This is why I would never base my business on a marketplace like Amazon. You are always beholden to them and the reality is you aren't really independent.
What if they controlled demand? Then we all would have to use them :-/
Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Purge of Small Wholesale Suppliers
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#32To bypass the pay/nag wall: https://outline.com/9mHK5d Important to note that this "purge" is only for wholesale suppliers, not for marketplace sellers like the title implies. Amazon is basically only going to purchase products for resale from large suppliers, and will shove the rest into the normal marketplace operations where they have to compete with everyone else on actually selling and shipping their products di…
Also of note is that this won't do anything to address the criticisms of rampant counterfeit and/or garbage quality products on the marketplace.
If anything it will only make it worse, as many of shrinking number of items sold by Amazon will now be tossed into the garbage pile along with everything else in the marketplace.
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#33So Amazon is going harder into the marketplace side of things, turning Amazon from an online retailer into another version of eBay? This doesn't sound like a positive move for me, but I guess that doesn't necessarily means its bad for Amazon's profitability if other people don't mind rolling the dice on random products by relatively unknown sellers and manufacturers.
Doesn't this article say the exact opposite of what you just said?
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#34Antitrust lawsuit coming up in 3, 2, ...
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#35> Amazon’s aim is to cut costs and focus wholesale purchasing on major brands like Procter & Gamble, Sony and Lego, the people said. That will ensure the company has adequate supplies of must-have merchandise and help it compete with the likes of Walmart, Target and Best Buy. That would cut out most of my purchases from Amazon. It makes no sense to buy stuff from Amazon that I can get from my local big-box retailer,…
> That would cut out most of my purchases from Amazon. It makes no sense to buy stuff from Amazon that I can get from my local big-box retailer, after all. I bet you $5 that: 1) their decision was not made in a vacuum with no information And 2) you might not represent a significant portion of their customer base.
I never claimed that I represented a significant portion of their customer base. I was merely stating that this is likely to seriously reduce my spending on Amazon.
Which is probably a good thing, really. Maybe I'll even be able to ditch my Prime membership!
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#36I partly blame GS1 for not moving fast enough to create an open supply chain network (not just standards).
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#37I would like tractability to original manufacturer, as well as any claims for compliance with various safety and production quality standards. Pretty much supplier transparency.
https://trutags.com/
This can provide authenticity guarantees and act as the root of a blockchain for each item.
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#38So Amazon is going harder into the marketplace side of things, turning Amazon from an online retailer into another version of eBay? This doesn't sound like a positive move for me, but I guess that doesn't necessarily means its bad for Amazon's profitability if other people don't mind rolling the dice on random products by relatively unknown sellers and manufacturers.
Doesn't this article say the exact opposite of what you just said?
No? It says Amazon is cutting back on the "Sold by Amazon.com" items and pushing those items onto the marketplace, and only sticking to directly selling items from large manufacturers.
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#39No one ever talks about eBay anymore....but when are we going to collectively realize that they are the best of the "big tech" companies?
They've stayed remarkable true to their mission, haven't entered politics (ironic given previous CEO), and continued to offer a good service.
Since the commingling of inventory is now so prevalent at Amazon, I find myself using eBay more and more.
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#40> Amazon’s aim is to cut costs and focus wholesale purchasing on major brands like Procter & Gamble, Sony and Lego, the people said. That will ensure the company has adequate supplies of must-have merchandise and help it compete with the likes of Walmart, Target and Best Buy. That would cut out most of my purchases from Amazon. It makes no sense to buy stuff from Amazon that I can get from my local big-box retailer,…
I've already stopped using Amazon. They are significantly more expensive than Walmart. Which is new, this was not true 4 years ago. They don't have the selection of stores like digikey. They lost their purpose completely. I only use Amazon for Email due to modern Email standards.
Anecdotal, but that is what my wife did last year. Walmart having the online order with local pickup serves us better and cheaper. It also removed the biggest Walmart barrier for us which is going physically into the store.