Amazon takes on Shein and Temu

[@Jose04537]

This will decimate all the dropshippers that were already on their platform reselling that same stuff with an insane mark up.

[@timm5362]

As a former drop shipper: good.

[@waynelast1685]

Good

[@David.Isaac.147]

I'm playing the world's smallest violin for all of the dropshippers

[@ya8158]

No it won’t because people can currently shop at Ali express, wish, shien etc for the same drop shipper items. The reason people go on Amazon is for the 2 day or less shipping. If something is $2 but will take 2-3 weeks to ship a lot of people will still pay $23 for the same item that arrives tomorrow

[@kbee225]

​@@ya8158depends on if you need it in a day. I generally wait 2 weeks for AliExpress.

[@ifeelsoalive]

Funny thing is Amazon has been selling cheap Chinese things on their site for years now but it’s been grossly overpriced.

[@redwolfexr]

that is because (I sell on Amazon) Amazon charges more for the last mile than Temu charges for the whole shipment. There is no way Temu is not losing money on every shipment. Amazon is still cheaper than mailing stuff directly to the customer though. Small light items cost me around $3 to pack and ship where they are at least $4 via USPS.

[@samaraisnt]

^ yes you’re correct. There’s an article they lose on average, $35 per order. But that’s not unusual as Amazon famously hemorrhaged millions (billions?) their first years as well. It’s funny the exemption is only outrageous when it’s not Amazon taking advantage of it…now they’ve followed the Starbucks model of not only being overpriced, but the only game in town with paltry customer service to boot.

[@redwolfexr]

@@samaraisnt I find plenty of "not-Starbucks" places to get better coffee for less money. Not a LOT less, but less. :D Amazon isn't that overpriced - you just have to realize that everyone has the shipping costs built in. Nobody ELSE is gonna ship stuff to you for less once you add shipping costs.

[@ya8158]

@@redwolfexr temu and all Chinese companies have insanely discounted shipping due to some trading laws back when Chinese goods were not shutting down American factories and it was a way to help Chinas economy which isn’t needed anymore for a good couple of decades but laws for some reason don’t reverse so easily even when it’s decimating the U.S. job market.

[@redwolfexr]

@@ya8158 the rate plan you are talking about expired. Temu isn't using USPS all that much. They are using a bulk shipping to US method and offbrand couriers. If you don't live near a big hub they use partner shipping. They still have better rates in general due to a weak currency.

[@timm5362]

Jokes on Amazon. 90% of their products are dropshipped from Temu and Aliexpress already.

[@Joesolo13]

Yeah they're just cutting out that middle man.

[@jackstraw1756]

Temu is sketchy you’re a fool to use it.

[@brent...]

How so?

[@jasonls221]

Alibaba usually

[@jimberry5318]

Yeah looks like dropshipping won't work so great anymore

[@mack-uv6gn]

Informative and entertaining keep up the good work 👍

[@noahhkun5097]

If this was informative for you, you should think a bit more

[@mack-uv6gn]

@@noahhkun5097 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@pdeezzel]

Bad bot

[@joeym5243]

Let's tighten that loophole honestly

[@jacoblehn8752]

Let's not

[@justinhanna9152]

how about you stop trying to limit the free market

[@adamdavila]

I’m sorry I can’t hear you over the sound of MUH FREEEEEDUM!!!

[@burntxela1258]

@@justinhanna9152free market isn’t always a free market

[@Saliferous]

Yes. It puts such a strain on our postal system too.

[@minnesotasteve]

Amazon can add their special magic to it by telling you your package will arrive tomorrow and then sending the hah Just kidding notice.

[@minmax9163]

Or the "Handed directly to resident" or my favorite "Signed for by Min Max". Dude, I'm 20 miles away.

[@minnesotasteve]

@@minmax9163 I had an Amazon package arrive slit open with a box cutter. The fact it was a box with shoes in it didn’t make this suspicious at all. Sadly for the Amazon driver they were hiking boots not Jordan’s.

[@samaraisnt]

RIGHT.

[@lelnel6242]

With Temu you have an option to get daily emails on the location of your parcel. I know this sounds like an add, but it's nice to know that my package is in customs right now

[@minnesotasteve]

@@lelnel6242 Amazon sends me daily updates about how they lost my package and maybe it'll get delivered tomorrow.

[@stolenB0b4]

Not ScarJo on the american wall lmao

[@marcialabrahantes3369]

stereotypical look

[@MRtwister88]

Is she not American?

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

@@MRtwister88no

[@GrimboBagworth]

She’s American I don’t see the issue

[@OsirusHandle]

​@@ThereIsNoSpoon678she was born in manhatten

[@ElstonGunnII]

Shein and Temu recieve heavy subsidies from the CCP that cover their shipping. Also China is technically a 'developing country' according to the IMF so they get trade benefits from that as well

[@albertmagician8613]

The CCP must be insanely rich to fund all this. Also the subsidies on EV has been dropped, but China can produce a 10,000 dollar EV for the internal market. Selling for this price in the USA is called "dumping" wich is incorrect. The truth is that. USA is spending effort to suppress workers instead of streamlining manufacturing, so they can't compete. The solar panel history repeats itself.

