{"id":32836,"date":"2013-03-20T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/20\/amazon-prime-numbers.html"},"modified":"2013-03-20T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T13:09:11","slug":"amazon-prime-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/20\/amazon-prime-numbers.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Prime Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
It's been hugely successful and profitable for Amazon. Remarkably enough, if you provide a good service for a fixed fee and reduce extra costs and markups for the consumer, it appears the consumer will not only use that service, but shop at your location more than they would otherwise.<\/p>\n

In other words, if I can stop worrying about extra costs for shipping and<\/i> get my books, CDs, DVDs, etc., in two days, I'll do it sooner than I'll search around for an optimal bargain — even if the Amazon Prime price for the item is more than the non-Prime price.<\/p>\n

And that leads people to buy stuff from Amazon other than<\/i> media. \u00a0We do this some — Margie has a favorite\u00a0bouillon, I've bought shaving cream and deodorant. The price is comparable, it will be delivered to the house, in bulk, in two days — it's a win for me as the consumer.<\/p>\n

And that's what's got retailers really<\/i> worried.<\/div>\n

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Amazon Prime: Bigger, More Powerful, More Profitable than Anyone Imagined | The Passive Voice | Writers, Writing, Self-Publishing, Disruptive Innovation and the Universe<\/a>
\n From Time: Amazon\u2019s competitors \u2014 a group that basically includes every retailer under the sun nowadays \u2014 have more reasons than ever to fear the world\u2019s largest e-retailer. Membership in Amazon Prime…\n <\/p>\n

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It's been hugely successful and profitable for Amazon. Remarkably enough, if you provide a good service for a fixed fee and reduce extra costs and markups for the consumer, it appears the consumer will not only use that service, but shop at your location more than they would otherwise. 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