Marketplace

B&Q Marketplace Management

A curated UK marketplace with a real onboarding bar. Getting in is the hard part; staying visible is the work.

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Personal WhatsApp & Slack channel with founder Sami Sultan & Senior PPC Strategists. Zero junior account managers.

100% account ownership retained

01Why this channel

No two marketplaces are the same shop.

Every marketplace has its own catalogue rules, fee structure, advertising tools, returns behaviour and — most importantly — its own buyer, arriving in a different mood with a different question in mind. A listing that earns its keep on one channel can sit dead on another purely because the shopper wanted to be told something else.

So we do not export your Amazon catalogue and hope. We work out what this channel rewards, what it charges you for, and whether your margin and your stock can carry it before a single product goes live.

02Why sellers struggle here

It is rarely the product.

Brands that stall on a channel almost never have a demand problem. They have one of these three.

Nobody owns it

The channel gets opened with enthusiasm, then becomes whoever-has-time's job. Listings drift, questions go unanswered, and performance metrics slide before anyone notices there is a metric.

The Amazon playbook gets copied over

Same titles, same images, same bids. The rules, the ad formats and the shopper are different here, so the tactics that made Amazon work quietly underperform.

The data is thinner

Smaller channels give you less to work with and slower feedback, so it takes discipline and a longer read to tell a genuine trend from a quiet fortnight.

03How we help

We take the channel off your plate

B&Q Marketplace is gated at the category level and enforced at the data level. It runs on Mirakl, so product data and offer data are separate jobs: one leaf category per offer, every mandatory attribute filled, an unrecognised GTIN rejected outright. Clear that and your range sits beside B&Q’s own. It is a curated channel, not a volume one.

Application, category approval, and Mirakl product and offer feeds built so nothing is rejected at the first import.
Pricing, stock and delivery promise set against the B&Q buy box, and a straight answer on whether Marketplace Click and Collect is worth the ship-to-store work.
Sponsored placement and promotions where B&Q offers them, funded only where the category traffic justifies it.
The seller scorecard treated as an operational risk: acceptance rate against B&Q’s order window, on-time dispatch, cancellations and message response.

Account setup, approval and compliance, start to finish
Catalogue and listings built for this channel, not copied across
Advertising managed to a profit target you agree with us
Pricing and fee modelling against your real landed cost

Integrations and stock sync, so the channel does not strand inventory
Performance metrics, messages and cases handled for you
Weekly optimisation and plain-English monthly reporting
Your account and your data stay yours — always

04FAQ

Questions brands ask us

Should I open this channel before Amazon is sorted?

Usually not. Amazon has the deepest buyer intent and the best advertising tools, so it is normally where the next pound earns the most. If your Amazon account is unstable, a second channel tends to spread the problem rather than solve it — and we will say so.

How long does it take to go live?

It depends on the channel's approval process and how clean your product data is. Most launches are a matter of weeks rather than months, and we will give you a realistic date at the planning stage rather than an optimistic one.

Will this cannibalise my Amazon sales?

Mostly you reach different shoppers, so the risk is not demand — it is stock. A new channel that pulls units away from a ranking Amazon listing costs more than it makes, which is why we plan the supply before we open the door.

Do I need separate listings for this channel?

Yes, and it matters. The catalogue data often carries across, but the titles, images and copy should answer this channel's shopper. Copied-over Amazon listings are the single most common reason a new channel underperforms.

Do I keep control of the account?

Always. The account is registered to you, the data is yours, and we operate it on your behalf. You can revoke our access at any time, for any reason.

What if the numbers do not work?

Then we tell you before you spend anything. We model the fees, the shipping and the returns against your real landed cost first — and if the margin does not survive it, the honest recommendation is to keep the money where it is already working.

25,000-Point Forensic Audit

Worth opening, or worth waiting?

Request your free 25,000-Point Forensic Audit. We will look at your products, your margins and where you already sell, then tell you plainly whether this channel is the right next move. No obligation.

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