Sanctus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I mean, how is it not a distributor? Honest question, all those trucks sure do look like they are distributing products.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I mean, how is it not a distributor? Honest question, all those trucks sure do look like they are distributing products.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Typically a distributor deals to stores that deal to end users.
Amazon call themselves a store, but at their scale and volume they’re pretty much a distributor.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Not even pretty much, they really are a distributor
They have many different businesses all selling on their shelves and then Amazon ships you the product
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Nooo the businesses are truly totally independent!
Amazon just handles:
Am I forgetting anything? Besides the disclaimer that sellers don’t have to use Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) and could ship themselves.
I could be more sympathetic if they just changed the user interface to put seller names front and center. Even keeping FBA. Even if eBay handled warehousing and fulfillment, we’d still think of it as more of a platform than Amazon - right?
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Hidden too deep.
(Interesting, eBay announced “Managed Delivery in 2019, but pulled the plug before launch. They do still help you ship internationally.)
watson387@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Amazon is the American Aliexpress.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 9 months ago
So section 802(?) but for e-commerce not social media.