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> Looks like AWS is their Golden Goose Which makes me curious about Google's strategy regarding Cloud. Ads are cash cow of Google, particularly for commercial
by RestlessMind 9y ago
> Looks like AWS is their Golden Goose
Which makes me curious about Google's strategy regarding Cloud. Ads are cash cow of Google, particularly for commercial queries. As more and more product searches start on Amazon, this cash cow is threatened.
So them trying to go after Amazon's Cloud business now make even more sense. Only difference is that Google leadership doesn't seem as ruthless as Bezos. Else, they'd have cut margins on their Cloud offerings to near zero in order to undercut Amazon.
- yazaddaruvala 9y agoThe genius here is also that Bezos doesn’t care. As soon as someone makes a cloud offering below what he can provide his retail margins increase. It’s a race to the bottom and Amazon wins even at the bottom.
- RestlessMind 9y agoRetail is brutally competitive sector and you can't easily increase margins there (unless it is for luxury retail like Apple or Tiffany).
- inferiorhuman 9y agoOr until you move to someone else's cheaper cloud service.
- petra 9y agoMany prime members use Amazon without really comparing prices.
- londons_explore 9y agoIn my experience Amazon usually seems to be about 15% more expensive for most goods I purchase than the cheapest online retailer (usually Aliexpress). Taking a 15% margin on all products sounds pretty sweet to me...
- sharemywin 9y agoaliexpress takes 3-4 weeks to get to you and it's subsidized by US-China postal rates.
- sharemywin 9y agoThat's because Amazon is generally competitive. And they offer premium service. If people thought they would have to for that free "premium service" their growth rate would stall.
- sharemywin 9y agoeven in "monopoly" pricing theirs a sweet spot. There's always some kind of alternative.