Hi folks! I'm here with another idea. Let's make an amazon alternative. I know! I know! That was asked for a couple times already but lets discuss some details.

Amazon is basically glorified dropshipping by now. What if we just made federated (not sure if over activitypub would work) ads and sales, powered by fediseer (the "trust" network of the fediverse).

Example 1: So you buy at toms groceries, you trust them. they have experience with tina's hardware store and they trust them. so you can buy both toms and tinas wares on both sites.

Example 2: So for example, I run a small business that sells computers. You run a small business that sells mice and keyboards. I have worked with you before so I mark you as trusted in my local website, which federates with yours, showing your products in my shop. If a customer buys my computer and buys your keyboard on top, my site sends you a buy order with customer address and payment. I get a small fee for my electricity of say 1%.

Can someone try and poke holes in this idea? It feels like this could work!

Have a nice weekend.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's much more than that. Amazon's strength is also in its proximity warehouses and contacts with delivery companies.

Otherwise you just have a federated Ebay.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I order stuff from ebay. Got a phone on the way from china right now. Ebay work-alike might not be a bad place to start.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I buy stuff from Ebay and Etsy plenty often.