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Nike won’t sell directly to Amazon anymore

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Re: Nike won’t sell directly to Amazon anymore

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Post by aledalgrande »

davidhyde wrote: post #3

People don't mind buying from a vendor's site directly but the vendor should do their best to reduce the admin / pain of doing so. Some tips I wish vendors would follow: 1. Don't capture more information than is absolutely necessary for the transaction. 2. Don't force the user to sign up or join anything if they just want to buy something. 3. Don't automatically add the user to your newsletter and send their details…

And security. Please have someone who understands security if you are not on something like Shopify.

Re: Nike won’t sell directly to Amazon anymore

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Post by w457uiw4gftyi »

Liquix wrote: post #57
awinder wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What in the world is a fashion-wear walled garden? I'm pretty sure you can wear nike shirts with Adidas tops, socks are like the USB-C of feet, etc.

Let's say a customer wants Nike shoes, has Amazon Prime, and does most of their shopping through Amazon. Before: 1.) Search Amazon for Nike shoes 2.) Buy shoes 3.) Close Amazon 4.) Receive (possibly counterfeit) shoes. If low quality or fake, perhaps think less of Nike. After: 1.) Search Amazon for Nike shoes 2.) Observe no Nike shoes in results 3.) Google 'buy nike shoes' 4.) Visit nike.com 5.) Nike promotes sweatpa…

Except step 4 in your second scenario could also be "Visit dickssportinggoods.com" or "Visit finishline.com" or any number of reputable retailers that will sell genuine Nike products. Nike isn't saying they will be the exclusive seller of their products.

Nike is just no longer doing business with one (large) retailer who is apparently 'unable' to separate counterfeit products from genuine ones.

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Post by deckar01 »

cobbzilla wrote: post #9

Why would anyone buy shoes on Amazon? They own Zappos, whose focus is specifically footwear, and have a pretty good shopping experience. Never had a problem with counterfeits on Zappos.

I have done it and will never do it again. The search options were terrible. When I finally settled on a product and ordered it, I received a product that was clearly a much cheaper knockoff of the shoe that was pictured. I contacted the seller and got the run around until I finally just requested a refund directly from Amazon.

This same basic issue has happened multiple times. Product and images are originally high quality, then at some point the manufacturing process is optimized to produce an inferior product without updating the listing.

Edit: This even happens with stores like Kohl's. The same exact product sold in stores will be sold online for the same price, but the quality is significantly lower.

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Post by realdlee »

gamblor956 wrote: post #64
mumblemumble wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> - Either the item is listed as being sold by its original manufacturer and fulfilled by Amazon I wouldn't trust that one. Since Amazon co-mingles inventory, stuff that's sold by the original manufacturer but FBA could still get mixed up with counterfeit product. What you'd really want to do to make sure that it's coming from the original manufacturer is look for stuff that is sold by the original manufacturer and n…

No, Amazon segregates its own inventory from FBA inventory for items where Amazon.com is the seller. FBA inventory only gets commingled with other FBA inventory. Supposedly Amazon now maintains separate inventories for each FBA vendor at some but not all of their distribution warehouses (like their San Bernardino facility).

can you provide a source for this? I've read multiple articles on Amazon doing the opposite. https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-amazon-pooled-merchandise-op...

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Post by buffin »

mostlyjason wrote: post #67
wufufufu wrote: post #60

So in this world where every retailer does this I get to install N apps, re-enter my payment/shipping information N times, deal with N different return processes, update my credit card info N times when it changes, and have N questionably written systems know all my PII? I honestly much prefer shopping on the Nike app over Amazon, but I'm going to go to Amazon to buy whatever I found on that app.

If PayPal wasn’t such a crap company they’d be the perfect solution for this problem. Just enter your payment and shipping info once and get one click checkout on any site.

I'm curious. What do you not like about PayPal? It seems to be working well for me.

