3 ms·
If I have this right, the moral of your story is that small businesses will die and amazon-sized corporations are for the global good.
by thieving_magpie 8y ago
If I have this right, the moral of your story is that small businesses will die and amazon-sized corporations are for the global good.
- kazen44 8y agoso basically the cyberpunk future we all had imagined in the 80's..
- lostmsu 8y agoBut with Amazon you don't have to build your own storefront, or online site at all. Just make a listing, and ship to FBA. I imagine that alone creates more businesses.
- ProAm 8y agoBusinesses originally existed and had a profit margin. Then Amazon came along and competed directly against that profit margin so businesses lost business. Then Amazon said you can sell on our site, but in order to compete there businesses had to compete at the new lower profit margin, but then ontop of that give a slice of that to Amazon, so now they are losing profit margin, but losing more giving amazon a slice of the pie. It will take a LOT of extra business to make that part up. Walmart is a town killer, Amazon is a business killer.
- lostmsu 8y agoWithout numbers it is unclear which effect is stronger.
- thieving_magpie 8y agoI'm not sure "you just have to be in business with Amazon" is all that much better for the global good.