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Third-party seller

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCommon term

In e-commerce, third-party seller means: An independent business that sells its products on someone else's marketplace, as opposed to products sold by the marketplace company itself.

In Turkish: üçüncü taraf satıcı, pazaryeri satıcısı

How it is used

Used by marketplaces, analysts and sellers. On many platforms most products come from third-party sellers, who pay commission and follow seller rules. Often shortened to 3P; first-party (1P) means the platform buys and sells the stock itself.

Example sentences

  1. Third-party sellers now account for most of the items sold on the marketplace.

  2. As a third-party seller, we handle our own shipping and customer questions.

Common collocations

  • third-party seller
  • become a third-party seller
  • 3P sellers
  • first-party and third-party
  • marketplaceA large website or app where many independent sellers list and sell their products, while the platform handles traffic, payments and often delivery rules.
  • commissionThe fee a marketplace keeps from each sale, usually a percentage of the selling price that changes by product category.
  • seller ratingA score that shows how a marketplace seller performs, based on buyer feedback and things like on-time shipping, cancellations and returns.
  • product listingThe entry for a product on a marketplace or store, made up of its title, photos, price, description and details; also the work of creating these entries.
  • fulfillmentAll the work needed to get an order to the customer after it is placed: storing stock, picking and packing the items and handing the parcel to a carrier.

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