Difference between Selling and Marketing

May 27, 2010 June 10, 2018
The market is a place for economic transactions. The buying and selling are two sides of the same “coin” that is “transaction’. Selling is different from marketing. While selling means offering to exchange something (intangible or tangible) of value for something else, marketing means much more. Selling is a part or component of marketing. Marketing may start even before production of goods and services. Marketing involves analyzing consumer needs, securing information needed to design and produce goods or services that match buyer expectations, creating, and maintaining relationships with customers and suppliers.

The selling starts from the factory in case of tangible goods, while marketing starts in the market place. The focus of selling is “product or service” which exists, while the focus of marketing is “customer needs”. The means of selling is a sale and to conclude a sale depends upon the “Persuading art” of the sales person, means of marketing is a complex, integrated and interdependent factors.

The ultimate end of selling is profit while the ultimate end of the marketing is “Customer satisfaction”.

A common person, due to continuous exposure to advertising and personal selling links marketing and selling. There are some misconceptions or myths regarding the selling and marketing, biggest of which is “Marketing and selling are synonymous”. The other myths are:
1. Marketing job is to create good advertising campaign
2. Marketing means to push the product to customer.
3. Marketing is transaction oriented.
4. Marketing is short term strategy
5. Marketing is an independent function.
6. Marketing is part of selling.

Both marketing and selling promote a product or service but marketing involves selling, promoting, educating and exciting people about a product or service. Marketing builds a brand.

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5 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    December 10, 2010 at 9:39 am

    In the start of topic, it is said that "Selling is a part or component of marketing" but at the end it is said at last point "Marketing is part of selling"

    Which is the correct one initial statement or final statement.

    • abhilash sahu

      June 13, 2014 at 3:58 pm

      Selling is a part of marketing.

    • VIjay

      September 1, 2015 at 6:28 am

      The above notes clearly says,

      misconceptions are Marketing is part of selling

  2. Admin

    December 11, 2010 at 5:20 am

    Ya But it is a Myth, its mentioned there.

  3. scams

    February 13, 2011 at 5:33 am

    dude…."Marketing is part of selling"…its a myth..means not true

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