{"question": "best wholesale marketplaces for online stores", "category": "wholesale-marketplaces", "category_name": "wholesale marketplaces", "audience": "online-stores", "audience_name": "online stores", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-24T00:27:41Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/wholesale-marketplaces-online-stores-2026-10-24", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/wholesale-marketplaces/online-stores", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "Faire", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "Shopify", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "Handshake", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "Abound", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Tundra", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Ankorstore", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "UK", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Creoate", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Alibaba", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "DHgate", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 11, "brand": "Alibaba/DHgate", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://www.faire.com", "domain": "faire.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://helloabound.com", "domain": "helloabound.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.ankorstore.com", "domain": "ankorstore.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.creoate.com", "domain": "creoate.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.orderchamp.com", "domain": "orderchamp.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://indieme.com", "domain": "indieme.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.alibaba.com", "domain": "alibaba.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.dhgate.com", "domain": "dhgate.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://meetanshi.com/blog/online-wholesale-suppliers/", "domain": "meetanshi.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://wholesalehelper.io/blog/7-best-wholesale-marketplaces/", "domain": "wholesalehelper.io", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://craftybase.com/blog/difference-faire-tundra-wholesale-marketplaces", "domain": "craftybase.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://craftybase.com/blog/faire-wholesale-alternatives", "domain": "craftybase.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.faire.com/en/support/articles/29090131049371", "domain": "faire.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://brandboom.com/article/finding-a-handshake-replacement", "domain": "brandboom.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://trustradius.com/compare-products/shopify-handshake-b2b-commerce", "domain": "trustradius.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/09/ankorstore-reaches-2-billion-valuation-two-years-after-launching-its-wholesale-marketplace", "domain": "techcrunch.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.cbinsights.com/compare/ankorstore-vs-handshake-corp", "domain": "cbinsights.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://programminginsider.com/best-wholesale-ecommerce-platforms-2026-a-practical-comparison-guide-including-dhgate/", "domain": "programminginsider.com", "source_type": "other"}], "answer_text": "# Best wholesale marketplaces for online stores\n\nHere's what I'd actually recommend, roughly in the order I'd try them. The right one depends mostly on *what* you sell - curated/boutique goods vs. cheap high-volume inventory are two completely different ecosystems.\n\n## If you sell boutique, home, gift, apparel, beauty, baby\n\n**1. [Faire](https://www.faire.com) - the default. Start here.**\nIt's the dominant independent-brand wholesale marketplace (100,000+ brands), free for retailers to join, and Shopify made a strategic investment in it after killing its own Handshake marketplace - so it's now effectively the official wholesale channel for Shopify merchants, with native apps in the App Store. For retailers the big draws are **net-60 payment terms** (buy now, pay after you've sold it), **free returns on first orders from any brand** (60-day window), and free shipping on first orders. That risk-free-first-order structure is genuinely the best thing about it: you can test a brand with almost no downside. The Faire Insider membership adds free shipping across thousands of brands above a minimum order.\n\n**2. [Abound](https://helloabound.com) - the best second account to open.**\n~40,000 ", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}