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My prediction (you can check my results): AMZN price will be largely unchanged. There does seem to be some antitrust exposure there: ========= Anti-discounti
by AlbertCory 3y ago
My prediction (you can check my results):
AMZN price will be largely unchanged.
There does seem to be some antitrust exposure there:
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Anti-discounting measures that punish sellers and deter other online retailers from offering prices lower than Amazon, keeping prices higher for products across the internet. For example, if Amazon discovers that a seller is offering lower-priced goods elsewhere, Amazon can bury discounting sellers so far down in Amazon’s search results that they become effectively invisible.
Conditioning sellers’ ability to obtain “Prime” eligibility for their products—a virtual necessity for doing business on Amazon—on sellers using Amazon’s costly fulfillment service, which has made it substantially more expensive for sellers on Amazon to also offer their products on other platforms. This unlawful coercion has in turn limited competitors’ ability to effectively compete against Amazon.
- WillPostForFood 3y agoConditioning sellers’ ability to obtain “Prime” eligibility for their products—a virtual necessity for doing business on Amazon—on sellers using Amazon’s costly fulfillment service Isn't Prime a fulfillment service in this context? How would a seller be Prime eligible without using Amazon fulfillment?
- AlbertCory 3y agoGood point. Weakening FTC's case still further.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoPrime is both a fulfillment service and an exclusive marketplace category. I do think the FTC should be more direct about prosecuting the vertical integration of Amazon's marketplace, fulfillment, and delivery services.