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For example, if Amazon discovers that a seller is offering lower-priced goods elsewhere, Amazon can bury discounting sellers so far down in Amazon’s search results that they become effectively invisible.
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This means if Amazon sees a lower price elsewhere they effectively make the product unavailable on their site? Or is it more complicated than that.
On the face of it, while I am open to the stance this is monopolistic, I can naively understand why Amazon wouldn’t want to offer a product at a price that isn’t competitive.
Amazon has a “buy box” where users can see the default seller for an item and quickly add it to their cart or buy it now. This is prime real estate as most customers won’t think twice about adding the default, pre selected option.
I believe the way it works is as a seller you’re no longer eligible for the buy box if your item is found to be sold cheaper elsewhere.
>>> For example, if Amazon discovers that a seller is offering lower-priced goods elsewhere, Amazon can bury discounting sellers so far down in Amazon’s search results that they become effectively invisible. >>>
This means if Amazon sees a lower price elsewhere they effectively make the product unavailable on their site? Or is it more complicated than that.
On the face of it, while I am open to the stance this is monopolistic, I can naively understand why Amazon wouldn’t want to offer a product at a price that isn’t competitive.
I’m sure there’s more to it, can someone explain?