🆚 Bol vs. Faire

Type

Online marketplace
Online marketplace

About

Bol is a Dutch online marketplace operating primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, offering a broad multi-category e-commerce platform for first-party and third-party sales.

It lists over 50 million products across categories such as electronics, books, fashion, and home goods, and provides seller tooling including localized storefronts, fulfillment services, next-day delivery options, advertising, performance analytics, and category-based commissions.

Faire is a B2B wholesale marketplace that connects independent retailers with brands to discover and order products for resale.

It offers access to over 100,000 brands and millions of products, provides features such as low minimum orders, 60-day payment terms, free returns on first orders, data-driven product recommendations, and a dedicated Shopify app for syncing products and orders.

Headquarters

Utrecht, Netherlands
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

For buyers
Free version ✔️
Select €14.99/year
For sellers
Commission rates per sale
(vary by product category)
Fixed fee €0-€2.99
Commission 2.5%-20%
Commissions
Faire Direct orders 0%
Marketplace orders 15%
First order from a new customer $10

Categories

Marketplaces › Rank #27
Marketplaces › Rank #23

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Faire marketplace is 1.2 times more popular than Bol.
Total websites

Market share

Marketplaces

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Faire is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, while Bol is more popular in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
United States
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Belgium
Canada
Australia
Germany
Spain
France
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Faire is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and real estate, while Bol is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, blogs and wiki, and business sites.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Entertainment
Fashion/Beauty
Recreation/Hobbies
Internet Services
Travel
Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#435
#3,670
#5,481
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Name
Rank
#38,436
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See also

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