BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: E-marketplace
- an Internet-based environment that brings together business-to-business buyers and sellers so that they can trade more efficiently online.
The key benefits for users of an e-marketplace are reduced purchasing costs, greater flexibility, saved time, better information, and better collaboration. However, the drawbacks include costs in changing procurement processes, cost of applications, set-up, and integration with internal systems, and transaction/subscription fees.
There are three distinct types of e-marketplace: independent, in which public environments seek simply to attract buyers and sellers to trade together; consortium-based, in which sites are established on an industry-wide basis, typically when a number of key buyers in a particular industry get together; and private, in which e-marketplaces are established by a particular organization to manage its purchasing alone.
Additional Resources
- E-Marketplace Survival Strategies
- The contemporary high-tech era offers various benefits to people. One of the benefit, e-marketplace, has taken the corporate world by storm. Although past prophecies indicated the advent of e-marketplace, no company paid heed to them. However, today, when the predictions have turned out to be true, the reality is gradually...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Democracy Rules the Marketplace
- Many branding professionals believe that the marketplace is in fact more democratic than the voting booth, in so far as the market expresses popular opinion through the interplay of supply and demand and market polls. A few branding experts feel that the marketplace is more democratic than any of the...
- White papers 2004-03-22
- eBay Launches `eBay Marketplace Research' Service; New Subscription Service Gives Sellers and Buyers On-Site Access to Extensive Marketplace and Trend Data
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY)(www.ebay.com) today launched eBay Marketplace Research, a new service offering sellers and buyers visibility into important listing, bidding, and pricing trends in the marketplace and helping them make more informed selling and buying decisions.
- Research articles 2005-11-10
- Coping with Marketplace Discrimination: An Exploration of the Experiences of Black Men
- "Differential treatment in the marketplace based on group membership rather than individual differences, which refer to as marketplace discrimination, has been noted to occur across a multitude of consumption contexts, ranging from purchasing automobiles and real estate to browsing at retail stores or even hailing a taxicab. This article provides...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- FsXchange.(Brief Article)
- FsXchange, a provider of marketplace solutions, recently selected i2 TradeMatrix solutions to build its marketplace focusing on the foodservice equipment and supplies industry. ... FsXchange, a provider of marketplace solutions, recently selected i2 TradeMatrix solutions to build its marketplace focusing on the foodservice...
- Research articles 2001-02-01
- I2 ANNOUNCES TRADEMATRIX NETWORK API(TM) TO ENABLE MARKETPLACE-TO-MARKETPLACE CONNECTIVITY AND SEAMLESS INTEGRATION BETWEEN MARKETPLACE PARTICIPANTS.
- NEW YORK, Aug 08, 2000 NEW YORK, Aug 08, 2000
- Research articles 2000-08-11
- TestMart Launches DOD Marketplace for Discounted Instruments - Brief Article
- TESTMART, A SAN BRUNO, CALIF., MARKETPLACE COMPANY FOR text equipment, has launched an e-commerce marketplace for general-purpose electronic text equipment for the Department of Defense Navel Inventory Control Point at www.navicpmart.com. Authorized buyers can purchase products from more than 30 key test and measurement suppliers, such as Agilent, Tektronix and...
- Research articles 2001-09-24
- Clarus Selected to Keep New Railroad Marketplace On Track; Providing Online Sourcing, Procurement and Global Settlement for $15Billion Marketplace
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2001-02-12
- Understanding The Compensation Marketplace: Myths Versus Realities
- The article discusses the myths and realities of compensation marketplace. Having a solid understanding of the compensation marketplace at all times is very worthwhile and relevant to my company. Compensation markets are very complex, with significant variation occurring among different geographic regions, among different industries, and among different jobs. ...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Palm Beach story
- marketplacemarketplace
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Endesa and Commerce One Create a B2B E-Marketplace for Spain; Multi-Industry Spanish e-Marketplace to Automate Billions in Procurement Spending
- Business/High-Tech Editors
- Research articles 2000-02-22
- Tivoli Establishes Best Practices for e-Marketplace Integrity; Rapid Growth in B2B Trade Drives Need for e-Marketplace Management Solutions
- Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2000-12-05
- Kroger opens marketplace in Columbus
- CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. is launching its marketplace concept in the Midwest with a unit in the Columbus, Ohio, metropolitan area, not far from its Cincinnati headquarters. The 100,000-square-foot store, with a heavy general merchandise component including departments such as jewelry, has been developed in the Graceland Shopping Center, according...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- A Pruning of Stores Seems Inevitable in Overcrowded Retail Environment.(Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
- Apr. 18--Want to buy a book? Try Bookstar in Tustin Marketplace or Barnes & Noble in the new phase of . . . Tustin Marketplace. Apr. 18--Want to buy a book? Try Bookstar in Tustin Marketplace or Barnes & Noble in the...
- Research articles 1997-04-18
- HispanB2B Marketplace Takes First Mover Position; Clarus Powered Marketplace Links the Fastest Growing With the Most Powerful Businesses in the World
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2000-10-12
- Google Seeds a Software Marketplace
- Google Seeds a Software MarketplaceRE: Google Seeds a Software MarketplaceIn order for competition to flourish in the marketplace, consumers must be fully informed. It does no good to have many sellers of a good if consumers do not know where they are located, the prices they are charging, the quality...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-02
- Supportindustry.com and ePeople Team to Offer Technical Support Marketplace; Partnership Aggregates Senior Level IT Professionals in a Co-Branded Online Marketplace
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2000-06-29
- Interactive Marketing And Electronic Commerce
- Electronic commerce (e-commerce) comprises of a set of technologies, applications, and business processes that forms a strategic link between businesses, consumers, and communities. E-commerce refers to any business conducted through an electronic format. The widespread use of e-commerce has seen the emergence of an e-marketplace. An e-marketplace is an information...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV with knkPublishing™ Is Now Available to the US Publishing Marketplace
- Solution Dynamics is the only Distributor for US Upper Midwest Marketplace
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- GOTSchool to Create B2B Marketplace Powered by Commerce One; GOTSchool to Establish Internet Marketplace for Educators and Administrators
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2000-06-07
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