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According to the best statistics I can find, in the US, Amazon has 37.8 percent of the retail e-commerce market. https://www.statista.com/statistics/274255/mar
by lacker 3y ago
According to the best statistics I can find, in the US, Amazon has 37.8 percent of the retail e-commerce market.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/274255/market-share-of-the-leading-retailers-in-us-e-commerce/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/274255/market-share-of-t...
The simplest pro-Amazon case is that they do not have monopoly power, because they are not a monopoly.
- rat9988 3y agoAs a seller who wants to sell retail, what is the marketshare of available platforms?
- crazygringo 3y agoIt really depends on how you define it, but Amazon, Walmart and Shopify are all excellent mainstream choices. This gives you plenty of numbers for comparison: https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/amazon-walmart-shopify-compete-battle-of-marketplaces https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/amazon-walmart-s... Then obviously you're also got direct-to-consumer via your own website, and lots of niche channels like Etsy, Wayfair, and so forth.
- AnthonyMouse 3y ago> The simplest pro-Amazon case is that they do not have monopoly power, because they are not a monopoly. It's also odd that their retail business doesn't make any money if they're supposed to have market power.
- tristan957 3y agoYou do not need > 50% market share for the government to go after you for monopolistic practices. If Amazon made that case in court, they would be laughed out of the building.