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by arturnt 2807 days ago
Amazon leads the market for many reasons among those price, selection [1], reviews, and then with more recent shifts faster shipping. The goal isn't to beat Amazon the marketplace. The goal is to bring the Prime experience to other marketplaces. I don't believe it's a zero sum game.

Amazon is a lot more comfortable than they were 10 years ago, and you can already see that as a result in higher prices [1][2] and lower shipping SLAs. Lifting the rest of the market increases competition and helps all buyers have a better experience.

[1] http://www.samseely.com/blog/2016/5/2/the-amazon-flywheel-pa... [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-is-more-expensive-tha... [3] http://time.com/money/5256866/amazon-prime-membership-price-...