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Catalog Marketing Archetype

A Mequoda Website Satellite Archetype that generates its revenue by selling a multitude of products or services to users. This website business model is similar to a catalog or brick-and-mortar store that sells one or many products to a targeted audience group. Mequoda Catalog Websites that sell information products (books, reports, periodicals, music, etc…) have

A Mequoda Website Satellite Archetype that generates its revenue by selling a multitude of products or services to users. This website business model is similar to a catalog or brick-and-mortar store that sells one or many products to a targeted audience group. Mequoda Catalog Websites that sell information products (books, reports, periodicals, music, etc…) have an advantage over both catalog and brick-and-mortar competition: their products can be easily sampled in an online, 24/7 environment. A shopping cart order flow is used to sell products. Amazon.com is a best practice Mequoda Catalog Archetype.

Amazon is the flagship example of a successful Mequoda Catalog Marketing Website, as they are the world’s largest, with 6.3 billion in sales in 2003. The catalog audience is a shopper in search of low prices and the convenience of 24/7 online access. Catalog marketing websites make money by selling products.

By Amanda MacArthur

Research Director & Managing Editor

Amanda is responsible for all the articles you read on the Mequoda Daily portal and every email newsletter delivered to your inbox from us. She is also our in-house social media expert and would love to chat with you over on @Mequoda. She has worked with Mequoda for almost a decade, helping to evolve the Mequoda Method through research, testing and developing new best practices in digital publishing, editorial strategy, email marketing and audience development. Amanda is a co-author of our four digital publishing handbooks.

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