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I'm sure I'm not alone in having concerns about how ruthlessly centralizing Amazon is making the shopping experience for just about everything but groceries (be

I'm sure I'm not alone in having concerns about how ruthlessly centralizing Amazon is making the shopping experience for just about everything but groceries (because I will never trust anyone to pick my meats and produce for me), but if Amazon Launchpad works as well as this advertisement claims it will, then I cannot for the life of me think of a better means and marketplace to trial new products. Maybe if your product does really well they'll set you up with a Dash button.

frabcus 10y ago
Indeed, I recommend this blog post about Dash by Simon Wardley, to see where it is inevitably going: http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/04/so-amazon-fired-warning-shot-at.html http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/04/so-amazon-fired-warning-...
- harigov 10y ago
  Although some of the points made by the blog are interesting, he is underestimating somethings. You don't need a buy button on the boxes at all, computer vision can auto-detect the brand and let Amazon offer you an option to buy it with little effort. You can do that today with barcode. Amazon already has all the infrastructure from "buying" to "shipping product to consumer". All they are doing is making buying easier - it's not revolutionary but a logical step forward. All said, retail stores should definitely be worried about this because Amazon is making it extremely easy to buy stuff now.
lowglow 10y ago
You could try to come over and prototype your new products with Baqqer.
tedmiston 10y ago
> because I will never trust anyone to pick my meats and produce for me Even the grocery store themselves? eg Kroger ClickList
- maxerickson 10y ago
  A store I go to usually has good produce but occasionally fails to take aging stuff off the shelf. Getting the picker to follow my subjective taste as far as what is too old is a bit of a problem. Of course the solution is for the store to rotate the produce faster, but there is probably a reason they don't.
  - tedmiston 10y ago
    I know from a friend working on the project that this is a common sentiment about produce. I'm not sure if it's something they have addressed yet. For my preferences I think it could be doable: How do you want your bananas? [a scale of 5 banana pictures from bright green to spotted... pick one]
- rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
  Especially the grocery stores, because I used to work in produce. First thing they drilled into me was to bury the new stuff under the old stuff. Otherwise the old stuff gets and stays buried under the new, looks worse over time, and could even dissuade customers from buying anything on the rack at all if the old old stuff looks bad.
- overcast 10y ago
  You really think some kid working the summer shift, is going to meticulously look over every Apple going into your bag? Please. I will never do this, until it turns automated, with machines inspecting every single item.
crdoconnor 10y ago
Yea. They will end up taking an enormous cut.

frabcus 10y ago

Indeed, I recommend this blog post about Dash by Simon Wardley, to see where it is inevitably going: http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/04/so-amazon-fired-warning-shot-at.html http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/04/so-amazon-fired-warning-...

harigov 10y ago
Although some of the points made by the blog are interesting, he is underestimating somethings. You don't need a buy button on the boxes at all, computer vision can auto-detect the brand and let Amazon offer you an option to buy it with little effort. You can do that today with barcode. Amazon already has all the infrastructure from "buying" to "shipping product to consumer". All they are doing is making buying easier - it's not revolutionary but a logical step forward. All said, retail stores should definitely be worried about this because Amazon is making it extremely easy to buy stuff now.

lowglow 10y ago

You could try to come over and prototype your new products with Baqqer.

tedmiston 10y ago

> because I will never trust anyone to pick my meats and produce for me Even the grocery store themselves? eg Kroger ClickList

maxerickson 10y ago
A store I go to usually has good produce but occasionally fails to take aging stuff off the shelf. Getting the picker to follow my subjective taste as far as what is too old is a bit of a problem. Of course the solution is for the store to rotate the produce faster, but there is probably a reason they don't.
- tedmiston 10y ago
  I know from a friend working on the project that this is a common sentiment about produce. I'm not sure if it's something they have addressed yet. For my preferences I think it could be doable: How do you want your bananas? [a scale of 5 banana pictures from bright green to spotted... pick one]
rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
Especially the grocery stores, because I used to work in produce. First thing they drilled into me was to bury the new stuff under the old stuff. Otherwise the old stuff gets and stays buried under the new, looks worse over time, and could even dissuade customers from buying anything on the rack at all if the old old stuff looks bad.
overcast 10y ago
You really think some kid working the summer shift, is going to meticulously look over every Apple going into your bag? Please. I will never do this, until it turns automated, with machines inspecting every single item.

crdoconnor 10y ago

Yea. They will end up taking an enormous cut.