Since the start of the year, future of Aussie Retailers has been on the brink with all focus zooming up on Amazon’s launch in Australia. The recent news swirls around the US juggernaut setting for a soft entry this week only. Its been a couple of weeks that Amazon had revealed its two-pronged strategy on Australia launch.
Under the strategy, Australian third-party merchants will be asked to pay $49.95 with GST on a monthly basis for selling on Amazon’s platform and then 6%-15% will be levied as commission on products being sold.
The market now speculates Amazon to commence trading within some hours as the retailer has signalled about beginning a testing phase on Thursday, as indicated through an email received by some sellers from the Amazon Marketplace team on Tuesday. Primarily, it has been indicated that Amazon Marketplace sellers will be required to be ready to receive orders, and be prepared for the launch of the Amazon Marketplace in Australia.
It has also been reported that the sellers are asked to have pricing and stock up-to-date in the above regard.
While only a small number of customers are said to be targeted through this testing phase, the news has sent jitters down the spine among other retailers and there is a possibility that the Amazon Australia shakes the ground by end of this week.
While stock of JB Hi-Fi was up 1.9%, Harvey Norman stayed flat on November 22, 2017.
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