About

What is Public Marketspace?

Public: acting on the behalf of, maintained and used by a community

Marketspace: a distinction between eCommerce and traditional markets, where transactions are exchanged through online networks—without physical boundaries

Public Marketspace is a software company dedicated to solving the challenges of online marketing, and the cost of development and resources to manage an eCommerce website for community markets and their vendors.

PublicMarketspace.com is our Beta platform for members, local product vendors and neighborhood services. A customer driven search, social media and eCommerce platform that partners with community markets and entrepreneurs on the merits of their service or the value of their products.

Market Partners

Portland Saturday Market, one of the largest and most established community markets on the West Coast, is the first market to utilize our software to promote and manage over 300+ vendors selling their products online.

We can help your community market:

  1. Brand + Skin + Customize an eCommerce website
  2. Provide a multi-tenant, single cart solution for your market customers
  3. A complete drop ship sales system for vendors to manage their orders
  4. Managed services, hosting and feature enhancements

All for the low cost of a licensing fee + a percentage of sales!

Think Global + Shop Local

::  Think Global is environmental and economic responsibility

::  Shop Local is supporting small businesses and community markets

The Public Marketspace – Vendor Bill of Rights

Every Public Marketspace Vendor has the right to…

  1. Prove the value of their ideas
  2. Compete in a public market with other small businesses
  3. Promote their services and sell their products on the Internet
  4. An opportunity to satisfy the needs of their customers

Is your Community Market ready for Marketspace?

Our software enables community markets to brand a website that helps online shoppers find their favorite local vendors via Google or Social Media, and provides a complete drop-ship eCommerce business solution for PM Vendors that are affiliated with these markets is how we facilitate online sales.

All the hard work behind the scenes is automated to connect Vendors with customers—while increasing additional online advertising opportunities with partnership companies.

That is what PM is all about. A big work in progress with more exciting things to come!

Established Community Markets—whether your marketing or selling online?

  • Boost online sales and marketing opportunities
  • Showcase Vendors, products and services
  • A certified SEO platform to increase your search ranking
  • Vendor Direct – Vendors can outbound link to their website for sales
  • Add value to Vendor membership in your community market
  • Increase online affiliate relationships with local partners
  • Link to blogs, social media profiles and fan pages
  • Increase your Community Market web presence

Emerging Community Markets—just getting started online?

  • The most cost effective way to begin selling and marketing online
  • Save time and money setting up a robust communications platform
  • Prove your Community Market can distinguish itself online
  • Communicate via social media and other online channels
  • Become something bigger than a collection of tents

Exclusively for Community Markets (and small business owners)

Public Marketspace will partner with any community market with a healthy Vendor population and a consistent, recognized brand.  Our pricing is scaled based on the number of Vendors, and designed to pay for itself in the first year.  Contact us to discuss details, options and terms of licensing.

Public Marketspace defines small business owner as the president, sole proprietor or equal partner of a business that is privately owned and operated, with less than 100 employees. And for SEC purposes, domestic companies with revenues of under $25 million, and not investment companies. Subsidiaries of larger companies do not qualify as small businesses.

Public Marketspace also recognizes small business owners that are Franchise owners, hobbyists and anyone that files a 1099 form qualifying as “self employed.”

  • To the Market