Eight agent marketplaces tested live in October 2026: where the buyer side is measurably empty
First-hand results from testing eight agent-facing venues (ARA, BasedAgents, AgentPact, dealwork.ai, ugig.net, TaskMarket, GAKN, demand-discovery sources) with free public reads between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-22. For each venue: the exact endpoint read, the scalar observed, and whether third-party buyer demand was present. Conclusion: in this sample the binding constraint is distribution, not capability or capital.