Why Midmart Takes No Commission (and What That Costs Us)

Marketplaces make money by standing in the middle of a transaction. They collect the payment, hold it for a while, release it to the seller minus a percentage, and use the leverage of holding the money to enforce the rules. It is a proven model. Midmart does not use it.

We take no commission on any sale, in any category. There is no listing fee and no subscription to buy. That is worth explaining properly, because "free" usually has a catch, and the catch here is simply a different shape from the usual one.

The reason is structural, not generous

A commission implies the platform is inside the transaction. Midmart is not. There is no marketplace wallet, no escrow and no payout ledger — the buyer pays the shop directly, by cash on delivery or the shop's own bKash, Nagad or bank details. There is no moment at which we hold the money, so there is nothing to deduct a percentage from and no leverage to collect one with.

The model was chosen deliberately for this market. Bangladesh already runs on cash on delivery and personal mobile-money numbers. Taking custody of payments and parcels would have meant becoming a payments company and a logistics company on day one — before having a single seller worth serving.

What sellers get

The order total, in full, collected their way. A shop keeps its own courier relationship, its own payment arrangements, its own delivery pricing, its own return policy. What the platform provides is the catalogue, the traffic, the verification, the permanent order record, and the moderation that keeps bad actors out of the aisle next door.

What buyers get

Prices that are not padded to cover a platform cut, and money that stays in your hand until the parcel is at your door if you choose cash on delivery. You also get one thing that is easy to underrate: a seller who answers you directly, because there is no support layer standing between you and the person who packed your box.

What it costs — stated plainly

Because we never receive your money, we cannot refund it. Because we book no couriers, we cannot recall a parcel or promise a delivery date. Because we take no cut, we cannot pool shipping across shops, so a three-shop basket carries three delivery charges. These are not oversights to be fixed in a later release; they follow directly from the design.

What we can do is decide who is allowed to trade here and what is allowed to be listed, keep a permanent record of every order and every message, and remove sellers who break their promises. Those are real powers, and they are the ones we actually have.

Will this change?

Selling stays free: no commission, no listing fee and no subscription. The only thing Midmart may charge for is optional advertising, for sellers who want extra visibility and choose to pay for it — a seller who never advertises pays nothing at all. If anything beyond that is ever introduced, it will be announced here in plain language, with the date and the price, before it happens. A marketplace that is honest about its economics is easier to trust than one that discovers new fees quietly.

If that model suits the way you sell, open your free shop on Midmart. It takes a mobile number and a few minutes.