[@testacals]

China is just more efficiently run than USA. You can dislike how they do it but you cannot deny that they are efficient.

[@timbehrens9678]

WMF is not relevant here. The American import duty policy makes no distinction between developing and developed countries.

[@alexandragrace8164]

Just so everyone knows, the reason all of this is so cheap is because of slavery.

[@celisewillis]

Tale as old as time. I guess we could say the same for Amazon's treatment of warehouse workers. The labor turnaround is like 1 month because of how poorly they're treated.

[@thaistick2412]

but when the minimum raised you start whining, freaking hypocrites 🙄

[@PeaceOfMake]

​@@thaistick2412 What does american wage have to do with slaves in China?

[@Zack_Wester]

wasn´´t Temu also sort of paid for my china. aka Temu sells a product for (10 usd to make) sells normaly for 20-22 usd for 2 usd. China pays Temu 18. why. because this fucks up the market. causing that US company that sells it legit for 20 usd goes bankrupt.

[@im1480]

Chinese are independent 😒

[@AdamMPick]

They are losing money on every purchase. Think someone did that in the past. Oh wait, it was amazon.

[@evanthesquirrel]

Also, slavery

[@royk7712]

​@@evanthesquirrelAmerican labor protection is as good as slavery even in 3rd world country

[@mjp152]

But Shein and Temu have the CCP and the chinese central bank backing them up. They dont need to make a profit, they just need to keep production up so that people can be employed.

[@ivoryas1696]

​@@royk7712 Wait, what? Are you equating Amazon working to Bangladeshi sweat shop workers, or are you saying it all counts as slavery?

[@evanthesquirrel]

@@royk7712 i work in America. If i think something is excessively dangerous i can tell my boss I'm not doing that and boom, i don't have to do that. If I'm sick i tell my boss I'm sick and i don't have to work. All work that pays will be dangerous to some degree

[@rowlandm1976]

This is the best channel ever!

[@MerijnH]

The stuff from Temu actually arrives pretty quickly. At least here in Europe, no "weeks to arrive" but just a few days.

[@CarmellaMulroy]

Temu treats their workers like crap

[@MerijnH]

@@CarmellaMulroy Oh yea I believe that. Problem is that the same shit I buy on Temu, is on Amazon for 3x the price. I aint paying for someone's dropshipping course

[@KyleHohn]

These two the best morning brew’s got

[@LunarDefender]

100%

[@LunarDefender]

Macy and Megan killing it as usual 🔥 Informative and entertaining content!

[@marcusmyge]

Thought it was called eBay

[@wesleychair9696]

I only buy stuff from eBay if it has a return policy and an actual picture of the item.

[@Thewhiteandorange]

@@wesleychair9696 or you could just look at where it's shipping from and it will tell you exactly what you're getitng.

[@ivoryas1696]

@@wesleychair9696 Based eBay-er

[@KoraOSRS]

True story: the next short after this one was a god damn temu ad, I’m dying

[@TacticalBaconPatches]

Can I offer you an adblocker that works in these trying times? Or do you use Chrome?

[@christheghostwriter]

Just pay for premium

[@KoraOSRS]

@@TacticalBaconPatches I was on the KZbin app. I have adblockers on my PCs but even over there I’m seeing ads get through..

[@KoraOSRS]

@@christheghostwriter I would love premium, but it’s too expensive for me to justify the cost.. i already pay for multiple subscriptions, and YT Premium is a pricy one, so I just gotta accept the ads for now :/

[@TacticalBaconPatches]

@@KoraOSRS A lot of the adblockers on Chrome and Chromium based browsers won't block ads from KZbin because of Google threatening them.

[@seanconnery5683]

Cool short. Would be nice to have links to articles built-in.

[@sweetbeeurbanpottery4423]

YT doesn’t allow commenting links, and description links are iffy. Main page links can’t be constantly updated.

[@ElwoodBluesAK]

Products from temu can be found on Amazon for 3 times the price.

[@knightwolf3511]

usally there knock offs

[@Blorbo_Collector]

I don’t think that’s going to perform well for Amazon - they’ve made such a big name off 2 day delivery. Offering the complete opposite is going to confuse some customers

[@johnl.7754]

Yeah but losing business to temu so….

[@timm5362]

Nah. If they're up front, customers will gladly wait longer for a cheaper deal.

[@samaraisnt]

Have you ordered from Amazon lately…? It ALREADY takes 2 weeks for everything…

[@MrTaylork1]

@@samaraisntno it doesn’t. Stop making crap up because “company bad.”

[@jmason61]

I think that's the idea behind the move... confused customers will just go back to regular Amazon sales

[@fredyyfredfreddy]

100% back in store credits however you only have to buy stuff for another 800 billions dollars to get it.

