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RT @doctorow
Amazon is *very* proud of its #flywheel: first, they subsidized customers, luriing in sellers. Then they demanded lower prices, luring more buyers. With more customers, more sellers piled in. Faster the flywheel spins, creating the #EverythingStore:

https://fourweekmba.com/amazon-flywheel/

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Amazon is *very* proud of its #flywheel: at first, the company offered subsidies to customers, which lured in sellers. Then, it demanded that those sellers lower their prices, which lured in more customers. With more customers, more sellers piled in. Faster and faster, the flywheel spins, creating the #EverythingStore:

https://fourweekmba.com/amazon-flywheel/

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RT @doctorow@twitter.com

That tempted in lots of business customers - Marketplace sellers who turned Amazon into the #EverythingStore it had promised from the beginning. As these sellers piled in, Amazon shifted to subsidizing suppliers. Kindle and Audible creators got generous packages. 9/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1616821924948066305

And Amazon sold us Prime, getting us to pre-pay for a year's worth of shipping. Prime customers start their shopping on Amazon, and 90% of the time, they don't search anywhere else.

That tempted in lots of business customers - Marketplace sellers who turned Amazon into the #EverythingStore it had promised from the beginning. As these sellers piled in, Amazon shifted to subsidizing suppliers. Kindle and Audible creators got generous packages.

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