Amazon's Selz Acquisition is Good News for Small Businesses
To put it simply, Amazon is getting instant access to a market it used to operate in. Amazon previously operated a service called Amazon Webstore which was “a complete commerce platform” that enabled “companies to leverage Amazon technology and expertise in building and managing their direct-to-consumer business.” However, the platform shuttered in 2015, just five years after its launch. Amazon was only able to garner several hundred active users at the time — significantly less than its competitors. Selz currently has a user base of more than 125,000. That's not bad but it's miles ...