Cost To Start An E-commerce Marketplace
If you are planning to start your own e-commerce marketplace but have no idea how much budget you will require?
Then, this article will sort all your queries and help you to mark an estimated budget for your e-commerce marketplace.
However, there are so many marketplace solutions available for various platforms which you can opt for as per your choice.
Note: You can even go-through Webkul’s case study on various platforms –
Moreover, one can build an Online marketplace in 3 ways: How to set up a marketplace?
1. SaaS-based model (for a small company)
2. Self-hosting model (for a medium/large company)
3. Develop from scratch
But that’s not it, E-commerce Marketplace Solution cost is not the only investment you have to make. In addition, there is certain other core consideration which you must need to consider when starting one. Let’s discuss each one of them.
Domain Name
For starting a website you will be needing a domain which is the name of your website URL. Certainly, you can get domains at really cheap prices.
Most of the time, hosting providers provide you with the domain GoDaddy.
SSL: Secure Socket Layer
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. It is a transport layer protocol which is used to establish a secure connection between the server and the client.
In an SSL-integrated website, the connection between your browser and the website is secure. The transmitted data are all in encrypted form.
However, most of the time, hosting providers provide you with SSL integration at variable pricing like GoDaddy.
Note: Webkul also offers SSL Integration services.
Hosting
Hosting is the internet hosting service which enables your website to be accessed via the internet. For, this you need to pay a fee to host your website on a hosting server of the provider.
Shared and Dedicated are the two types of hosting available.
In dedicated/private hosting you need to manage your own servers which means you have full control of the server settings. There is a variety of cloud options also available-
- Amazon AWS Stack
- Google Cloud
- Microsoft Azure Stack and More.
Note: Webkul also offers cloud hosting services.
It is always advised that large and big websites like Magento should be hosted on a strong and dedicated server. Because running large websites on shared hosting will result in a slow and frustrating user experience.
Whereas in shared hosting you share the single server and resources with other user websites hosted together on one server. However, shared hosting is the cheapest hosting means suitable for small business types.
Inventory
Managing the inventory of your e-commerce website is very important. And will let you cost some amount if you are holding the product inventory of your own.
For instance, you need to buy products and store them somewhere. Also, you will be handling the packing and shipping also which again require investment.
But there is another way to eliminate these costs ie; the dropship model. In this business model, the store owner sells items on his website without holding the inventory which means someone else manufactures and ships the product to the customer.
Therefore, this frees the store owner from the hassle of managing inventory, warehousing stock, delivery or dealing with packaging.
Payment Processing
The online payment system in your online store provides a unified and seamless payment experience for your customers.
But payment gateways will also let you incur some payment processing fee which varies as per different payment providers.
Therefore, for every transaction made on your website, you need to pay some transaction fees which vary greatly depending on the payment service provider.
Mail/SMS Provider
Notifying the customers about the order invoice, order shipment and other sales events is very important. Therefore, you can opt for various Mail/SMS providers and you will be charged accordingly as per their pricing structures.
Taxes
Running an e-commerce website is a business where you will be generating revenue and earning profits. Therefore, you will be paying taxes as per the country you are operating in.
E-commerce marketplace cost estimation as per the different geo-locations:
UAE: Cost to start an e-commerce marketplace
Note: You can even read more to know the best UAE payment gateways.
USA: Cost to start an e-commerce marketplace
UK: Cost to start an e-commerce marketplace
ASIA: Cost to start an e-commerce marketplace
Note: This is a rough estimation of the e-commerce marketplace budget. This budget is variable if you add your country’s taxes, mail/SMS providers, or inventory management.
Apart from this, if you also want to know how to create ecommerce marketplace, then you can read our blog.
In case of any query or more details, kindly contact us at webkul.uvdesk.com