Re: UKNM: Amazon Marketplace

[Steve Johnston]

You two really should know better than to try and have a meaningful

conversation about _commercial_ initiatives on UKNM. This lot aren't

interested ;-)


So despite the futility of having this debate here, my view is that Amazon

wants a slice of every piece of online consumer action - save maybe porn.

The great brand in the sky - anything you want, Amazon will provide.


I agree it seems counter intuitive for a retailer to allow any old hawker

into their prime retail space, but those hawking markets, such as eBay, seem

to be holding their own, so why not have a piece of the cake.


Steve.

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----- Original Message -----

From: Paul Youlten <

pyoultenconsumerdesk [dot] com

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To: <

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

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Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 10:05 AM

Subject: RE: UKNM: Amazon Marketplace



> i saw it too...might it work well for books out of print or deleted

videos.

>

> my feeling was that it was a move into e-bay's territory.

>

> any thoughts steve j?

>

> paul

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Ben

> Thompson

> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:26 PM

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: UKNM: Amazon Marketplace

>

>

> If anyone has looked at Amazon.com's site of the past two days you will

> notice a new forthcoming section, Amazon Marketplace. (To see it look up a

> book, CD or DVD and on the product page it asks Already own this item? I

> have one to sell).)

>

> >From a brief bit of research, it appears to be (Emma correct me if I'm

> wrong) a person to person trading system where people are able to list

good

> quality second hand items for sale at a fixed price (basically Zshops for

> individuals). Half.com already do this and I can see why it is a decent

> business model.

>

> However, I can't see how it fits into Amazon. It feels awfully like one

step

> too far but apart from the obvious example of reducing Amazon's sales for

> items 2+ months old I can't work out why I'm so unsure about it.

>

> Any comments or ideas,

>

> Ben



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