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I think you've nailed it on the head. I think they've now offloaded a key piece of e-commerce which they now have less control over their own destiny. Flexpor
by boringg 4y ago
I think you've nailed it on the head. I think they've now offloaded a key piece of e-commerce which they now have less control over their own destiny. Flexport is going to have to make margins as well which is going to get pushed onto the consumer at the end of the day which drives up prices, decreases demand. Tricky future incoming.
- bombcar 4y agoIf you know a portion of your business is going to get more expensive, it can be very nice to disassociate yourself from it - now people will be saying "Flexport screwing me, what other options do I have" instead of "Shopify is screwing me". A similar thing happened when eBay and PayPal stopped being connected at the hip.
- boringg 4y agoInteresting take. That sounds like an upside to offloading a difficult operation though not necessarily driving reason.