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> Do you really think that’s the outcome any of the people who participate on the marketplace want - not to be integrated with Amazon.com? I'm sure the integra
by ardy42 6y ago
> Do you really think that’s the outcome any of the people who participate on the marketplace want - not to be integrated with Amazon.com?
I'm sure the integration is desired by many sellers [1], but my sympathies lie with shoppers, and Amazon Marketplace has made my buying experience worse.
[1] To give a slanted example: if I'm a seller trying to unload counterfeit or substandard goods, I want a trusted brand like Amazon's to hide behind. Even better if burred distinctions let me piggyback on any goodwill Amazon's first-party sales have created in shoppers.
- scarface74 6y agoSo you are not concerned with protecting the “little guy”? Doesn’t that give Amazon more power in the marketplace?
- ardy42 6y ago> So you are not concerned with protecting the “little guy”? Doesn’t that give Amazon more power in the marketplace? What do you mean? Sellers can always sell on other marketplaces, like eBay, where it's clearer to the buyers what they're getting into. If Amazon has too much power in the (retail) marketplace, the solution is to break it up, not give other sellers precarious access to its storefront via "Amazon Marketplace."
- scarface74 6y agoSo if sellers have other choices, that kind of argues against that they need to be broken up because they are a monopoly...