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UpstartWorks to Help Expand Amazon Buy With Prime Program

Amazon already has a far higher trust rating than almost anyone, so placing its Shop With Prime button on small retailers’ websites can only increase their sales. They just selected ecommerce tech vendor UpstarWorks to help expand the program. Is it rude to mention the deal also helps Amazon collect new customer data?

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Apple Ads Gain from Apple Privacy Measures: Appsumer Study

September 12, 2022

Who doesn’t love the consumer control provided by Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) program?  Mobile app advertisers and ad sellers who lose access to consumer data, that’s who.  This Appsumer report finds Apple itself is the biggest winner, growing its share of mobile app advertising from 10% in the second quarter of 2021 to 15% one year later, while Facebook’s share fell from 32% to 28%.

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Amazon Backs Down on Charging Sellers Who Don’t Use Its Fulfillment Services

September 25, 2023

There’s probably no limit to Amazon’s greed – because capitalism – but there are constraints as governments regulate BigTech more aggressively and, just maybe, the free market works its wonders. Amazon cited “seller sentiment related to the fee” in its statement pulling back from its planned 2% fee on sellers who don’t use its Prime fulfillment services.  But looming antitrust cases likely had something to do with it.

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