Hazaar launches the UK’s first online student marketplace
Hazaar launched a UK student marketplace on Shopify selling excess inventory from brands like Juicy Couture and Saucony at discounted prices. The platform connects 30,000 students with curated drops timed to academic milestones.
This creates a new liquidation channel for brands with excess inventory, potentially reducing Amazon liquidation volumes and creating price competition. Brands may test this model before expanding to other student-focused marketplaces globally.
Niche marketplaces are fragmenting traditional liquidation channels, giving brands more options beyond Amazon's wholesale liquidation program while targeting specific demographics.
Monitor your brand's pricing on student marketplaces like Hazaar to ensure MAP compliance and avoid channel conflict with your Amazon listings.
Consider excess inventory liquidation through niche marketplaces before Amazon's liquidation program to maintain better price control.
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Student marketplace creates new liquidation channel for excess brand inventory.
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Student marketplace creates new liquidation channel for excess brand inventory.
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30,000 students in database
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Hazaar, the UK’s first student marketplace, has a few minutes ago launched a new Shopify ecommerce platform, bringing together some of the biggest brands for Gen Z – including Juicy Couture, Saucony and Ed Hardy – to students across the UK.
For the first time, Hazaar is connecting students with the brands they love by selling high-quality excess stock at prices they can afford. By partnering with Hazaar, brands can transform archived pieces into curated, affordable and limited-edition drops sold directly to students.
Once created, each drop is hosted on Hazaar and sold in alignment with key moments in the student calendar like Freshers, loan drops, and notable social call-outs. Orders are then fulfilled via drop shipping directly from the brand to the student shopper.
Through converting excess stock into curated student drops, brands can extend the life of their products, reducing waste and avoiding unnecessary disposal. For brands, this also means surplus inventory can be repositioned from a liability into a loyalty-building tool – generating revenue while also demonstrating a tangible commitment to circularity.
By giving students access to products at cultural and academic milestones, brands have the opportunity to establish early affinity, drive authentic connections and position themselves as trusted names during pivotal life stages.
This creates a pipeline of future customers who carry their loyalty beyond graduation – becoming repeat buyers, advocates and long-term ambassadors. Hazaar was initially built by Harriet Noy in 2020 as a Facebook community during her second year at Birmingham University.
Motivated to make university life easier and more sustainable, Harriet built the community to help students across 10 universities save money, reduce waste and trade items directly on campus. Today, Hazaar is nationwide with a database of 30,000 students.
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