Reportedly more merchants are moving business from eBay to Amazon.com - financial press
- Amazons pool of merchants doubled to about 2 million in 2014, while the number of sellers on EBay has remained flat at 25 million in the past two years.
- Many sellers say Amazon is worth the extra expense to achieve greater sales volumes and that its cheaper to let Amazon handle logistics than do it themselves.
- Amazon, which has 270 million active buyers compared with EBays 155 million, has had a third-party marketplace since 2000 and started offering Fulfillment by Amazon in 2007. Some sellers have been wary of Amazon, since it can also be a retail competitor.
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