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Why sellers would use a market place that is obviously going to compete with them is beyond me.
by dec0dedab0de 7y ago
Why sellers would use a market place that is obviously going to compete with them is beyond me.
- 542458 7y agoBecause for any individual seller there’s a heavy short/medium term advantage to using the marketplace in the form of dramatically increased reach and simplified logistics.
- dazc 7y agoYou could ask why people start businesses that rely on buying stuff for x and then selling it for y when that business model has already been fully exploited? There is a supermarket chain called Aldi who's entire business seems to rely upon copying branded products yet they are lauded for offering great value?
- oehpr 7y agoYou got two answers that are telling you this is good and normal, but I have a third one: They're the only game in town at this point.
- philmcc 7y agoBecause there's not another marketplace where you can, with some effort and very little actual innovation, turn a $5,000 investment into a six (and sometimes seven) figure a year revenue stream.