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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by ehsankia on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:55PM (#17527119)
Should Amazon add the concept of "Verified" resellers?
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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by colechristensen on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:16PM (#17527336)
A big part of the problem is co-mingled inventory. When you buy X from seller Y, you do not necessarily get the X that Y physically shipped to Amazon. You get an X with same SKU from Amazon's collection.
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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by ehsankia on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:04AM (#17529066)
Right, hence why "Verified" would be nice. An SKU should allowed to be merged if both are Verified or both are unverified.
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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by gnopgnip on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:22PM (#17527372)
They already have this through "gating". But not every brand takes part in it.
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