The Marketplace 50

The Marketplace 50 is an exclusive list of the top influencers in various categories of platform commerce and digital network ecosystem innovation. These leaders are promoting multi-vendor network ecosystem commerce models and other network-based models from a business, technology, investment, and conceptual point of view. This highly competitive annual distinction accounts for dozens of factors and seeks to recognize those making a meaningful impact on this space.

The 2024 Marketplace 50 kicks off at TheNTWK Summit in Barcelona, Spain on May 29th with “The Marketplace 50 European Preview”, where two individuals in each category will be announced.
These honorees, along with the remaining 40 will be celebrated during a live event this coming July 31st at 11AM ET / 17:00 CEST. You can register for The Marketplace 50 – 2024 Honorees Event now.

In 2023, the inaugural year, five categories of honorees, Marketplace Thought Leaders, Marketplace Enablers, Marketplace Market Makers, Marketplace Operator Excellence and The Marketplace 50 Hall of Fame were announced during a live virtual celebration, “Introducing the Marketplace 50“.

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Award Categories

Recipients are recognized across five categories of excellence:

The Marketplace 50 Hall of Fame

These are the individuals whose contributions to the multi-vendor commerce space have set the tone for the entire industry. A winner of this category is inducted for life and therefore can only be awarded one time.

2023 Honorees Have Been Announced

Marketplace Market Makers

These are the individuals who lead the market-setting organizations in terms of investments, valuations, and what comes next. A winner of this category may repeat, as is warranted.

2023 Honorees Have Been Announced

Marketplace Thought Leaders

This category is for the media and analysts who cover the marketplace and multi-vendor commerce space via studies, surveys, articles, and other incredible thought-leadership that serves to raise the awareness and effectiveness of the overall space. A winner of this category may repeat, as warranted.

2023 Honorees Have Been Announced

Marketplace Enablers

These individuals create and/or implement the software that powers the platform revolution by enabling multi-vendor commerce to transact at scale. Be it platforms, point solutions, or implementing the stack, these innovative leaders push the pace of what’s possible with a marketplace.

2023 Honorees Have Been Announced

Marketplace Operator Excellence

These individuals are leading the way in providing an innovative marketplace shopping experience that benefits both the customers and the sellers. A winner of this category may repeat, as warranted.

2023 Honorees Have Been Announced

Thought Leadership

Content pieces that will boost your marketplace knowledge.

The Marketplace 50 Set to Honor Excellence in the Multi-Vendor Ecommerce Space

The Marketplace 50 honors leaders who are promoting the multi-vendor commerce model of platform business and pushing the pace of network-based commerce development from a business, technology, investment, and conceptual point of view. This highly competitive annual distinction accounts for dozens of factors and seeks to recognize those making a meaningful impact on this space.

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