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Post by cascom »

rimunroe wrote: post #28
davidhyde wrote: post #3

People don't mind buying from a vendor's site directly but the vendor should do their best to reduce the admin / pain of doing so. Some tips I wish vendors would follow: 1. Don't capture more information than is absolutely necessary for the transaction. 2. Don't force the user to sign up or join anything if they just want to buy something. 3. Don't automatically add the user to your newsletter and send their details…

I used Apple Pay on iOS to buy something direct from a vendor recently and was shocked at how smooth the purchase experience was. 1. Click "Buy with Apple Pay" button. 2. Double click power button on the side of my phone to confirm. I wish more sites would support it.

I was pretty amazed as well - frankly I'd much prefer buying direct with apple pay than through amazon

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Post by LargeWu »

bliblah wrote: post #50
davidhyde wrote: post #3

People don't mind buying from a vendor's site directly but the vendor should do their best to reduce the admin / pain of doing so. Some tips I wish vendors would follow: 1. Don't capture more information than is absolutely necessary for the transaction. 2. Don't force the user to sign up or join anything if they just want to buy something. 3. Don't automatically add the user to your newsletter and send their details…

The issue is that Amazon and other 3rd party vendors actually offer deals. I was in the market for some headphones and had a specific brand and make in mind and when I looked in their site they were more than $100 more than Amazon. This has held true for me for a lot of items and even when using price tracker it is pretty much no contest to just buy off any reputable vendor most of the time. I think it's just that th…

The way Amazon works, it's very possible that the version you found on Amazon for significantly less was counterfeit, being sold by an unknown third-party.

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Post by Koremat6666 »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #39
tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But seeing $100 shoes then seeing $5 shipping fees tacked on separately will make people feel cheated, and abandon the purchase. They made a decision to spend $100, and now you're trying to make them make another decision to spend $105 instead. Disclosing the shipping fees up front helps a bit, but not completely.

That's what I'm saying. I don't think people feel cheated seeing $100 + $5 S/H. I mean, speak for yourself: do you really feel cheated by the transparency? And if people do feel cheated (I'm unconvinced), I still don't believe they need to be manipulated into thinking that shipping doesn't have cost. These kinds of reality-distortion practices are all too common in tech and ecommerce. It's like Verizon manipulating p…

I have far too many abandoned carts because of shipment charges. Do I feel cheated ? No but I was not willing to pay the shipment charges even though I was willing to pay for the product. Amazon solves this problem pretty well.

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Post by W-Stool »

bliblah wrote: post #50
davidhyde wrote: post #3

People don't mind buying from a vendor's site directly but the vendor should do their best to reduce the admin / pain of doing so. Some tips I wish vendors would follow: 1. Don't capture more information than is absolutely necessary for the transaction. 2. Don't force the user to sign up or join anything if they just want to buy something. 3. Don't automatically add the user to your newsletter and send their details…

The issue is that Amazon and other 3rd party vendors actually offer deals. I was in the market for some headphones and had a specific brand and make in mind and when I looked in their site they were more than $100 more than Amazon. This has held true for me for a lot of items and even when using price tracker it is pretty much no contest to just buy off any reputable vendor most of the time. I think it's just that th…

What are the chances that the deal you found on Amazon involved counterfeit goods? That’s been a big problem with audio and electronics on Amazon recently.

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Post by the_duke »

jeltz wrote: post #38
anbotero wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know who has to suffer from this? International buyers. I buy a lot from Amazon, and I live in Colombia. While these days there are a lot of direct, global shipments from Amazon, I still buy a lot of things I leave at my aunt's house in Miami by the time I travel to pick it all up. I remember not being able to buy a custom Converse shoe on their vendor site because I didn't have a local US credit card. I hate it,…

Even in Europe we suffer from this. I never buy from Amazon anymore due to their website being as bad as the average small webbshop if you are not in one of the countries Amazon is in (e.g. US, UK or Germany).

This has gotten better for me.

Starting a few months ago, I now clearly see a indication if the item would ship to my country.

(also in Europe)

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