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> As proof that I am clearly not qualified to run a nearly trillion-dollar company, I offer this advice to Amazon -- ditch the marketplace. No more third party
by erichocean 8y ago
> As proof that I am clearly not qualified to run a nearly trillion-dollar company, I offer this advice to Amazon -- ditch the marketplace. No more third party sellers.
Last I heard, it was ~50% of their revenue. And they take a 15% cut of the price, plus a per-transaction fee, for the cost of maintaining a product catalog (which they already do).
Not a chance they'll drop it.
- rootusrootus 8y agoIf they do not find a way to believably eliminate the counterfeit problem, the marketplace may end up a lot more than 50% of their revenue.