{"section":"tutorials","requestedLocale":"en","requestedSlug":"what-is-a-marketplace","locale":"en","slug":"what-is-a-marketplace","path":"docs/en/tutorials/integrations/integrations-overview/what-is-a-marketplace.md","branch":"main","content":"We define as __marketplace__ the store where a __purchase__ is performed. It's the environment where the customer __pays__ for an order.\n\nIn a shopping experience, a user browses a website by selecting products to include in their shopping cart. After selecting the desired products, they arrive at the __checkout__ step. At this stage of the purchase journey, the user fills in their personal data and the information about the delivery and then __makes the payment__.\n\nA marketplace can also be understood as a *showcase store*, displaying its own products and also products from other stores (the sellers). Usually, a marketplace is a store with good users traffic. This encourages other stores to display their products in the marketplace for greater conversion. In such scenario, the __marketplace__ is the shop responsible for closing the purchase, and the __seller__ is the store responsible for delivering the order.\n\n> ℹ️ Following this logic, we can conclude that a VTEX store that sells its own products in its own store acts as a marketplace and a seller simultaneously. In this context, payment is made within the store environment (marketplace) and the delivery of the order is a responsibility of that same store (seller). See more details on this subject at [our article](/en/tutorial/o-que-sao-pedidos-com-origem-marketplace-e-origem-fulfillment--6eVYrmUAwMOeKICU2KuG06e) on the origin of the orders.\n\n## Related articles\n\n- [What is a seller?](/en/docs/tutorials/what-is-a-seller)\n- [How to configure a seller](/en/tutorial/configuring-the-seller)\n- [Integrating with marketplaces](/en/tutorial/integrating-with-marketplace)"}