Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for startups?

Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by ddoran on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:21AM (#13579150)

And a small European country like Ireland doesn't get its own Amazon store so they have to rely on Amazon.co.uk, where everything is priced in Sterling (not Euro). Irish customers can't avail of Amazon Prime, shipping times take longer etc. A federated Amazon.eu with a continent-wide distribution network may help. Goods priced in Euro certainly would.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by secfirstmd on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @01:44PM (#13591519)

Yeh it's a joke seeing as they are based here. And so many of us have to use Parcel Motel service to send things to Northern Ireland and have it driven down. Surely Amazon can make a little extra margin by doing that itself.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by mydigitalself on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @04:16AM (#13596946)

1. Get a pair of really giant hands 2. Repeat the bit "seeing as they are based here" and make really giant air quotes when you say "based" 3. Profit (without tax)

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by dmoo on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:42AM (#13579293)

which is ironic, given the size of Amazon investment in Ireland.

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/amazon-dublin-dat...

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by ricardonunez on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:31AM (#13579216)

Did you try Amazon.de and switch language to English? I'm just wondering.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by dx034 on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @06:48AM (#13588753)

I guess that different articles and longer delivery times than amazon.co.uk are a reason to prefer the UK version.

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