They make more money getting a cut from people who do take the risk of selling online. This is probably the biggest contribution/problem of the modern web economy; it offshores risk and effort onto others and just provides venues and processing. No one wants to open a store, they want to be mall owners, but with barely any real upkeep for the mall.
Re:Amazon's policies promote counterfeiting
by none_to_remain on Thursday March 01, 2018 @09:49PM
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Amazon doesn't want to be in the retail business, they want to be in the logistics business.
Re:Amazon's policies promote counterfeiting
by shanghaiaway on Friday March 02, 2018 @02:29AM
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Amazon is and wants to be in the retail business.
Re:Amazon's policies promote counterfeiting
by astura on Saturday March 03, 2018 @12:49PM
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They make more money being a platform and logics company thank they do being a retailer.
Re:Amazon's policies promote counterfeiting
by chaostheory on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:54PM
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Is filtering products to only sold by Amazon not safe anymore?
Once upon a time, I could go to amazon.com and buy things from Amazon. I trusted Amazon to sell legit goods. But now if I go to amazon.com, it's bizarrely difficult to buy from Amazon, and a large fraction of the goods sold seem to be junk. And Amazon presumably made considerably more money selling things that they sourced themselves.
So why doesn't Amazon go back closer to their original model? I wouldn't mind seeing a strong built-in preference for genuine Amazon listings and a very clear indication that I'm about to order from some random-ass seller.
(Also, I'm quite surprised that there hasn't been a giant trademark infringement and/or copyright infringement lawsuit against Amazon? Amazon.com de facto sells all kinds of counterfeit goods. I wouldn't be surprised if a judge wouldn't let them hide behind the "it wasn't us -- it was a third party" defense.)