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Why create a new site?

Create an association of manufacturers, selling on Amazon , with guarranteed no-co-mingling, and authenticity.

I wonder if Amazon will go along with that?

People have strong brand loyalty to amazon. These days you can get pretty much everything for cheaper on ebay. The only reason to use amazon is if you need the item super quick like less than 2 days.

Amazon’s strength is their logistics network. Any co-op you’ve just described will have an incredibly difficult time competing on shipping prices and speed of delivery.

Yeah Amazon clearly dwarfs the logistics capability of nearly anyone, but as far as the 2-day delivery advantage Amazon has, there are some companies making competition in the space: ShopRunner is one I'm aware of and I'm sure there's others.