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]]> http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/why-i-dont-like-amazon-anymore#comment-34 The Preston Blog - An internet marketing blog for internet retailers » SKU’s - the more the merrier Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:42:27 +0000 http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/why-i-dont-like-amazon-anymore#comment-34 [...] Amazon is a great example The largest internet retailer in the world, Amazon, illustrates this point perfectly. They have over ten million SKU’s available for purchase (source: Internet Retailer). Note that they don’t stock anywhere near this many products - read my post “Why I don’t like Amazon Anymore” for a quick explanation on how different internet retailers sell products on Amazon. Last year Amazon posted sales of $6.9 billion dollars (source: Hoover’s) on over ten million available products for purchase. For simplicity’s sake let’s assume that Amazon had exactly ten million products available. [...] […] Amazon is a great example The largest internet retailer in the world, Amazon, illustrates this point perfectly. They have over ten million SKU’s available for purchase (source: Internet Retailer). Note that they don’t stock anywhere near this many products - read my post “Why I don’t like Amazon Anymore” for a quick explanation on how different internet retailers sell products on Amazon. Last year Amazon posted sales of $6.9 billion dollars (source: Hoover’s) on over ten million available products for purchase. For simplicity’s sake let’s assume that Amazon had exactly ten million products available. […]

]]> http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/why-i-dont-like-amazon-anymore#comment-12 The Preston Blog » Conversion rates don’t magically improve Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/why-i-dont-like-amazon-anymore#comment-12 [...] I have been testing out a new marketing channel recently because I have been told repeatedly that it is a great alternative to Google, Yahoo and the comparison engines (and no, it’s not Amazon). I won’t mention the channel by name because I know I will upset a lot of people who swear by it. [...] […] I have been testing out a new marketing channel recently because I have been told repeatedly that it is a great alternative to Google, Yahoo and the comparison engines (and no, it’s not Amazon). I won’t mention the channel by name because I know I will upset a lot of people who swear by it. […]

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