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The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2023, 52% of US workers will be a part of the gig economy.

Similarly, Statista forecasts that by 2028, there will be over 86 million freelancers in the United States.

These tie in with the steadily

All great relationships are founded on effective communication.

Yes, even business ones.

Especially online.

Like Tim Berners-Lee said, "The Web does not just connect machines; it connects people."

In the competitive digital world, how you present

In 2021, Amazon and eBay held sway over all other online marketplaces in the world in terms of visits.

When it comes to gross merchandise volume, Taobao ranked first.

And most sellers in the United States opted to use eBay.

With the number of new

It started with Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

Since then, there have been over 341 million domain name registrations worldwide.

And it's shaping up to be an influential industry, as new research from the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

53% of adults in the United States reportedly begin their search for a product by going on Amazon.

Indeed, online marketplaces have changed the way we do things.

The COVID-19 pandemic only spurred on this disruption as more people turned to digital-first

With 2.14 billion people shopping online, e-commerce reached unprecedented heights.

According to Grand View Research, global e-commerce will continue to scale at a compound annual growth rate of 14.7% until 2027, averaging as much as 7.4 trillion dollars

We've come a long way since 1994.

Amazon first opened as an online bookstore and has since grown to reap more than 460 billion dollars of profit in 2021. 

And it's not the only player out there; from China to Latin America, online marketplace websites

It started in 2007, with two hosts offering their San Francisco home to three guests.

Since then, the online marketplace Airbnb has grown to feature 6 million active listings worldwide with over 4 million hosts. 

Every month, 14,000 new hosts join this

It started in 1984.

72-year-old Jane Snowball had just broken her hip.

Because of the injury, she was asked to participate in the Gateshead Shopping Experiment, a program designed to help pensioners with mobility problems.

She agreed, and her

All over the world, online marketplaces totalled more than 3 trillion dollars worth of sales in 2021.

The top 100 online marketplaces are primarily concentrated in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The Middle East/Africa region - is steadily