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Another americentric post, seeing the upvotes it gets. This really isn't newsworthy. Amazon in Europe is small, having <10% of the e-commerce marketshare (comp

Another americentric post, seeing the upvotes it gets. This really isn't newsworthy. Amazon in Europe is small, having <10% of the e-commerce marketshare (compared to >50% in the US). For example, in the Netherlands people are much more likely to shop at Bol, Coolblue or Wehkamp.

Reason077 6y ago
In the UK, Amazon had >30% of all e-commerce marketshare in 2019. I've seen the huge volumes of Amazon packages that get delivered to my building. Especially during the pandemic lockdown!
drogon50 6y ago
It's more about not being able to sell as easily as now, from the UK to the EU, which has a population of 443m. It's yet another headwind for smaller UK companies, that will see their potential serviceable available market (SAM) get smaller, unless they spend extra. This will also significantly increase the time for the goods to arrive to EU destinations. You calling this "americentric" is also weird. It's going to be the same situation for all other e-commerce sites, no?
morsch 6y ago
Around 35% in Germany, comparable to the US. Couldn't find any statistics for the entire EU, where did you get <10% from? https://www.emarketer.com/content/amazon-remains-the-undisputed-no-1 https://www.emarketer.com/content/amazon-remains-the-undispu... https://www.onlinehaendler-news.de/online-handel/marktplaetze/131877-amazon-ein-drittel-deutschen-online-marktes https://www.onlinehaendler-news.de/online-handel/marktplaetz...
rsynnott 6y ago
Amazon is bigger in Europe than you think. And this is an indicator of a general Brexit-y problems; all small sellers will have to deal with this, not just Amazon marketplace ones.