Amazon plans to launch discount store in bid to fend off Temu and Shein

One of the big problems with trying to compete is that Temu and SHEIN both have their last mile, which is the most expensive of them, subsidized a huge amount by the USPS because of international postal treaties. Amazon think they can outdo it with their own network? Not a chance.

People buy from Temu and SHEIN knowing it's basically a lottery ticket on the stuff showing up and disputing the CC transaction if it doesn't. What's the old saying? Don't wrestle with a pig because the pig just likes it and you end up covered in pig shit. Same applies here.

because the key problem with Amazon is that the consistently high-quality items are priced accordingly.

this is a multi level problem

trust is gone:

- trust in a brand

- trust in reviews

- trust in a store

this isn’t that bad. many things we buy don’t need high levels of trust. some items are cheap or low value enough that no one cares. if it doesn’t last long or is low quality

brand trust is gone for cheap products. why am i supposed to believe one brand is better than another when i can clearly see they are all the same with different names. these brands are sometimes random letters

review trust has been gone a long time. reviews mean nothing and i’m surprised when people use them

store trust is still extremely important. it’s very high on amazon because of their support and their returns. if you could buy something on amazon for the price you can get it on a discount store you would

this only really applies to cheap stuff. but i buy a lot of cheap stuff on aliexpress. i’d be happy to be on amazon instead. i wanted to buy a bike on amazon and saw many of them from no name brands for $200+. that’s when i stopped and would rather buy from a bike store directly

Could be a good way to get all the HEREBUYEVERGOOD junk brands off the main store.