youzd

What youzd does

youzd was a French e-commerce marketplace focused on the circular economy for household goods. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Paris, the company operated youzd.fr, a two-sided platform that connected individual consumers and professional sellers of second-hand furniture, electronics, and home decoration, with nationwide delivery across France. The platform differentiated through a 100% second-hand / zero-waste positioning ("YOU#ZéroDéchet") and the inclusion of professional sellers offering warranty-backed transactions, addressing consumer pain points around trust and access to affordable, sustainable home furnishings.

Operationally, youzd ran as a single unified marketplace product with no disclosed proprietary technology stack beyond the standard e-commerce storefront. The company remained small throughout its life — 1-10 employees at the time of closure — and monetized implicitly through marketplace transactions (no pricing model or take-rate details were disclosed). Two funding rounds are on record: a ~$718K friends-and-family raise in February 2021 and a ~$2.61M round in November 2023, with no named institutional investors.

After approximately six years in operation, youzd announced on its website that it was 'no longer available,' confirming that the business has ceased as a going concern, although pending orders were stated to still be delivered. No revenue figures, customer counts, GMV, or unit economics have been disclosed in the source material, and the ownership structure, cap table, and management team are not documented.

Name

youzd

Legal name

youzd

Website

https://youzd.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

youzd was a French online marketplace (youzd.fr) for second-hand furniture, electronics, and home decor, connecting individual consumers and professional sellers under warranty with nationwide delivery across France; the company ceased operations after six years.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recommerce / Second-hand Furniture Marketplace

NAICS

Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers (4491), Used Merchandise Retailers (459510)

SIC

Retail-Home Furniture, Furnishings & Equipment Stores (5700)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Secondhand Home Furnishings Marketplaces (Home-focused) (CRAIANAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home, Furniture & Decor Resale (CRAFAGAD)

Keywords

• Second-hand furniture marketplace
• Circular economy platform
• Recommerce marketplace
• Used home decor
• Sustainable home goods

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

youzd operated an online marketplace for second-hand furniture, electronics, and home decoration products in France, connecting individual buyers with professional sellers under warranty. The platform enabled circular economy purchasing of home equipment and offered nationwide delivery across France before ceasing operations after six years.

Product overview

youzd operated as a single unified marketplace platform for second-hand furniture, electronics, and home decor. The company has announced it is no longer available after 6 years of operation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• youzd Marketplace Online marketplace platform connecting buyers across France with professional sellers of second-hand furniture, electronics, and home decoration. The platform facilitated circular economy transactions with delivery services covering all of France and provided buyer protection via warranties on professional seller listings. The platform is no longer available as the company has ceased operations.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Direct peers

• Selency: Selency is a French online marketplace for secondhand vintage and contemporary furniture and decor, very directly comparable to youzd in product category, target customer (French consumers seeking pre-owned home furnishings), and curated-seller model. Operates in the same geography.
• Back Market: Back Market is a French-founded recommerce marketplace for refurbished electronics with a professional-seller + warranty model, nearly identical to youzd's trust architecture. Overlaps on the electronics portion of youzd's assortment and on the curated-seller-with-warranty value proposition.
• Chairish: Chairish is an online US marketplace for pre-owned and vintage furniture and decor, connecting consumers with sellers (including trade dealers). Closely comparable business model — curated secondhand home furnishings with delivery logistics — though operating in the US rather than France.
• Kijiji France: Kijiji is a general classifieds platform (owned by Adevinta, same parent as Leboncoin) that explicitly operated a France marketplace for secondhand goods including furniture and home equipment. Direct competitor in the same French C2C classifieds space.
• 1stDibs: 1stDibs is an online global marketplace for luxury vintage and antique furniture and decor with curated dealers. Comparable in the curated/dealer model for secondhand home furnishings, though positioned upmarket versus youzd's mass-market positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Leboncoin: Leboncoin is the dominant French general classifieds and C2C marketplace, with a very large secondhand furniture and home goods vertical. A broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities in secondhand home furnishings but across many categories (jobs, cars, real estate, etc.) with a free-listing model.
• Vinted: Vinted is a major European recommerce marketplace (founded in Lithuania, very strong in France) for secondhand fashion and home goods. Comparable as a broad European secondhand platform though primarily known for apparel; overlaps with youzd in secondhand home goods and the circular-economy positioning.
• Facebook Marketplace: Facebook Marketplace is a free, broad-reach C2C listings platform with a large secondhand furniture and home goods vertical in France. Serves as a low-friction alternative to dedicated secondhand furniture marketplaces and competes for the same buyer and seller attention.
• Westwing Home & Living: Westwing is a European online home and living retailer with strong presence in France selling furniture and decor. Broad incumbent competing for the same home-furnishing wallet share, though focused on new rather than secondhand goods.

Regional players

• Wallapop: Wallapop is a leading Spanish-origin C2C secondhand marketplace active across Southern Europe. Comparable in business model (consumer-to-consumer recommerce with home goods) and in circular-economy positioning, but primarily a regional player serving Spain rather than directly competing in France.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/youzd2
• Facebookfacebook.com/youzdfr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/youzd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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