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BestBuy has added third party sellers online too: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/about/selling-on-marketplace/blt38484947eacf725e https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/abo

BestBuy has added third party sellers online too: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/about/selling-on-marketplace/blt38484947eacf725e https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/about/selling-on-marketplace/bl... Though they don’t seem to have many yet, I did run across it recently. In-store pickup items are still seemingly safe though.

coldpie 6y ago
Seems to not be on the US site, for now, but that's very discouraging to see. I don't know where to turn for electronics if Best Buy goes to crap, too. (I smell a market opportunity for a retailer that sells only quality products...)
- bradfa 6y ago
  I’ve started buying electronics from B&H Photo and Provantage recently. So far I’ve been very happy and the prices are reasonable.
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  - bandhphoto 6y ago
    Thank you. -- Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  Adding third party sellers is not a problem. Removing the ability to filter for items sold by the retailer, and commingling inventory with random resellers is the problem.
thwarted 6y ago
This is the trend because the existence of the brand's website as a multi-seller marketplace is considered more valuable/higher ROI than the actual direct selling of items. And that's a reasonable view considering most of what is being sold is commodity and prices, thus margin, having downward pressure. The e-commerce website gets a positive reputation and a brand is built for being a good place to buy things, so it expands into being a hosting platform other sellers, with the intent of drawing more customers based on the brand reputation.
- jamiek88 6y ago
  At the risk of long term diluting that brand reputation.
  - thwarted 6y ago
    Yes, but the brand, being non-tangible, has stronger staying power as the platform marketplace expands to encompass more sellers. The brand then becomes more powerful as it eats up the reputation of the individual sellers. Additionally, no one gives a crap about long-term anymore. Scorched earth, grab what you can, screw everyone else and all that.

coldpie 6y ago

Seems to not be on the US site, for now, but that's very discouraging to see. I don't know where to turn for electronics if Best Buy goes to crap, too. (I smell a market opportunity for a retailer that sells only quality products...)

bradfa 6y ago
I’ve started buying electronics from B&H Photo and Provantage recently. So far I’ve been very happy and the prices are reasonable.
- deleted 6y ago
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- bandhphoto 6y ago
  Thank you. -- Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video
lotsofpulp 6y ago
Adding third party sellers is not a problem. Removing the ability to filter for items sold by the retailer, and commingling inventory with random resellers is the problem.

thwarted 6y ago

This is the trend because the existence of the brand's website as a multi-seller marketplace is considered more valuable/higher ROI than the actual direct selling of items. And that's a reasonable view considering most of what is being sold is commodity and prices, thus margin, having downward pressure. The e-commerce website gets a positive reputation and a brand is built for being a good place to buy things, so it expands into being a hosting platform other sellers, with the intent of drawing more customers based on the brand reputation.

jamiek88 6y ago
At the risk of long term diluting that brand reputation.
- thwarted 6y ago
  Yes, but the brand, being non-tangible, has stronger staying power as the platform marketplace expands to encompass more sellers. The brand then becomes more powerful as it eats up the reputation of the individual sellers. Additionally, no one gives a crap about long-term anymore. Scorched earth, grab what you can, screw everyone else and all that.