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Amazon Steers Third-Party Seller Share To All-Time High
Amazon’s third-party sellers accounted for an all-time high of 62% of units sold in Q4 2024, though this is more by Amazon’s design than sellers’ dominance. One-fourth of Amazon’s revenue now comes from seller fees, another record high. History suggests that both numbers will continue to rise as Amazon steadily and purposefully shifts from retailer to infrastructure provider. Twenty-five years ago, Amazon launched its third-party marketplace as one of a long list of experiments designed to rapidly expand its product selection in pursuit of becoming the “Everything Store.”
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Amazon isn't the money-losing online bookstore it once was. Yesterday, the retail giant announced record quarterly and annual profits, with operating income increasing 86% year-over-year. But when it comes to explaining this profit growth publicly, Amazon doesn't disclose the whole picture. And that murkiness leaves unanswered the question of just how much profit comes from one of Amazon's thornier business practices: Increasing the fees on the millions of independent sellers who are critical to stocking the shopping platform's digital shelves.
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Amazon to Automatically Set Seller Handling Capacity Based on Performance Data
Amazon is obsessed with showing shoppers accurate delivery estimates. As a result, Amazon changed how sellers’ Order Handling Capacity settings are set. As of February 7, Amazon will automatically set a threshold that is a conservative estimate of the volume capacity sellers can handle based on their average daily orders over the past 30 days. The setting is a bit like a safety valve – if sellers get a sudden spike in orders and they exceed their order handling capacity, Amazon will show shoppers a delivery date that’s a day longer, giving sellers an additional day of handling time.
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