Your Business: 11 Reasons, Hidden Costs & Alternative

Webkul Multi Vendor Marketplace only adds cost and complexity on your business. See where it breaks down and what to use instead.

Jakub Zbąski

March 25, 2026

Why You Shouldn't Create a Multi-Vendor Marketplace in Magento: 14 Reasons, Costs & 2026 Data

Considering building a marketplace in Magento? See 14 reasons why this approach breaks at scale with real costs, performance benchmarks, and 2026 data.

Jakub Zbąski

March 6, 2026

Excess Inventory: Why It's Killing Your Growth (and How Marketplaces Solve It)

Learn what excess inventory is, how it happens, how to identify and calculate it, and how a marketplace business model helps you reduce excess inventory without expanding your warehouse space.

Jakub Zbąski

February 23, 2026

Ecommerce Growth Strategy: 5 Signs Your eCommerce Is Ready to Become a Marketplace

Learn how to recognize if evolving your eCommerce growth strategy toward a marketplace model makes sense for your business.

Jakub Zbąski

February 17, 2026

Marketplace vs eCommerce: Why Classic eCommerce Stops Scaling Around 10-50$M GMV?

Learn why your eCommerce stops scaling, how marketplace vs eCommerce model compares, and how the best players respond once classic eCommerce stops being a growth engine.

Jakub Zbąski

February 12, 2026

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