As Walmart+ prepares to launch, is it that different from Amazon Prime?
Walmart’s marketplace has about 55,000 sellers while Amazon has about 2 million worldwide, according to e-commerce analysis firm Marketplace Pulse.
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Dozens of Amazon's own products have been reported as dangerous -- melting, exploding or even bursting into flames. Many are still on the market
A growing number of AmazonBasics products, which the company promotes heavily on its site, have become bestsellers since the line's inception, and many have ratings above four stars, according to Marketplace Pulse research.
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Walmart+ Goes After Amazon Prime, But Is the New Service Worth It?
“I don’t think Walmart+ is a direct competitor with Prime,” says Juozas Kaziukėnas, founder of Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce research company. “During the pandemic, Walmart has become one of the clear leaders in the online grocery market, and that’s where Walmart+ shines.”
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How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon
“So much of Vendor Central is automated, I’m sure there are ways to trick the system,” says Juozas Kaziukėnas, founder of the ecommerce intelligence firm Marketplace Pulse. “Amazon’s vendor managers are not managing every vendor account. Small ones are on autopilot.” Kaziukėnas says accounts on Vendor Central are also sometimes bought and sold, a violation of Amazon’s policies. After an account has been approved to sell products, it becomes extremely valuable.
Amazon To Tardy Sellers: If You Can’t Meet Prime Demands, It’s Time To Start Working Weekends
Sellers who ship their own packages “are rarely operating at the standard Prime needs,” says Juozas Kaziukenas, founder of Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce research firm. “That standard keeps rising as Amazon pushes for one-day nationwide delivery.”
Amazon pushes sellers to meet two-day delivery guarantees so more people can get Prime-eligible products
The company saw some delivery times slip at the height of the pandemic in March and April, which resulted in a drop in customer satisfaction in May, according to Marketplace Pulse. Since then, it has seen delivery times largely return to normal, along with a rebound in positive customer feedback.
Amazon, grand gagnant des ventes
"Au lieu de comparer les prix et chercher des alternatives, une grande part de la population américaine et des autres marchés clés d'Amazon se sont tournés vers Amazon", note Juozas Kaziukenas, fondateur de Marketplace Pulse.
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Amazon Wins Loyal Walmart Shoppers as Americans Stampede Online
“Rather than price-compare or look for alternatives, a large portion of the U.S. population—as well as in other core Amazon markets—defaulted to Amazon,” says Juozas Kaziukenas, founder of Marketplace Pulse, a New York research firm that monitors the site. “They were able to default to Amazon because of its vast selection, so even as people went from shopping for masks to toilet paper to webcams to dumbbells to inflatable pools and back, Amazon had it. It’s not that other retailers didn’t have the same products at similar prices. The key was that customers didn’t look elsewhere.”
Coronavirus Hobbled Amazon. Then the Tech Giant Bounced Back.
Amazon Delivery Times and Reviews Slip. Marketplace Pulse (reviews)
‘There’s this incredible uncertainty’: Sellers frustrated by Amazon’s fulfillment service failing to keep up
“Amazon fulfillment used to be a much more predictable service that sellers could use,” said Juozas Kaziukėnas, founder of trade publication Marketplace Pulse, which covers Amazon and other selling platforms and also wrote about the fulfillment issues. “Now, there’s this incredible uncertainty in quantity limits and shipping speeds.”
