(NYSE: SHOP) and Fiverr International (NYSE: FVRR) both challenge the status quo for selling goods and services. Shopify's e-commerce services enable smaller merchants to set up their own online stores, process payments, fulfill orders, and manage their marketing campaigns without joining a crowded online marketplace like Amazon. Meanwhile, Fiverr is a gig economy marketplace that hosts hundreds of categories of writing, coding, media, marketing, and design jobs.

Shopify and Fiverr both saw their stocks hit all-time highs during the buying frenzy in meme and growth stocks throughout 2021. But as of this writing, Shopify and Fiverr trade about 64% and 91%, respectively, below those frothy levels.

Both stocks lost their luster as investors fretted over their slowing growth in a post-pandemic market. Rising interest rates exacerbated that pressure by driving investors away from higher-growth tech stocks.

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