Aside from the whole market idea, the site is clean, fresh and well-juried, and the admin are incredibly responsive to the merchants there – not only in terms of communication, but more importantly, in actually modifying the site to meet the needs of buyers and sellers alike.

I000 Markets is my first online shopping venture and it couldn’t have been easier to set up. I’ve had some success with sales and a ton of views. I love the administration and my fellow merchants, and the best thing of all is that it’s free to set up as much product as you want with no upfront fees. I love Amazons’ guarantee and one step shopping as used by 1000 Markets. Thumbs up to all the markets too…it’s a novel concept and sure to catch buyers’ fancy!

You have complete control over how your shop looks, listing an item is incredibly easy and fast, editing an item doesn’t take it out of your shop, you can create collections to feature and list an item in more than one collection, and there’s even a user-friendly built in SEO optimizer in every listing. To say nothing of the fact that you get your own blog, and a wall for visitor comments.

But even if none of this existed, the markets create communities of kindred spirits, whether they’re built around an aesthetic, a technique, a set of beliefs, a location, or even a simple village of eclectic and diverse artisans. You are not one of a faceless million in a personality-free mall. You are part of something larger than that – this is truly a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

As a buyer, the process is completely seamless and integrated – and backed by Amazon’s A-to-Z Guarantee.

Am I a fan? Yes. That I most definitely am.

I’ll never forget that you were the one who first directed me to 1000 Markets, where I now have several shops and am the manager of a market too!

Much Aloha!

~Angie