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Is Amazon poaching top products from marketplace partners? http://bit.ly/1LN0Apq
To survive platform risk read this: http://bit.ly/1LN0Apt
To survive platform risk read this: http://bit.ly/1LN0Apt
#Amazon's #platform #strategy has been transparent for years. Especially insipid when used against #SmallBusiness.
Must Reads:
- The #TrojanMule Strategy: http://IdeaFaktory.com/mule
- Surviving Platform Risk: https://www.ideafaktory.com/platform-risk-devours-digital-entrepreneurs/ https://mobile.twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1097933143980556289
Must Reads:
- The #TrojanMule Strategy: http://IdeaFaktory.com/mule
- Surviving Platform Risk: https://www.ideafaktory.com/platform-risk-devours-digital-entrepreneurs/ https://mobile.twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1097933143980556289
Another day, another way Amazon proves why #platformrisk grows with market dominance.
Merchants, inoculate yourselves. Surviving Platform Risk: https://www.ideafaktory.com/platform-risk-devours-digital-entrepreneurs/
Amazon Just Took a Brutally Cold-Blooded Decision That's a Huge Warning To Customers http://flip.it/4sISp2
Merchants, inoculate yourselves. Surviving Platform Risk: https://www.ideafaktory.com/platform-risk-devours-digital-entrepreneurs/
Amazon Just Took a Brutally Cold-Blooded Decision That's a Huge Warning To Customers http://flip.it/4sISp2
Didn't know this was in merchant contracts w/Amazon. Very similar to what Grubhub/Seamless (maybe others) have in contracts - not allowing restaurants to sell directly for less than on their platform. Hmmm... https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/11/18260700/amazon-anti-competitive-pricing-agreements-3rd-party-sellers-end
The bigger Amazon's market share, the more scrutiny platform manipulations like this will get. https://mobile.twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1158478034510471168
Inching towards FTC regulatory zone... https://twitter.com/pymnts/status/1158867852201549824
If I had to guess how "Amazon Choice" products get selected:
- 4
minimum review, adjusted for fakes
- Amazon's net margin
- frequency of return
- stock availability
What's missing? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amazon-com-senate-idUSKCN1V21VK
- 4
minimum review, adjusted for fakes- Amazon's net margin
- frequency of return
- stock availability
What's missing? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amazon-com-senate-idUSKCN1V21VK
Amazon's choice label is a tactic (carrot) to optimize Amazon's profit. Only tangentially related to consumer benefit. https://digiday.com/retail/amazon-offered-vendors-amazons-choice-labels-return-ad-spending-lower-prices/
The @FTC case against Amazon might just be this thread 
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/460905-ftc-launches-amazon-antitrust-probe-report
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/460905-ftc-launches-amazon-antitrust-probe-report
This thread writes itself...
This is why you can't have a pet tiger. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21233121/amazon-employees-seller-data-private-label-products
This is why you can't have a pet tiger. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21233121/amazon-employees-seller-data-private-label-products
