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As part of the customer category that spends tens of thousands on Amazon per year, having shifted the majority of my non niche spending for physical goods to th
by lesdeuxmagots 8y ago
As part of the customer category that spends tens of thousands on Amazon per year, having shifted the majority of my non niche spending for physical goods to the platform, I've found their error rate to be well under 1%. I also return <1% of my orders for other reasons. I've contacted customer service maybe 3 times in total over the span of 10 years and each time the issue was resolved incredibly quickly and effectively. Maybe I'm in the minority here? Or is it just the errors that get all the attention.
However, that confusion within categories has increased is undeniable. Try to buy a bath towel and be flooded with similar items with similar reviews. The ability to search and sort efficiently has definitely declined dramatically. It takes a lot more effort to make sure you're buying what you wanted for certain categories, particularly soft ones. I can no longer trust that the best selection is going to be on the first page of results.
I wonder if Amazon will draw the line somewhere on how wide, how encompassing of a platform it is for third party vendors. It seems to have pushed itself over a limit.
- massysett 8y agoAmazon's solution to this is to create its own house brands and then promote those. I've had good luck with their brands. The quality and price are good. Bath towel is a good example. I'll only buy softlines like that on Amazon if they have their own brand. When I go search on Amazon and get the piles of random stuff, I just don't buy anything. It's not worth the trouble to sort through it all.
- Bayart 8y agoThe lack of filtering options is really something that penalizes Amazon as a customer experience for me as well. But I'm starting to think they might be making it bad on purpose to give more visibility to their ranking schemes.