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Median selling fee is 15% from the end price so if you run your own marketing/ads/sales, you can offer prices without this "tax". This pushes 3rd party sellers
by bitL 12y ago
Median selling fee is 15% from the end price so if you run your own marketing/ads/sales, you can offer prices without this "tax". This pushes 3rd party sellers to either very low margins (especially in electronics) or higher prices on Amazon in exchange for discoverability and no need to run your own SEO/eshop/marketing etc.
- hga 12y agoAmazon has something of a monopoly on trust in 3rd party sales. Lots of experience gives me great confidence in sellers with a 96% or greater rating, and willingness to pay more. Whereas my father and I have found in an iPhone purchase (an old, but still well over $100 model) that eBay can be trivially played to completely screw over the buyer. For that matter, Amazon has a 5 refunds per lifetime policy last time I checked; that limits it to really big ticket items, but without that there are a number I wouldn't buy through them.
- mleonhard 12y agoThis is the first I've heard of a limit on refunds. Can you point me to more information?
- hga 12y agoI think it's their "A-to-z Guarantee Protection", and I now note no lifetime limit ... and claims can be denied for other than clear cut legit reasons (a catch-all "Amazon regarded the claim as inappropriate." see https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200783790 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...). Also a $2,500 limit. Note this is the last ditch, the seller isn't playing ball resort.