Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by YeBanKo on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:50PM
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What about shipping logistic and warehousing? Afaik this is something what Amazon FBA helps with as well?
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by arbuge on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:52PM
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It does, yes.
Shopify did try to get into providing those services for its clients but they later reconsidered:
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flexport-acquires-shopifys...
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by dnissley on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:16PM
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Hm, all of a sudden the seemingly outrageous fees don't seem so outrageous anymore.
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by arbuge on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @10:42PM
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There are additional fees for using FBA...
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by snuxoll on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @10:12PM
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> Shopify does have what they call "Shop" now, which works like a marketplace, but in my experience that's still a relatively small channel for Shopify sellers.
It's getting pushed harder due to things like Shop Pay being a thing. I've actually been trying to use it more, given I do purchase an increasing number of things from Shopify-powered retailers - but their search and targeting still needs a lot of work for it to behave like a proper marketplace.
Amazon is a marketplace and provides exposure - in other words, they bring you traffic besides providing ecommerce functionality. Possibly a lot of traffic if there's not much competition already in your space.
With Shopify you have primarily an online store solution. It's up to you to do your own marketing somewhere to drive traffic. Shopify does have what they call "Shop" now, which works like a marketplace, but in my experience that's still a relatively small channel for Shopify sellers.