Amazon peer-to-peer selling
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Anyway I feel like amazon would be even better if these low quality listings were moved off to a separate site which was explicitly 3rd-party (whether from businesses or individuals) similar to Ebay. And then the main site would have "official" stuff where amazon does more quality assurance on the listings and it's all fulfilled by them and Prime. (I also think that better curation like this is necessary for purchasing through Echo to really catch on at least for me, there are way too many gotchas in Amazon listings that I still feel like I need to actually focus and look carefully through the listing before I buy anything).
My idea is obviously very different than this Bangalore-only product but there's a glimmer of a separate 3rd-party only site here and I hope Amazon evolves in that direction.
Of course they don't have a filter to show me only things that are shippable to me. Even if they can say it when I click on an item.
P.S: In India, all Amazon listing are third party, since legally foreign investment is not permitted in ecommerce, so Amazon.in actually just functions as a marketplace not a retailer.
I didn't even bother with the Amazon end of year sale, too much noise.
I realize this has basically allowed Amazon to crush eBay, but they've left the door open for another seller to come along and offer properly curated products.
14 cent fee for anything less than $14.72
73 cent fee for anything $14.72 - $73.58
$1.47 fee for anything more than $73.58
This service reminds me a lot of craigslist but with a fee. Does India not have a similar service?
That is value in the fees from what I see of it.
>Buyers order your products online
>You schedule a doorstep pickup
>Amazon picks, packs and ships for you
>You receive money in 3-5 days
Except Craigslist didn't come to your house and handle the delivery.
Yes They are mobile first services. Quickr & OLX are the popular services in India.
Cool way to get into the market. Pickup cost would make it harder to work in the US.
As the side states it seems to be about selling in your local area so doesn't seem that much of a leap from what Amazon are currently offering. (I.e. Your sold item isn't going cross country. To the nearest depot and back out again after packing)
Note: This is just an observation on that Amazon already have a collection / delivery network in place with plans to expand. Not a comment on the quality of said service. I've had many miss deliveries (my items delivered to other addresses, other people's items delivered to me, a knock on the door then driving off. My home office is less then 30 secs from the front door but still had drivers climbing back in their vans saying no one was home during that time.) but I guess that's what you get when drivers are paid per delivery instead of per hour.
Another thing Aptdeco does is verify the condition of the item. They require the seller to post photos that show every angle of the item, including close-ups of defects.
For small things that anyone can carry on a messenger bike, I don't know if it would be cost-prohibitive. It seems to work well for food.
Did you mix up Bangladesh and Bangalore?
("Sell as Individual" should definitely be "Sell as an individual", a very common mistake with non-native English speakers.)
It's true that Hindi doesn't have articles; instead one, this, and that are used (translating).
This looks to be affiliated with Junglee (http://www.junglee.com) so might mean Amazon is repositioning it as P2P.
99% of the friction of me selling used stuff I don't want or new stuff I produce is the shipping and money handling logistics.
I can't do Craigslist/Kijiji. I'm socially awkward and would rather throw away item X than risk the possibility of an awkward situation where someone's messing with me or trying to barter the price down, etc.