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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by BeetleB on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:27PM (#37666632)
Yes - some of the complaints seem legitimate (e.g. burying search results really far low - that hurts me as a buyer, and hurts the seller).

But complaining that you need to use Amazon's warehouses to be part of Prime? That's rather obvious! You can always sell as non-Prime. Many do and are successful at it!

Basically, Amazon allowed many businesses to exist by creating a very convenient way to sell. Chances are a lot of businesses selling on Prime who are complaining would not have been able to exist at all.

(Source: I'm a former FBA seller).

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by sokoloff on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:10PM (#37667126)
Seller Fulfilled Prime is also a thing: https://sell.amazon.com/programs/seller-fulfilled-prime
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by BeetleB on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:31PM (#37668007)
Did not know about it - is it new?

Wonder what additional fees are associated with it.

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by sokoloff on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:42PM (#37668113)
Launched 2015 (but I think launched with literally 3 fulfillers, then expanded).
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by toasterlovin on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:00AM (#37670365)
It's not new, but admission to the program has been unofficially paused for years. They just announced in the last few weeks that they're relaunching the program.
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