The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Amazon Stock Tops $400 for First Time”. Seth Fiegerman says, “Amazon‘s stock topped $400 a share for the first time in early trading Friday after flirting with that record for much of this month.The stock increase follows several upgrades from analysts in recent months, including Goldman Sachs and UBS, citing growth in the ecommerce market and the strength of Amazon businesses like Kindle and Amazon Web Services. The surge also coincides with reports this month that Amazon had a very strong holiday season“. Amazon Stock Tops... [...]
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The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “With little effort, Amazon becomes the most shared retailer on Pinterest”. Graham Charlton says, “Amazon has the most shares of its products on Pinterest than any other US retailer, though it seems to put less effort into curation than most of its rivals. According to SearchMetrics, products from Amazon.com currently generate the highest average number of pins per week (16,360) on Pinterest, followed by Walmart (5,778) and Apple (3,871). So is Amazon doing anything especially well on Pinterest, or is this due to the... [...]
It’s Amazon.com, a selling machine like the world has never seen before. There are over 30,000 product categories and millions of products being sold on Amazon right now. In fact, Amazon did $61 Billion in revenue in 2012. But what most people don’t know is that 41% of Amazon’s revenue was driven by products that are sold by other people using the Amazon infrastructure and web site. There are thousands of Amazon Sellers that make up this 41% of Amazon’s revenue. And this opportunity is only going to grow each year with continued growth as Amazon grows. Matt Clark and Jason Katzenback... [...]
There are many ways that small marketers can make money with Amazon. The most familiar ways are as (1) affiliate marketers and (2) as Kindle authors. But there’s another way often overlooked: Fulfillment by Amazon (or “FBA”). Amazon moves a lot of physical products through its delivery process, and it has become one of the best in the world at fulfilling orders for physical products. Its FBA service lets you and me, insignificant marketers working from home, use their world-class fulfillment process to sell our products. What Kindle is for electronic books, FBA is for physical... [...]
In response to competitive pressures, Amazon has dropped the price on the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD Wi-Fi tablet for $269, down from $299, and its 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE for $449, down from $499. They have a pop-up telling you to enter the promotional code “FIRELOVE” at checkout to receive the discount. The discount ends Feb 8, 2013. Kindle Fire HD 8.9″, Dolby Audio, Dual-Band Wi-Fi, 16 GB – Includes Special Offers Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ 4G LTE Wireless, Dolby Audio, Dual-Band Wi-Fi, 32 GB – Includes Special Offers [...]