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> Even outside of the ethics of it, anyone else that wants to can offer a competing product on Amazon even if Amazon doesn't (and this happens like a dozen time
by rrix2 6y ago
> Even outside of the ethics of it, anyone else that wants to can offer a competing product on Amazon even if Amazon doesn't (and this happens like a dozen times a day).
this is not the problem that people are grappling with, though! the problem is that amazon can see that your product is doing well by looking at "their own" platform data and then competing with you based on your own sales data. I would hope that anyone entering in to a market that Amazon, or any big player, is in would already be aware of their competition.
Amazon can choose at any time to peek at the data and simply flood a market that they know they can dominate on their own marketplace -- does that not seem unfair to people? It seems to me that as long as Amazon is able and willing to profit off of sellers' and services' data on their platforms, they will incentive their employees to take advantage of that in the name of ~Consumer Value~, all else be damned.
- spaced-out 6y ago>I would hope that anyone entering in to a market that Amazon, or any big player, is in would already be aware of their competition. Who isn't aware of it though? Every major retailer has their own store brand, and it's been like that since before any of us were born. At least Amazon clearly marks their brand, unlike some companies create brands like "Open Nature" which is clearly meant to disguise their origin.
- newleaf 6y agoI don’t really have a problem with this (as you mention, stores have had their own brands forever), but you may be interested to know that not all Amazon brands are clearly marked and there are a lot of them: https://qz.com/1039381/amazon-owns-a-whole-collection-of-secret-brands/ https://qz.com/1039381/amazon-owns-a-whole-collection-of-sec...
- spaced-out 6y agoWow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
- sumedh 6y agoOh wow, that is just evil.