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Second-Hand C2C E-Commerce: What Does the Era of the Individual Seller Mean for Logistics Operators?

In: Postal Strategies in a Digital and Green Transition

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  • Anne Pratx

    (Groupe La Poste)

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The development of C2C second-hand e-commerce leads to new challenges for delivery operators. Based on a literature review, the paper aims to identify scenarios linked to the development of this type of e-commerce and explores these challenges. The specificities of C2C logistics are modified by the development of C2C e-commerce platforms. Platforms lead to an increase in volume and to the introduction of B2C characteristics into the C2C logistics flow. Competition between platforms and the affordability of second-hand goods is likely to generate downward pressure on prices for delivery operators, while the increase in C2C e-commerce volume could lead to additional stress on delivery networks. Given the growth of C2C e-commerce, delivery operators are unlikely to refuse to serve this market but must find a way to address the new challenges linked with C2C second-hand e-commerce.

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  • Anne Pratx, 2026. "Second-Hand C2C E-Commerce: What Does the Era of the Individual Seller Mean for Logistics Operators?," Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, in: Anna Renata Pisarkiewicz & Timothy J. Brennan & Leonardo Mazzoni & Victor Glass (ed.), Postal Strategies in a Digital and Green Transition, pages 293-309, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:topchp:978-3-032-00502-1_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-00502-1_20
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