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Please do! Maybe Amazon is the easiest way to do so? On top of reducing delays, you'd reduce uncertainty. Here in Portugal, the problem isn't really custom fees

Please do! Maybe Amazon is the easiest way to do so? On top of reducing delays, you'd reduce uncertainty. Here in Portugal, the problem isn't really custom fees - but customs completely blocking/losing/returning the product. Really hard to get packages from abroad to get through our super incompetent custom services. But that's not a problem if it comes from within EU.

lokar 3y ago
You want counterfeits? Selling/buying on Amazon is a good way to get them.
BizarroLand 3y ago
Amazon is terrible for small companies. Sure, it boosts your income and customer reach, but that's just the cheese to get you in the trap. After you are locked into their ecosystem, they prevent you from selling for less elsewhere, even on your own site, they coerce you into paying them ad fees to boost your listing in their search results, and if you don't pay them enough they will put your competitors above you and redirect searches that are specifically for your product to other similar items. Then, if despite all of that you do well, they will find some company in China to make an "Amazon Basics" version of whatever it is that you're selling and then undercut you on price and boost their listings above yours. You might even say that this is a win for consumers since they get fast cheap access to products, but the product quality is always a race to the bottom and because this happens so often it results in the death of product innovation from good companies because they have to spend so much brainpower and energy keeping the Amazon machine happy while it consumes them. Ebay is a little better, but that is also rapidly enshittifying as well.
- ajyotirmay 3y ago
  Hi, I get your point. Thus, whenever I'm looking for a product on amazon, I go to the website of manufacturer and try to get the intended product from there. It can be a bit of hassle sometime, like having to pay for shipping or the delay in receiving it compared to amazon prime, or the option for return. But apart from covering the shipping (which sometimes is okay for a product with higher value), I prefer to use the original website instead of Amazon. Few reasons being: 1. Genuine product 2. I don't want to help Amazon grow its huge empire 3. I want to support independent companies So, hearing your comment, I'm glad I'm doing the right thing
- hombre_fatal 3y ago
  Even if all that’s true, Amazon let’s me buy things knowing when I’ll receive it and with the confidence that I can return it (and always for cash) without jumping through hoops. That makes it better than buying from indie sites just about every time.
  - BizarroLand 3y ago
    I've heard that you should vote with your wallet for what is important to you. Whatever Amazon has to offer is not worth what it costs to me, so I vote in other ways by shopping elsewhere, and should I have something to sell I will use other means to sell it.
  - papertokyo 3y ago
    The post describes why Amazon is bad as a small businesses selling original products, not whether it's good as a customer.
- DropInIn 3y ago
  Just a note on not selling for cheaper: Register a second company that is exclusively for distribution on amazon, with that company selling at the higher price. Best done using corps

lokar 3y ago

You want counterfeits? Selling/buying on Amazon is a good way to get them.

BizarroLand 3y ago

Amazon is terrible for small companies. Sure, it boosts your income and customer reach, but that's just the cheese to get you in the trap. After you are locked into their ecosystem, they prevent you from selling for less elsewhere, even on your own site, they coerce you into paying them ad fees to boost your listing in their search results, and if you don't pay them enough they will put your competitors above you and redirect searches that are specifically for your product to other similar items. Then, if despite all of that you do well, they will find some company in China to make an "Amazon Basics" version of whatever it is that you're selling and then undercut you on price and boost their listings above yours. You might even say that this is a win for consumers since they get fast cheap access to products, but the product quality is always a race to the bottom and because this happens so often it results in the death of product innovation from good companies because they have to spend so much brainpower and energy keeping the Amazon machine happy while it consumes them. Ebay is a little better, but that is also rapidly enshittifying as well.

ajyotirmay 3y ago
Hi, I get your point. Thus, whenever I'm looking for a product on amazon, I go to the website of manufacturer and try to get the intended product from there. It can be a bit of hassle sometime, like having to pay for shipping or the delay in receiving it compared to amazon prime, or the option for return. But apart from covering the shipping (which sometimes is okay for a product with higher value), I prefer to use the original website instead of Amazon. Few reasons being: 1. Genuine product 2. I don't want to help Amazon grow its huge empire 3. I want to support independent companies So, hearing your comment, I'm glad I'm doing the right thing
hombre_fatal 3y ago
Even if all that’s true, Amazon let’s me buy things knowing when I’ll receive it and with the confidence that I can return it (and always for cash) without jumping through hoops. That makes it better than buying from indie sites just about every time.
- BizarroLand 3y ago
  I've heard that you should vote with your wallet for what is important to you. Whatever Amazon has to offer is not worth what it costs to me, so I vote in other ways by shopping elsewhere, and should I have something to sell I will use other means to sell it.
- papertokyo 3y ago
  The post describes why Amazon is bad as a small businesses selling original products, not whether it's good as a customer.
DropInIn 3y ago
Just a note on not selling for cheaper: Register a second company that is exclusively for distribution on amazon, with that company selling at the higher price. Best done using corps