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💡 In simple words: “Marketplace” is where people make deals — both in the physical world and online. Many small players team up on one platform to outdo the giants.

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MARKETPLACE

Founding question — word by word

A “marketplace” is by nature mixed: physical and digital. WikiDeal builds on the principle behind the marketplaces that took the lead by serving the long tail — and it is precisely where the long tail can be re-placed at the centre.

The fundamental mechanism: all the small players ally on a single platform, and together they can outcompete the large incumbents easily. This is the key answer-hypothesis to the founding question — combined with the whole Wikipedia-style ecosystem of open governance around it and WikiDeal's granting and reward innovations.

See also: The Long Tail · Online marketplace · Innovations.

The founding question: Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?

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 ''Founding question — word by word''
-A '''“marketplace”''' is by nature '''mixed: physical and digital'''. WikiDeal builds on the principle behind the marketplaces that took the lead by serving the '''[[w:Long tail|long tail]]''' — and it is precisely where the long tail can be re-placed at the centre.
+A '''“marketplace”''' is by nature '''mixed: physical and digital'''. WikiDeal builds on the principle behind the marketplaces that took the lead by serving the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tail long tail]''' — and it is precisely where the long tail can be re-placed at the centre.
-The fundamental mechanism: '''all the small players ally on a single platform''', and together they can outcompete the large incumbents easily. This is the key answer-hypothesis to the founding question — combined with the whole '''[[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]'''-style ecosystem of open governance around it and WikiDeal's granting and reward innovations.
+The fundamental mechanism: '''all the small players ally on a single platform''', and together they can outcompete the large incumbents easily. This is the key answer-hypothesis to the founding question — combined with the whole '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia]'''-style ecosystem of open governance around it and WikiDeal's granting and reward innovations.
-''See also: [[w:Long tail|The Long Tail]] · [[w:Online marketplace|Online marketplace]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|Innovations]].''
+''See also: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tail The Long Tail] · [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_marketplace Online marketplace] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|Innovations]].''
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 '''The founding question:''' ''[[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:CAN|Can]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:USERS|users]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:OWN|own]], [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:RUN|run]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:AND|and]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:SUSTAIN|sustain]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:A|a]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:GLOBAL|global]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:MARKETPLACE|marketplace]]?''