Introducing Facebook Shops

Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by Spivak on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @02:57PM (#23238696)

It's the logistics network. Being able to just ship your product to an Amazon warehouse and then have them handle the rest on the cheap pretty much guarantees that using Amazon will come out cheaper.

Combine that with Amazon handling the bulk of customer support, returns, and payments and you end up making more money on Amazon than anywhere else.

I've actually tried to get a company to price match their own store on Amazon and they told me to just order it on Amazon because it was better for them.

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Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by fuzzybeard on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:53PM (#23240052)

I purchased an item directly from a manufacturer's own website, so there's no middle-man and no fees lost to selling on another platform. The price difference between that and Amazon was so staggering, I returned the original purchase and re-purchased, this time from Amazon. Same product, but it was significantly cheaper on Amazon.

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Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by raxxorrax on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @04:22AM (#23244569)

You will almost never get good prices from the manufacturer itself. That would undermine their standing with sales partners. So you will always get the rather high list price.

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Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by dannyw on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:17PM (#23242323)

I also know companies that are going the complete FBA route now. Even if you order on their web shop, you get your item from Amazon.

Amazon is often cheaper.

When you account for the cost of a part time web dev and designer, as well as Shopify plugins and fees, I imagine the merchant probably prefers for me to buy on amazon.

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