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elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 17237
Location: Texas
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:55 am Post subject: Amazon mandate the lowest online price from merchants |
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Amazon are stepping up efforts to offer the best online prices to their buyers by stipulating that sellers must offer an equal or lower price than any other online channels.
From March 31st the price sellers on Amazon must ensure that “the total price and corresponding item price of each product you list on Amazon.co.uk are at or below the lowest total price and corresponding item price at which you offer the product via any of your other non-physical sales channels”.
The only exception is for products offered with Fulfilment by Amazon, where Amazon may offer free delivery. In this case the price on Amazon can be higher than the price on other channels, so long as the price is still lower than the combined item cost and postage price you sell at elsewhere online.
more.. link to news article |
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LurkeyLou
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Posts: 1979
Location: Columbia River Gorge, Washington
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, that sucks for Amazon merchants. Hard-nose price competition indicates that the trend of tightened spending isn't easing up regardless that economic indicators are showing a bit of a recovery. Evidently John and Jane Consumer don't feel so confident just yet. |
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xbaystores
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Posts: 562
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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So, Amazon charges some of the highest fees in the industry now but prohibits the seller from making up the difference compared their own website that costs only a CC transaction fee.
Boy I miss that place. |
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