6 ms·

Why would someone buy from a Shopify store when they can get it on Amazon?

17 points by jkuria 8y ago

bhouston 8y ago
At some point Shopify may create warehouses and stock the popular goods from their largest clients and handle the shipping, fulfillment. Thus there will be "Fulfilled by Shopify."
choot 8y ago
I buy from shopify store when the seller has not listed that product on amazon. Otherwise, i always choose Amazon because using amazon i am able to dispute without chargebacks and trouble, when a seller sends me broken stuff. Amazon handles returns free of cost where i live, so i don't need to courier return on my own.
z_open 8y ago
Shout out to bandcamp where you can better support artists often.
- arthurcolle 8y ago
  you might be thinking of Spotify
  - TylerE 8y ago
    No, he isn’t. Bandcamp is a storefront for bands to sell merch.
    - arthurcolle 8y ago
      Yeah I know ;) but the reference to a music app said to be "better for artists" irrespective of the specifics made me think that the poster in question was referring in thought to Spotify, which has been well-described as paying a pittance per stream given the audible similarity in their naming. I can see that I might have been off-base in my thinking, but just felt like a clarification would help the viewers.
corvallis 8y ago
I buy from the product manufacturer’s or brand’s storefront whenever I have the choice because I no longer trust Amazon‘s supply chain.
FlyingSideKick 8y ago
I’m a founder of a specialty outdoor apparel manufacturer. After a brief stint of selling on Amazon we know only sell our gear via retail locations and our site. After achieving first page ranking for the category, we encountered massive problems including repeated page hijacking and low quality knock offs being sold as ours despite brand gating. I hope that discerning shoppers will model the behavior of the author and choose to make purchases of goods they know to be of high quality from manufacturer websites. This being said Amazon is great for product discovery and I hope we can build our brand effectively through legitimate reviews such as Backpacker, Ourdoor magazine, etc. Even though we’ve gone all in on social media our purchase rate from FB and Instagram is awful as our target buyer is wealthy fly fisherman over 50. Any tips on how to generate more online sales away from Amazon that older demographics utilize?
- jkuria 8y ago
  Try newsmax. A lot of products targeting older people do really well on their email lists. And the advertising is cheaper because mainstream brands won't advertise there due to the right wing and almost nutty voice of the publication.
exolymph 8y ago
1) marketing collides with a consumer who doesn't always comparison shop. that's probably most people, including myself, although it varies based on category 2) the person dislikes Amazon for whatever reason (marked-up price, UX, supply chain concerns, whatever)

17 points by jkuria 8y ago

At some point Shopify may create warehouses and stock the popular goods from their largest clients and handle the shipping, fulfillment. Thus there will be "Fulfilled by Shopify."

choot 8y ago

I buy from shopify store when the seller has not listed that product on amazon. Otherwise, i always choose Amazon because using amazon i am able to dispute without chargebacks and trouble, when a seller sends me broken stuff. Amazon handles returns free of cost where i live, so i don't need to courier return on my own.

z_open 8y ago

Shout out to bandcamp where you can better support artists often.

arthurcolle 8y ago
you might be thinking of Spotify
- TylerE 8y ago
  No, he isn’t. Bandcamp is a storefront for bands to sell merch.
  - arthurcolle 8y ago
    Yeah I know ;) but the reference to a music app said to be "better for artists" irrespective of the specifics made me think that the poster in question was referring in thought to Spotify, which has been well-described as paying a pittance per stream given the audible similarity in their naming. I can see that I might have been off-base in my thinking, but just felt like a clarification would help the viewers.

corvallis 8y ago

I buy from the product manufacturer’s or brand’s storefront whenever I have the choice because I no longer trust Amazon‘s supply chain.

FlyingSideKick 8y ago

I’m a founder of a specialty outdoor apparel manufacturer. After a brief stint of selling on Amazon we know only sell our gear via retail locations and our site. After achieving first page ranking for the category, we encountered massive problems including repeated page hijacking and low quality knock offs being sold as ours despite brand gating. I hope that discerning shoppers will model the behavior of the author and choose to make purchases of goods they know to be of high quality from manufacturer websites. This being said Amazon is great for product discovery and I hope we can build our brand effectively through legitimate reviews such as Backpacker, Ourdoor magazine, etc. Even though we’ve gone all in on social media our purchase rate from FB and Instagram is awful as our target buyer is wealthy fly fisherman over 50. Any tips on how to generate more online sales away from Amazon that older demographics utilize?

jkuria 8y ago
Try newsmax. A lot of products targeting older people do really well on their email lists. And the advertising is cheaper because mainstream brands won't advertise there due to the right wing and almost nutty voice of the publication.

exolymph 8y ago

1) marketing collides with a consumer who doesn't always comparison shop. that's probably most people, including myself, although it varies based on category 2) the person dislikes Amazon for whatever reason (marked-up price, UX, supply chain concerns, whatever)