elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 17240
Location: Texas
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject: Is Amazon Good or Bad For Small Businesses? |
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Amazon has pissed off a lot of small businesses. I’m not even going to get into all of the Internet tax stuff, but earlier this month, the company launched an app. The app is called Price Check, and it allows users to go into a store, scan a product, find it for a cheaper price through Amazon, and purchase it immediately. Oh, and Amazon gave users discounts of up to 5% when using the app on some items last weekend.
Brick and mortars were and continue to be furious, but Amazon maintains it actually helps small businesses.
The categories available within Price Check include: Books, Textbooks, Movies, Music, Video Games, CDs, Electronics, Home & Garden, Automotive, Baby, Beauty, Camera & Photo, Cell Phone & Services, Clothing, Computers, Grocery, Health & Personal Care, Home Improvement, Industrial & Scientific, Jewelry, Kindle, Kitchen & Dining, Magazines, Music Instruments, Office Products, Patio & Garden, Shoes, Software, Sports & Outdoors, Video, & Watches.
User reviews in the Android Market are pretty positive. The average rating is 4.3 out of 5. At the time of this writing, it has 120 5-star reviews, 32 4-star reviews, 15 3-star reviews, 9 2-star reviews and 8 1-star reviews.
Here’s a sampling of what people who have rated it 5 stars had to say:
http://www.webpronews.com/is-amazon-good-or-bad-for-small-businesses-2011-12 |
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summerseveplumb
Joined: 04 May 2010
Posts: 28
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Is Amazon Good or Bad For Small Businesses? |
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| amazon works better for me than any other site. I have over 500 items listed, I use repricing software, and I set my minimums so I don't lose money on any sales. Eventually, most items will sell after the amateurs sell off their stock at a loss. |
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