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Back Market: How a Marketplace for Refurbished Phones and Laptops Works
Back Market is a Paris-founded marketplace where vetted refurbishers sell phones and laptops. This explains how it works, what the…
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Kiwi.com: How Virtual Interlining and the Kiwi.com Guarantee Work
Kiwi.com is a Czech online travel agency that combines separate airline tickets into one trip. This explains virtual interlining, the…
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Booking.com: How the Travel Platform Works, Who Owns It and What Cancellation Terms Mean
Booking.com is an Amsterdam-based travel platform owned by Booking Holdings. This explains who runs it, how a booking works, how…
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FlightHub: The Montreal-Based Online Travel Agency Behind Many Canadian Flight Bookings
FlightHub is a Montreal online travel agency founded in 2012 and owned by Momentum Ventures. This covers who runs it…
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AliExpress: What It Is, How It Differs From Alibaba and How Buyer Protection Works
AliExpress is a retail marketplace launched in 2010 by Alibaba Group. This explains how it differs from Alibaba.com, who sells…
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DataAnnotation: How the AI-Training Work Platform Assesses and Pays Contributors
DataAnnotation is an AI-training work platform run by Surge AI. This covers the starter assessment, project types and how pay…
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Upstart: The AI Lending Marketplace That Does Not Lend Its Own Money
Upstart is an AI lending platform founded in 2012 that connects borrowers with partner banks and credit unions. This explains…
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Trip.com: The Shanghai-Based Travel Group Behind Ctrip and Skyscanner
Trip.com is the international brand of Trip.com Group, a Shanghai-based travel company that also owns Ctrip, Qunar and Skyscanner. Here…
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Whatnot: How Live-Stream Auctions Became a Marketplace for Collectibles
Whatnot is a live-stream shopping marketplace founded in 2019 by two former GOAT operators. This explains how live auctions work,…
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Alibaba.com: How the Wholesale Marketplace, MOQs and Trade Assurance Work
Alibaba.com is a wholesale marketplace, not a shop. This explains how buying from suppliers works, what a minimum order quantity…