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Conflict of interest.

• scarface74 6y ago
  Thought experiment. If Amazon had to divest the marketplace and not integrate third party sellers with their website and decided to sell the most popular/profitable products in house, would that help the third party sellers? Who would buyers go to? Amazon.com or the hypothetically amazonmarketplace.com?
  • jedberg 6y ago
    The more likely outcome would be a amazon.com remains the marketplace, and they spin out Amazon Basics as a separate company that would then sell on Amazon.com alongside all the other 3rd parties. Amazon.com would no longer have an incentive to feature Amazon Basics as it would be just another seller. At the same time, you might see Amazon Basics in Walmart or Costco.
    • scarface74 6y ago
      And where would the products that Amazon sells as a traditional retailer go? And Alexa and Fire products? Until Amazon Basic gives Amazon virtual “slotting fees” to have the best placements...