It has an online marketplace, which sells luxury items such as high-end furniture for interior design, fine art and jewelry.

1stDibs was founded in 2000 by Michael Bruno as an online luxury marketplace for antiques after he visited the Marché aux Puces in Paris, France.

[2] The company has received praise for restricting its listings to authorized dealers for authenticity,[10] and scrutiny for preventing dealers from completing a negotiation offline to avoid the company's commission fees.

Part of that funding went to buy out all shares held by Bruno, who had stepped away from day-to-day operations.

[14] In December 2019, 1stDibs closed its brick-and-mortar location at Terminal Stores after the new owner of the building began a large-scale construction project.