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Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon by amelius on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:44PM (#20783952)
Third-party sellers at Amazon don't have robots, and I suppose they fulfill a considerable amount of the volume.
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Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon by jonknee on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:56PM (#20784037)
Sure they do, Amazon fulfillment is a giant business.

https://services.amazon.com/fulfillment-by-amazon/benefits.h...

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Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon by amelius on Friday August 23, 2019 @08:10PM (#20784126)
Well most of the time when I order something from a third-party vendor, it doesn't come in an Amazon box, so I suppose it is handled by the vendor, not Amazon.
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Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon by testcase_delta on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:16PM (#20784998)
More than half of the items bought on Amazon and from a 3rd party seller but fulfilled by amazon. It arrives in an Amazon box in 2 days and most people don't realize it was from a 3rd party seller.
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Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon by mkorfmann on Friday August 23, 2019 @09:14PM (#20784490)
but it's not a Trump business
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Re:Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon by WillPostForFood on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:49PM (#20783991)
Third parties get access to Amazon's robots when they warehouse their product at Amazon. And access to prime shipping, etc..
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