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Re:Amazon Takes a 50% Cut of Seller's Revenue by ianburrell on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:26PM (#34850708)
Storing the product and packing it up. If you have small volume, then garage might work and can pack yourself. But Amazon and customers have expectations on speedy shipping. For larger volumes, you need warehouse and people to package orders. Doing yourself makes sense if already have own store but otherwise probably easier and cheaper to pay Amazon.

Also, my impressions is that Amazon shipping is cheaper since they have volume discounts, use their planes for long-haul, and use their trucks for cities.

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Re:Amazon Takes a 50% Cut of Seller's Revenue by wewtyflakes on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:47PM (#34850913)
That makes sense I think. So as a seller, I could buy bulk from some producer, get it bulk shipped to Amazon, and they will take care of meting it out to individual purchasers. Did I get that right?
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Re:Amazon Takes a 50% Cut of Seller's Revenue by smallerfish on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:15PM (#34851166)
Yes but competition between sellers in most niches is so tight that as a new seller you'll struggle to make profit, even if you've innovated on the product, because you'll be paying Amazon for search engine ads and also dropping your price as far as you can to win sales. You essentially end up as an unpaid employee of Amazon, managing and optimizing a listing.
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