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Re:The Enormous Numbers Behind Amazon’s Market Reach by stevenwoo on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:19PM (#19513654)
Could it be bad wording on the label - may be it means 7.5 percent of all units sold are Amazon brand, like the ebooks thing.

I don't know if this is related but bought a couple of things off EBay last week and they came wrapped in packaging labelled Amazon and with a packing list mentioning Amazon selling.

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Re:The Enormous Numbers Behind Amazon’s Market Reach by CamelCaseName on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:53PM (#19515912)
If the packing list mentions Amazon, you probably bought from an eBay dropshipper. They scan Amazon listings and repost all the listings +X% (where X=eBay fees+profit loading) to eBay. When you order from eBay, they just go ahead and order from Amazon on your behalf.

If you look up the product you bought on Amazon.com, you'll probably the find the price to be lower than you paid.

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