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What is that marketplace?

by ufo 3y ago

Vertius 3y ago
allegro.pl would be my guess
- wafflemaker 3y ago
  Remember illegaly selling Tibia in-game currency on Allegro. Think I was between 10 and 13 y old. Good old times. Haven't used Allegro much since I've left the country. Heard that after they got bought by someone, they made some user hostile actions like greatly increased their comissions from each sale. Good to hear that. they are still strong and opposing Amazon.
omnimus 3y ago
Places that big tech was not interested in (eastern europe - poland, czechia, slovakia) actualy have competition and while its been condensing (allegro buying lots of competition) there are still many players. Its funny amazon has major warehouses in poland and czechia (fulfillment to germany) but they dont even have czech store. You can buy from amazon.de and have it delivered to czechia but amazon doesnt compete on the market. They try with amazon.pl but i dont think its very popular. Lots of the other companies have things like pickup at physical stores (using packeta.com) or nonstop storage boxes that are everywhere in cities. Amazon would have hard time competing there so why bother. It might show that amazon sttopped inventing in the space. I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening.
- Llamamoe 3y ago
  > They try with amazon.pl The UX is overwhelmingly bad, shipping usually costs more than the free shipping threshold on allegro - it just has no value proposition. > I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening. Why do these companies even sell out to Amazon given how much higher their potential value proposition is? Without heavy antitrust monopoly bullshit, I can't imagine Amazon competing with anything that actually tries to be an usable service.
  - omnimus 3y ago
    Yet somehow Amazon is super popular in Germany.
    - account42 3y ago
      There isn't a real alternative that does what Amazon does here.
neop1x 3y ago
In Czechia we have Alza.cz and it works so well and is so well-established that Amazon has a hard time competing. For example I can order something 5 minutes before midnight on Saturday and it will be delivered the next day at 6 am to the AlzaBox automated box. If I don't like the thing, I can return it to the same box within 14 days and I get a refund fast. The website is well-categorized and easy to use and everyone knows the brand.

What is that marketplace?

by ufo 3y ago

What is that marketplace?

Vertius 3y ago

allegro.pl would be my guess

wafflemaker 3y ago
Remember illegaly selling Tibia in-game currency on Allegro. Think I was between 10 and 13 y old. Good old times. Haven't used Allegro much since I've left the country. Heard that after they got bought by someone, they made some user hostile actions like greatly increased their comissions from each sale. Good to hear that. they are still strong and opposing Amazon.

omnimus 3y ago

Places that big tech was not interested in (eastern europe - poland, czechia, slovakia) actualy have competition and while its been condensing (allegro buying lots of competition) there are still many players. Its funny amazon has major warehouses in poland and czechia (fulfillment to germany) but they dont even have czech store. You can buy from amazon.de and have it delivered to czechia but amazon doesnt compete on the market. They try with amazon.pl but i dont think its very popular. Lots of the other companies have things like pickup at physical stores (using packeta.com) or nonstop storage boxes that are everywhere in cities. Amazon would have hard time competing there so why bother. It might show that amazon sttopped inventing in the space. I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening.

Llamamoe 3y ago
> They try with amazon.pl The UX is overwhelmingly bad, shipping usually costs more than the free shipping threshold on allegro - it just has no value proposition. > I think its more likely that companies like that will start to successfully compete with amazon in germany. Then again amazon would probably just buy them if it was too threatening. Why do these companies even sell out to Amazon given how much higher their potential value proposition is? Without heavy antitrust monopoly bullshit, I can't imagine Amazon competing with anything that actually tries to be an usable service.
- omnimus 3y ago
  Yet somehow Amazon is super popular in Germany.
  - account42 3y ago
    There isn't a real alternative that does what Amazon does here.

neop1x 3y ago

In Czechia we have Alza.cz and it works so well and is so well-established that Amazon has a hard time competing. For example I can order something 5 minutes before midnight on Saturday and it will be delivered the next day at 6 am to the AlzaBox automated box. If I don't like the thing, I can return it to the same box within 14 days and I get a refund fast. The website is well-categorized and easy to use and everyone knows the brand.