I know some retailers that cost more on their own website and/or you had to pay for extra shipping if you didn’t buy like $100 worth of stuff
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percent@infosec.pub 5 days agoWhen I was an Amazon seller, I loved when people did this, and my website prices were always lower. Amazon takes such a large chunk from each sale.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 days ago
Isn’t that a violation of the terms of selling on Amazon?
percent@infosec.pub 5 days ago
Having different prices for different marketplaces? No, I think that was fine back then (almost ~10 years ago), but not sure about now. And if it wasn’t I guess I just didn’t get caught 🙂. My prices were highest on Amazon, lower on eBay, and lowest on my site. Amazon had the highest sales volume by far though.
You couldn’t directly advertise your website to Amazon customers though, if that’s what you mean. Some sellers had other ways… I think I remember some sellers including a small card in their packages that would say something like “Register your purchase at https://… to extend your return period” (or activate a warranty, receive a coupon code for another purchase, etc.). Or maybe it would ask them to send an email instead of going to a URL (Amazon sellers can’t see their customers’ email addresses). Something like that.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Amazon enforces price parity nowadays. The Amazon price is the floor any lower and your kicked off.
percent@infosec.pub 3 days ago
Ah that sucks. Honestly, with their sales volume, it would have been worth it to raise my prices on the other platforms to comply with Amazon… Which sucks.
Good to know though. I’ve been somewhat considering getting back into it if/when AI kills my current career.
GarboDog@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Not as far as we know. At the company we used to work at we sold on several different platforms including Amazon and eBay.