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Check out these Amazon acquisitions: * Woot (leading deal of the day site) * Stanza (leading e-reader) * Zappos (leading shoe retailer) * dpreview.com (lead

by smackfu 16y ago

Check out these Amazon acquisitions: * Woot (leading deal of the day site) * Stanza (leading e-reader) * Zappos (leading shoe retailer) * dpreview.com (leading camera review site) * AbeBooks (leading used book marketplace) * Audible (leading audio book seller) * BuyVIP (group purchasing) * Amie Street (online music) There model seems to be to try to compete with a home-grown offering, and if it doesn't work, buy the competitor with their cash.

jakarta 16y ago
But being a leading retailer doesn't make you great. Zappos I believe had razor thin margins that really left little room for error.
- smackfu 16y ago
  Buy revenue, then worry about profits.
- mlinsey 16y ago
  Amazon is accustomed to operating at razor thin margins. It's one of the advantages they believe they have in the cloud computing business compared to Microsoft and Google.