{"question": "best wholesale marketplaces for retail shops", "category": "wholesale-marketplaces", "category_name": "wholesale marketplaces", "audience": "retail-shops", "audience_name": "retail shops", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-09T00:38:09Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/wholesale-marketplaces-retail-shops-2026-10-09", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/wholesale-marketplaces/retail-shops", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "Faire", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "Shopify", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "UK", "label": "compared"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "Creoate", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Mable", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Shopify's Handshake", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "Handshake", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Abound", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Carro", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "IndieMe", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://www.shopify.com/blog/wholesale-marketplace", "domain": "shopify.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://craftybase.com/blog/difference-faire-tundra-wholesale-marketplaces", "domain": "craftybase.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://resolvepay.com/blog/ankorstore-net60", "domain": "resolvepay.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://blog.creoate.com/best-wholesale-marketplaces", "domain": "blog.creoate.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://underscore.vc/blog/mable-series-a-investment/", "domain": "underscore.vc", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://meetanshi.com/blog/online-wholesale-suppliers/", "domain": "meetanshi.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://craftybase.com/blog/faire-wholesale-alternatives", "domain": "craftybase.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://brandboom.com/article/finding-a-handshake-replacement", "domain": "brandboom.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://resolvepay.com/blog/abound-wholesale-payment-terms", "domain": "resolvepay.com", "source_type": "other"}], "answer_text": "## The short answer\n\nFor a US independent shop, **Faire** is the default and you should start there. Everything else is either regional or a specialty fill-in.\n\n**1. [Faire](https://www.shopify.com/blog/wholesale-marketplace) - the one to open first**\n100,000+ brands across home, gift, beauty, wellness, apparel, food. The reason it wins isn't selection, it's the terms: net-60 payment and free returns on your first order from every brand, so you can test a line without eating dead stock. Shopify took a strategic stake and killed its own marketplace in favor of it, which tells you where the volume is. Brand-side commission is 15-25%, which some makers resent - occasionally you'll find better direct pricing by emailing a brand you discovered there. ([comparison](https://craftybase.com/blog/difference-faire-tundra-wholesale-marketplaces))\n\n**2. [Ankorstore](https://resolvepay.com/blog/ankorstore-net60) - if you're in Europe**\nRoughly 30,000 brands to 300,000+ retailers across ~24 European countries. Same playbook as Faire: ~€100 minimums, net-60, subsidized shipping. In the EU/UK its brand mix is genuinely better than Faire's.\n\n**3. [Creoate](https://blog.creoate.com/best-wholesale-mar", "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"}}