3 ms·
Not exactly accurate. There is eBay that is a big player and allows anyone to distribute products. These days 90% of sales are done by professional in fix pric
by user5994461 10y ago
Not exactly accurate.
There is eBay that is a big player and allows anyone to distribute products. These days 90% of sales are done by professional in fix price format (not an auction).
eBay has a proper reputation system, sellers are clearly identifiable and so is the location of the product.
Amazon doesn't do any of that on purpose.
- noir_lord 10y agoIt's ironic, I got burnt a few times with ebay in it's really early days in the UK and swore off them and then Amazon got popular and I was a happy customer for years but recently I've been buying bits from ebay (I prefer Buy it Now, I don't want to maybe win, I'm happy to potentially pay more to know that it's on it's way) and it's improved leaps and bounds since I used it a lot. If Amazon keeps down this track it's going to kill the golden goose for eking out that extra tiny bit.
- bambax 10y agoWell sure, but AFAIK eBay doesn't do fulfillment so there's no possible issue of commingling, etc.
- user5994461 10y agoAmazon doesn't do fulfilment either. Or well, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. It's impossible to figure out where a product will come from.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- double0jimb0 10y agoeBay and Amazon have very little in common in terms of how they area organized. Amazon's "customer facing database" is SKU-based. eBay's "customer facing database" is seller-based. Two completely different worlds.