Amazon Squeezes Sellers That Offer Better Prices On Walmart

[hashmander]

this isn't walmart or amazon fulfilled products (amazon and walmart already try to price match each other as soon as they are alerted). they're talking about the listings that have Sold by XYZ CO on both sites. one way they try and get around it is use a different company name on each site. like this one:

they sell Wisteria Lane Outdoor Patio sets as WIN WIN US on amazon and SuperJoe on walmart.

i don't understand what the problem is. why should amazon sit by while they allow a business to have access to their customer base AND charge them more than do over at a rival for the same thing?

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Amazon essentially forces sellers on their platform to increase costs elsewhere. As a consumer, I need Amazon reigned in.

Excuse me?? Sir your tone and tenor is unsettling

 

[BillBanneker]

this isn't walmart or amazon fulfilled products (amazon and walmart already try to price match each other as soon as they are alerted). they're talking about the listings that have Sold by XYZ CO on both sites. one way they try and get around it is use a different company name on each site. like this one:

they sell Wisteria Lane Outdoor Patio sets as WIN WIN US on amazon and SuperJoe on walmart.

i don't understand what the problem is. why should amazon sit by while they allow a business to have access to their customer base AND charge them more than do over at a rival for the same thing?

I think the issue for the seller is that amazon is charging them more to sell on their platform, which they pass onto amazon's customers, and then amazon coming back and burying them from customers

 

[Starman]

Excuse me?? Sir your tone and tenor is unsettling

 

[goatmane]

People bytch about "socialism" but the vast majority of consumers use the exact same service to purchase things
Oh but its not govt controlled so its fine right
Oh and they don't have to pay taxes apparently, thats fine too.
America!

Socialism for the rich

Capitalism for the rest of us

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Walmart can easily beat amazon with money

No they can’t. In fact Walmart is struggling right now with its spending.

 

[Strapped]

No they can’t. In fact Walmart is struggling right now with its spending.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

Bezozs isn't satisfied with affecting entire industries' selling plan, they want to control how sellers behave on other websites. smh

Imagine if ebay or search engines wanted to dictate how you're to promote and sell on competitors' platform...sadly I can't say there would be outrage, by the continual tolerance of Bezos antics

don't worry you're still "cool/hip" if you hold big tech accountable, no need to always cape for them

 

[Strapped]

 

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Amazon Squeezes Sellers That Offer Better Prices On Walmart

Amazon's determination to offer shoppers the best deals is prompting merchants selling products on its marketplace to raise their prices on competing websites, a testament to the company's growing influence over the e-commerce market. Amazon constantly scans rivals' prices to see if they're lower. When it discovers a product is cheaper on, say, Walmart.com, Amazon alerts the company selling the item and then makes the product harder to find and buy on its own marketplace -- effectively penalizing the merchant. In many cases, the merchant opts to raise the price on the rival site rather than risk losing sales on Amazon. Pricing alerts reviewed by Bloomberg show Amazon doesn't explicitly tell sellers to raise prices on other sites, and the goal may be to push them to lower their prices on Amazon. But in interviews, merchants say they're so hemmed in by rising costs levied by Amazon and reliant on sales on its marketplace, that they're more likely to raise their prices elsewhere.

lol at mr free market posting this.

as i've said a zillion times. you can't let capitalism run wild and so call free when the big boys wont allow freedom. they will always get in the door, and then try to change the rules and do all sorts of shady stuff to close the door behind them. thats not freedom. thats a closed system where only a small few win.so this makes you ask the question is any billionaire especially those with 20+ billi not up to something shady to get to that point and stay there? I'm thinking its almost impossible to do that and maintain that kind of doe unless you're up to something shady.

They have this class called Business Ethics for a reason. People act like that class doesnt exist as a part of a business majors course. it actually covers a few other majors as well.

 

[Strapped]

this isn't walmart or amazon fulfilled products (amazon and walmart already try to price match each other as soon as they are alerted). they're talking about the listings that have Sold by XYZ CO on both sites. one way they try and get around it is use a different company name on each site. like this one:

they sell Wisteria Lane Outdoor Patio sets as WIN WIN US on amazon and SuperJoe on walmart.

i don't understand what the problem is. why should amazon sit by while they allow a business to have access to their customer base AND charge them more than do over at a rival for the same thing?

Amazon can easily trace it back to an address