Shopify isn't a homogeneous marketplace that is comparable to Amazon.com. It's a SaaS ecommerce platform. I've seen these comparisons made lately and I don't understand it. What am I missing?
Shopify Overtakes eBay as Second Biggest Shopping Site After Amazon
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#12Does it really mean that Shopify is selling more than eBay? There are lots of indie entrepreneurs who open a site with shopify and pay for the Shopify subscription only to discover that they don't have nowhere near the the number of sales or even visitors they hoped.
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#13So weird. Literally cannot remember if I've ever bought something from Shopify.
But you most likely might have bought something that was powered by Shopify. And Shopify wants to keep it that way.
That's how it is. I worked with Pixel Union, an agency which serves Shopify customers pretty much exclusively. They built British Columbia's online cannabis store on Shopify. They built countless online shoe stores for notable brands. Sunglasses, women's fashion, men's fashion, watches, rental services. None of them look like they have anything to do with Shopify.
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#14So weird. Literally cannot remember if I've ever bought something from Shopify.
This is the first I've heard of it. Is this a thing with people under 21 or something?
It’s an e-commerce platform. It’s completely white label so you could buy from a Shopify website without ever knowing it.
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#15Does it really mean that Shopify is selling more than eBay? There are lots of indie entrepreneurs who open a site with shopify and pay for the Shopify subscription only to discover that they don't have nowhere near the the number of sales or even visitors they hoped.
Yeah, that's what I susp3too. It's is a bit of a hype.. I guess shopify will run out of "dreamers" in two years or so.. Then they probably go from flat to "pay per article" or so and call it better customer service and pricing :)
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#16But Shopify has no central search platform that I know of. The sites aren't connected to each other.
I feel that is likely coming at some point - but who knows... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20411992 Also with the recent postal changes in the US I think that will hurt AliExpress, Banggood and help Shopify and Amazon.
Aren't most drop ship sites on shopify? I feel like every few articles and blog is "be a drop shipper" with those three simple services..
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#17So weird. Literally cannot remember if I've ever bought something from Shopify.
This is the first I've heard of it. Is this a thing with people under 21 or something?
The platform is only known by rubyist, this mean that you are either a javascript guy or a phpist one ;) ;) ;)
Sorry that private joke was to easy not to be made....
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#18So weird. Literally cannot remember if I've ever bought something from Shopify.
You wouldn’t.
If you buy a Tesla online, for example, that’s a Shopify site.
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#19Shopify isn't a homogeneous marketplace that is comparable to Amazon.com. It's a SaaS ecommerce platform. I've seen these comparisons made lately and I don't understand it. What am I missing?
Well, Amazon/Ebay/Shopify/Etsy all are platforms that let other people sell things. I get your point (and might even agree with you), however if you look at it from the perspective of "I want to sell something... where do I go?", they're competition.
They do discovery, checkout, inventory, fulfillment, etc. It just happens to have a slightly different approach than the others.
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#20But Shopify has no central search platform that I know of. The sites aren't connected to each other.
I don’t think that’s their intention. By being the anti-amazon, it’s about having each store be it’s own brand, supplying the backend plumbing infrastructure instead.