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...They're not as good as Amazon because they don't give you a picture of the book," Glass wrote in an e-mail message...
LOOK OUT, AMAZON If you thought Amazon was the best place for discount books, CDs, movies and video games, think again. Half.com lets visitors buy and sell used books, CDs, etc. for half price. Sellers pay a 15% commission; buyers get a money-back guarantee. As a promo gimmick, the site got a small town in Oregon to change its name to Half.com for the year in exchange for some free...
...their race to win market share. "But if customer-acquisition costs are only part of the red ink," Sharma warns, "then your cost of doing business is too high or you're not charging enough, and you won't be able to survive." A lot of the reasons Amazon has done so well--bigger warehouses, superior customer service, low prices--have kept it deep in red ink. It will be harder for lesser-known e-commerce companies to get away with that. "Investors," Sharma says, "will become less and less tolerant of the money losers...
...only e-tailer that e-mails customers to confirm that an order has been received, and e-mails again when the shipment has left the warehouse. But the company is one of the savvy few that post whether a given item is in stock (a more helpful variation of Amazon's "usually ships within 24 hours"). Many consumers Gomez surveyed said they wished more sites tracked inventory in real time, Frankle notes...
Bezos has not created a new way to shop. He has merely invented a new way to lose money--a lot of it. I will withhold my respect for him and TIME until Bezos makes Amazon turn a profit. TED MEEK Indianapolis...