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Amazon earnings fall 58%

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Says they were restructuring due to Amazon Prime, whatever that means.
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seems to be a program that costs $79 a year... and you get unlimited 2 day shipping i think. could be costly if the customer is a large repeat buyer.
 
Originally posted by: jinduy
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Says they were restructuring due to Amazon Prime, whatever that means.
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seems to be a program that costs $79 a year... and you get unlimited 2 day shipping i think. could be costly if the customer is a large repeat buyer.
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Or just makes new accounts for the 3 month free trial.
 
Yeah, they offered me a three month free trial of Prime. I ordered laundry detergent and other random things one at a time just because I could. Sorry 🙁

 
Sales for the quarter were $2.14 billion, a 22 percent increase over the $1.75 billion a year earlier. The company said sales would have grown 23 percent if not for the negative effect of foreign exchange rates.
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They are still doing awsome in sales 🙂
 
There is nothing surprising there. Amazon is one of those barely profitable large companies. Revenues are massive at $2.14 billion in the latest quarter. But costs are also massive. The profit only ends up at $22 million. Thus only 1% of its revenue is profit.

That scenerio leads to massive profit swings. Suppose we pretend costs were fixed for the quarter. If revenue was instead $2.16 billion, then they have only a small dip in profits. Or if revenue was instead $2.12 billion, they'd almost be losing money. Just a small 1% change in revenue can make or break Amazon's profit line.

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with Amazon. Its sales were up 22% from this time last year. This profit drop is just the nature of the massive sales at a razor thin profit business model.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
There is nothing surprising there. Amazon is one of those barely profitable large companies. Revenues are massive at $2.14 billion in the latest quarter. But costs are also massive. The profit only ends up at $22 million. Thus only 1% of its revenue is profit.

That scenerio leads to massive profit swings. Suppose we pretend costs were fixed for the quarter. If revenue was instead $2.16 billion, then they have only a small dip in profits. Or if revenue was instead $2.12 billion, they'd almost be losing money. Just a small 1% change in revenue can make or break Amazon's profit line.

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with Amazon. Its sales were up 22% from this time last year. This profit drop is just the nature of the massive sales at a razor thin profit business model.
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This past quarter drastically changed some aspects of their affiliate program, reducing comissions for affiliates. This might be in an attempt to boost profit (affiliates to provide a significant amount of sales).



The vast majority of sales I see as an Amazon affiliate are sales from third parties selling through Amazon.
 
Originally posted by: Xyclone
Originally posted by: Baked
That 3rd party vendor thing is driving away business.
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QFT
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i actually have benefited from this a bit...

i got me a nice pair of sennheiser headphones for cheaper than what amazon and all the other 3rd party vendors were offering at a nominal shipping fee... but i guess screening to find the cheapest deal is a hassle for most.
 
What?s the big deal Amazon is still doing fine they are still making money.... right. Just not as much as they thought they would.

Although I really take advantage of the Amazon prime thing.... saves me hundreds of dollars. Hope they don't take it away. 🙁
 
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