How did you acquire your very first sellers for your marketplace?
I’m a 22yo guy living in South Korea I’ve been thinking about business ideas almost every night since I was young, and today is actually the first time I’ve decided to ask a question here
I’m curious to hear from people who have built marketplaces before
When u were just starting out, where did ur very first sellers actually come from?
I’m especially interested in the period before u had meaningful traffic or brand recognition
Did u:
* Reach out to potential sellers directly?
* Use Reddit, Facebook groups, or other communities?
* Offer incentives or reduced fees?
* Get ur first sellers through personal connections?
* Run paid ads?
* Or use another approach that worked surprisingly well?
I’d be particularly interested in hearing what actually worked in practice, rather than what u expected to work
If u built a marketplace from zero, how did u get ur first 10 to 100 sellers?
one more thing I’d like to mention is that I’m planning to target the US and European markets