The largest market intermedier market in Canada is Toronto’s DomainMarket, which is the market for online advertising and marketing.
According to its website, it is the largest market in the country for both direct and indirect advertising.
That’s because it offers an online advertising platform for both commercial and non-commercial businesses.
It also has a service called Domainscape that connects clients to online ad companies.
“It’s a very sophisticated market that has a lot of opportunities for both advertisers and non advertisers,” said Ian Gorman, a professor at Dalhousie University.
“You’re seeing a lot more advertising that’s coming from outside the Canadian market.”
Domainsale says it is one of the few marketplaces in Canada that offers online ads for both companies and individuals.
The service also has its own marketplace that it has created for advertisers.
“We see more and more advertising coming from both advertisers [and] non-advertisers coming to Domainsareas,” Gorman said.
“Domainsarea is really designed to be very useful for both those advertisers and the non-accredited businesses that are interested in us.”
There are also smaller marketplaces such as the one operated by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, which has a large online ad marketplace.
The chamber’s website says it “provides an easy and streamlined system for advertisers to set up an online ad campaign, including the ability to customize the ads.”
A spokesperson for the chamber said the chamber supports “open and transparent competition” and that the chamber does not compete with other marketplaces.
But the chamber’s members include major advertisers, such as Toyota Canada, the world’s largest car maker.
It is also the owner of the Canadian Tire chain of grocery stores, which makes a lot on the Canadian tire market.
“They’re a major advertiser for us in terms of advertising,” Gromer said.
In the past, the Canadian Association of Realtors has argued that some of the bigger marketplaces are not doing enough to ensure that their advertising is not biased toward certain groups of people.
“There’s a lot that we’re not hearing from the major marketplaces,” Gormer said, noting that the association has tried to address that issue.
“But we have a lot to learn about the industry and the industry itself.”
Domanscape also has more than 300,000 active clients, according to its Facebook page.
It does not disclose its revenue or spend.
But it says it gets about 30 per cent of its revenues from advertising and other businesses.
In a statement, Gorman noted that Domainsave has a reputation for being an easy-to-use service.
“When you’re doing a business, it’s a little bit easier to go to the website and make a purchase than it is to get to the customer service department, which may take up to an hour,” he said.
Gorman also said that the Canadian Bar Association’s website lists its members as “advertiser-friendly.”
“I think there’s some confusion that we’ve heard from the Bar Association about the role of market intermediers and what the role is in terms, for example, of the advertising business,” he added.
“What we’re hearing from our members is that the role they’re looking for is a little more nuanced.”
Gorman acknowledged that it’s not always easy to make a direct comparison.
“As an example, if you look at a company like Domainsa or a company that’s not in the Canadian advertising space, they’re going to have a lower cost of doing business,” Gror said.
For example, he said, a company with a website that says, ‘We make everything online,’ might be a bit more competitive than one that says ‘We sell everything online.’
“And they’re more likely to be more likely in that space,” he explained.
“So it’s very important to have some data to support those decisions.”
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