Marketplace vs your own store — the real tradeoffs

Neither is strictly better. Here's what actually changes depending on which one you choose.
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What each one gets you

Marketplaces: built-in discovery

A marketplace already has shoppers browsing it. You trade some control and branding for a chance at organic discovery you didn't have to build yourself.

Your own store: you own the customer

A customer who buys from your own store is yours to email, remarket to, and build a relationship with — not a marketplace's user who happened to buy from you once.

You don't have to pick just one

A store with both its own branded page and marketplace exposure gets a chance at discovery while still building a direct customer relationship over time.

How Buylib fits

A Buylib store is fully yours — your own branding, your own domain-style store page, your own customer list. It can also appear in Buylib's shared marketplace for extra discovery, without giving up ownership of the relationship with anyone who buys from you.

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