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Shopify – the good shop to Amazon's bad shop
- While it began with a simple tool for sellers to set up their own e-commerce stores, Shopify has expanded into a platform with a thriving ecosystem of plug-ins. In addition, it allows merchants to manage and process payments, and recently launched fulfillment services and e-mail marketing software. Shopify is quickly building all the same functiona... See more
from Drinking from the Firehose | Alex Taussig, Lightspeed | Substack by Alex Taussig
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- Shop resembles Google Shopping more than Amazon, and it lacks the convenience of a single cart. It’s a product that reflects the philosophical tug-of-war between Shopify’s original antimarketplace stance and its stated ideal of helping merchants be as successful as possible.
from Can Shopify Compete With Amazon Without Becoming Amazon? (Published 2020) by Yiren Lu
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- Unlike Amazon, which is an online marketplace where customers go to buy stuff, Shopify is a software platform visible only to merchants. You don’t go shopping on Shopify the way you do on Amazon; Shopify doesn’t list products directly on Shopify.com.
from Can Shopify Compete With Amazon Without Becoming Amazon? (Published 2020) by Yiren Lu
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