Re:Amazon’s Disruptive Android App Store Now Open To Develop...
by Samuel_Michon on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @01:09PM
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This might actually work.
One of the main reasons why Apple's App Store took off is that 100 million customers already had an iTunes account with a credit card on file.
Amazon is one of the few other online retailers that has payment details for 100 million customers. Along with tons of retail experience, that gives it a huge advantage over Google.
The only thing that worries me is that Amazon is still very US-centric. It only has localized sites for Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. 8 countries is far too few. Compare that to the 91 countries where Apple has App Stores.
One of the main reasons why Apple's App Store took off is that 100 million customers already had an iTunes account with a credit card on file.
Amazon is one of the few other online retailers that has payment details for 100 million customers. Along with tons of retail experience, that gives it a huge advantage over Google.
The only thing that worries me is that Amazon is still very US-centric. It only has localized sites for Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. 8 countries is far too few. Compare that to the 91 countries where Apple has App Stores.