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>>>Amazon just builds what they need instead of depending on others and then sell it as a service to the larger market Yes. But I don't recall reading anywher

>>>Amazon just builds what they need instead of depending on others and then sell it as a service to the larger market Yes. But I don't recall reading anywhere that Amazon would or even could offer this. It makes me wonder what else there is they will sell. Warehousing software? Shipping logistics? Anyone have a list?

zimbatm 14y ago
Everything that counts are infrastructure. If you're providing a service that other developers build on you're going to compete with Amazon in the future.
- infinite8s 14y ago
  Not only developers. They are also upending all intermediary businesses between manufacturers and consumers (inventory, shipping, etc).
ProblemFactory 14y ago
Amazon already offers warehousing and shipping as a service, even if you don't sell your products on Amazon: https://developer.amazonservices.com/gp/mws/api.html/180-3112035-8326220?ie=UTF8&section=inbound&group=fba&version=latest https://developer.amazonservices.com/gp/mws/api.html/180-311... You ship them a pallet of stuff, and then use a web API to ask items to be delivered to addresses.
- DoubleCluster 14y ago
  Oh, they really have an API for everything. That's awesome. Now... I wonder if there are companies in China that have an API to order a pallet of stuff?
eric-hu 14y ago
Re: could Amazon has offered streaming video for years now. This is just a guess on my part, but they probably don't receive video from studios in a stream-friendly format. Their streaming format has also likely been updated over the years.
barkingcat 14y ago
This is a strange question - Amazon can offer anything that can be thought of by the human mind and can be shown to make some money. It's a competitive world. I'd fully expect Amazon to do anything and everything their staff can come up with. Perhaps in a few years when the space industry takes off maybe even run a space / orbital freight service. It makes sense for them.

zimbatm 14y ago

Everything that counts are infrastructure. If you're providing a service that other developers build on you're going to compete with Amazon in the future.

infinite8s 14y ago
Not only developers. They are also upending all intermediary businesses between manufacturers and consumers (inventory, shipping, etc).

ProblemFactory 14y ago

Amazon already offers warehousing and shipping as a service, even if you don't sell your products on Amazon: https://developer.amazonservices.com/gp/mws/api.html/180-3112035-8326220?ie=UTF8&section=inbound&group=fba&version=latest https://developer.amazonservices.com/gp/mws/api.html/180-311... You ship them a pallet of stuff, and then use a web API to ask items to be delivered to addresses.

DoubleCluster 14y ago
Oh, they really have an API for everything. That's awesome. Now... I wonder if there are companies in China that have an API to order a pallet of stuff?

eric-hu 14y ago

Re: could Amazon has offered streaming video for years now. This is just a guess on my part, but they probably don't receive video from studios in a stream-friendly format. Their streaming format has also likely been updated over the years.

barkingcat 14y ago

This is a strange question - Amazon can offer anything that can be thought of by the human mind and can be shown to make some money. It's a competitive world. I'd fully expect Amazon to do anything and everything their staff can come up with. Perhaps in a few years when the space industry takes off maybe even run a space / orbital freight service. It makes sense for them.