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clrmoney
11/21/2016 11:02:41 AM User Rank Platinum
Amazon touring
Amazon is my favorite and best website to shop for things and for them touring across countries is great for them which mean more people will know who they are and more income.
afwriter
11/21/2016 12:44:32 PM User Rank Platinum
OTT Advantage
Amazon has a few unique advantages, Amazon Channels for example, is allowing us some a la carte options for subscription stations like HBO. They also have some great original programing. My biggest complaint about amazon is their UI, in my opinion it is a lot more difficult to navigate than those of Netflix and Hulu. As far as their strategy here, they have the money to do it and if they succeed good for them, if they fail it is a lessoned learned for them and everyone else.
dmendyk
11/21/2016 4:22:49 PM User Rank Platinum
Grand schemes
Amazon has been at the forefront of the real disruption that's driving just about everything in this century -- reality is less important than vision. Ignore stuff like profit margins and sustainability, and somehow things will work out.
Vestilan
11/22/2016 5:51:09 AM User Rank Steel
Re: Grand schemes
Amazon is the best and best website to look for things and then for them touring across countries is ideal for them which mean more folks will know who they are and more money.
dmendyk
11/22/2016 8:35:46 AM User Rank Platinum
Re: Grand schemes
I wonder how much Amazon pays for shill posts. Holidays are coming up, and GI Joe with the kung fu grip is getting more expensive.
Ariella
11/22/2016 9:49:35 AM User Rank Author
Re: Grand schemes
<Ignore stuff like profit margins and sustainability, and somehow things will work out.>
@mendyK it did start out that way, which made me wonder how long it did take to get profitable. I dug this out: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=87393
But there was no doubt about the fourth quarter of 2001: Driven by an extraordinary burst in the Christmas shopping season (apparently there was more fear of bombs at Borders than anthrax in Amazon boxes), Amazon finally crossed over into the Land of the Black Numbers.
dmendyk
11/22/2016 10:04:18 AM User Rank Platinum
Re: Grand schemes
Amazon's profitability was dodgy until AWS took off. AWS is where the profit is for Amazon. The consumer businesses are high volume, low profit. Nothing wrong with that, but AWS makes the whole picture much brighter.
faryl
11/22/2016 5:13:51 PM User Rank Platinum
Re: OTT Advantage
I agree about the UI. I've been a Prime customer for years, and always forget that Amazon's an option for watching content, then when I do, it seems like a hassle.
Adi
11/23/2016 5:14:21 AM User Rank Author
Re: OTT Advantage
@faryl, @afwriter - This should be a concern for them. Navigation/UI/personalization/reccomendation - this is becoming really critical. Even pay-TV providers are putting a lot of developmental effort into improving this experience. Given that Amazon was the first company to really invest in taking the hassle out of online shopping, you would think they would really target this area. There's no point having the largest library if no one can find anything there.
freehe
11/24/2016 10:27:17 PM User Rank Platinum
Re: Amazon touring
I am curious why Amazon would spent so much money on one tv show.
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