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It does the opposite - it prevents the price going lower than cost plus Amazon fees. Amazon is not exactly cheap for sellers, so the price has to go up everywh
by cedilla 3y ago
It does the opposite - it prevents the price going lower than cost plus Amazon fees.
Amazon is not exactly cheap for sellers, so the price has to go up everywhere.
- pnutjam 3y agoI read that, on average, Amazon collects 50% of the cost in fees; from sellers.
- scarface_74 3y agoAnd how much do you think traditional retail marks up prices from wholesale to retail?
- pnutjam 3y agoWhy is that relevant?
- scarface_74 3y agoBecause Amazon is a retail company and the amount that Amazon charges is not much different than the cost overhead of getting any product through the channel.
- pnutjam 3y agoso my (theoretical) company that optimizes to keep these costs lower shouldn't be able to compete on those fees?
- scarface_74 3y agoSure, if all you care about is money, then you can already go on Amazon and choose alternate vendors that are available at a lower price with slower shipping.
- pnutjam 3y agoSo you don't even know what the article is discussing. Amazon is killing competition and increasing costs to consumers.
- scarface_74 3y agoI happen to know exactly what I’m talking about - you right now can look for an item on Amazon and see “this product is available at a lower price with <slower shipping>” You right now can set up a site on Shopify and sell your goods. If you are selling a differentiate product instead of cheap crap imported (or drop shipped) from China, you can create demand without going through Amazon. For instance, I was specifically looking for Samsonite zipper less luggage because I trusted that brand and it wasn’t available on Amazon. They chose not to sell on Amazon and I bought it directly
- pnutjam 3y ago-- I happen to know exactly what I’m talking about - you right now can look for an item on Amazon and see “this product is available at a lower price with <slower shipping>” Sure, on Amazon. Not other platforms. I'm not going to bother explaining further, but thanks for confirming you don't understand the issue. It's not my job to educate you.