Amazon has a lot of different aspects, same as facebook and xitter. I aim to think of alternatives, not perfect copies. My only hard target is that it is free from single entity control. Thats why not ebay or one of the others. Flohmarkt is kind of promising but i’ll check it out deeper and host an instance. That way I can judge its potential.
Comment on Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
It’s much more than that. Amazon’s strength is also in its proximity warehouses and contacts with delivery companies.
Otherwise you just have a federated Ebay.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 week ago
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I buy stuff from Ebay and Etsy plenty often.
pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I order stuff from ebay. Got a phone on the way from china right now. Ebay work-alike might not be a bad place to start.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 week ago
Exactly. The idea is to not make a perfect copy but a viable alternative without the constant breaks in design and trust when scouring the web for items. All those funny labels on websites for example like trustedshops are just for this. If one could make a web of trust, that would eliminate fakes and take power from for profit companies who make these labels and control trust.