Amazon is working on a secondary online sales platform that will compete with Chinese retailer Temu’s extremely low prices. The Information reported that it has seen internal information sent to Amazon merchants that details some of the price ranges for this new storefront.
The outlet claims that the upper limits of prices are set at $8 for jewelry, $9 for bedding, $13 for guitars, and $20 for sofas that are shipped from its fulfillment center in Guangdong, China under this new “low-cost store.”
According to the site’s sources, orders from this storefront will have a slower shipping timeline of nine to 11 days, but sellers will also be charged lower fulfillment fees. According to The Information, a seller will be charged between $1.77 and $2.05 for a 4-8 ounce item shipped through the low-cost store, while an item of that weight shipped under Fulfillment by Amazon from a domestic warehouse will be charged between $2.67 to $4.16.
Amazon doesn’t set price caps on its namesake online storefront, so this new platform will be a pretty different strategy from its usual approach. It’s more in line with the pricing policy adopted by Temu, which launched in 2022. In just two years, the bargain-priced ecommerce platform has earned a reputation for selling items of questionable quality, as well as raising questions about its reliance on “forced” labor.
After CES and ahead of Samsung’s Unpacked, the Engadget crew had a quick chance to catch its collective breath this week. But we took a look at the deal machine to see which tech sales are worth your money.
Right now, we’re seeing some good deals from Apple – one on the latest iPad mini and another on the new 15-inch MacBook Air – as well as a first-time discount on the Kindle Colorsoft ereader.
There are a few discounts on Bluetooth trackers to help you keep track of your keys and bag. And Best Buy is still running a promotion to give away three free months of Apple TV+, so you can start watching the recently released season two of Severance. Here are this week’s best tech deals, which you can still find today.
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