[@tillymint7354]

The dropshippers are already selling on Amazon...

[@Blackrew]

Temu just steals photos and products from American businesses and small shops like on Etsy. And Temu completely refuses to enforce the copyright claims

[@tatkkyo9911]

Ya, unnecessary inventions found their stuff on temu, and the thing used pics from his youtube video in the ad.

[@tommydowning3481]

This is my absolute favorite infotainment channel.

[@mazahaka3691]

Right? Amazon has been doing it for years, now that others do it even more cost optimized they are pissed?? Wtf

[@michaelabbott8218]

amazon actually hates shopify-styled dropshipping and bans sellers that attempt to do that on their platform. (Or at least did back in 2020-2022) They were fairly correct that buyers trust their ratings/reviews that are intentionally hidden on the custom storefronts of shopify dropshipping sites However, Temu is taking a route of just selling cheap shit with narrow margins, which is rather different than the dropshipping approach of selling a $2 shirt for $60 and praying some idiot doesn’t know it’s going to be trash. (i.e. the cat’s out of the bag. let’s see if they buy trash now that they know it’s trash.) What’s really interesting is the long delivery times on Temu, whereas Amazon took pride in two-day delivery that obviously isn’t happening with Temu. Very curious whether Amazon is going to protect the two-day delivery branding or let it go. The biggest L here is Etsy, who has succumb to the dropshippers and completely erroded any excuse to buy quirky, creative nonsense that could easily just be getting sent from China as well 😂

[@johnl.7754]

What Amazon and Temu is doing are not the same thing

[@chippym8316]

@@johnl.7754 rage bait

[@samaraisnt]

Correction: Now that others are doing it it’s “bad” and too “unregulated.” Where were the regulations on Amazon?? 😂

[@jerseyjoyride1316]

Anyone that believes this has never ordered anything from Temu. It's usually a piece of garbage or it will be something unbelievably small that you thought you could use. You might order a chair on there and not realize it's a dollhouse chair because of the way they photograph and describe it.

[@JeanJean1]

Not true. I’ve ordered from there and so have several other people I know. Everything looks just like it does on the site.

[@jerseyjoyride1316]

@@JeanJean1 Absolutely true. There's a reason there's are dedicated KZbin channels to ordering things just to show the lies.

[@ultrasupernectar]

based on my experience ordering only camping and outdoor-related, woodworking tools, 8x10 shed, automotive tools/products and clothes. I'm pleased as pie with everything, with one or two hilarious exceptions like a $2 head-lamp that turned out to be sized for a racoons head, that I gifted to a cat, and a pair of xxxxl shorts that barely fit my 11 year old haha

[@alvinreviewsthing]

Not true. Most of the time its the same item listed on amazon at half price

[@merren2306]

not to mention all the toxic substances.

[@TheXabl0]

Your channel is amazing❤

[@bellablow4287]

SheIn doesn't take weeks to arrive and I live in New Zealand where everything takes weeks to arrive lol

[@stuartmacleod259]

Weeks? I get stuff from Temu in days, and i live in an extremely rural area where some couriers won't even go.

[@Frostbytedigital]

This already existed for a long time they are just putting it in a specific section and using it as a promotional tactic

[@greenmenace]

I bought a couple of remotes from Temu, living in Finland. I think they took less than a week to arrive

[@CH-vm6cq]

Cool story bro

[@greenmenace]

@@CH-vm6cq i know

[@intermission1864]

You guys are the best

[@na195097]

If I need something fast, Walmart or Target are my go-to. If I don't need it fast, Ali Express and Temu might get my business. I hate that Amazon no longer guarantees 2-3 day shipping since Covid. Everything from Amazon takes 4-7 days unless it's at the distro center 1 hr away (still takes 3 days because UPS/USPS suck).

[@frontiervirtcharter]

East coast metro areas, Ali and Temu are usually faster than Amazon these days

[@dreamervanroom]

I am on the West Coast and I get Amazon Amazon stuff in one or two days Prime is just what it says.

[@guptabhishek]

A day with a morning brew short is just a little better. Love from India

[@icaliver]

Business plans like just scream “an implosion on the horizon” FOR them not to consumer who avoids those shop hubs.

[@vernacular1483]

The content is too hilarious, it makes the actual topic seem trivial LOLLLLLLLL

[@TimesFM4532]

God bless America

[@awakenthechosen]

I fucking love her delivery at the end 😂😂

[@BackYardScience2000]

KZbin won't even let me comment what i want to say.... Wtf YT?!?!?!

[@BackYardScience2000]

Just because I wrote the words "buy" and "resell"....

[@Ten-Mezczyzna]

GOD BLESS AMERICA

[@megahunterkiller]

Temu’s quality isn’t even half of what the cheapest AmazonBasic product is

[@waynelast1685]

That’s not true. Nice try.

[@megahunterkiller]

@@waynelast1685 okay bot

[@samaraisnt]

Amazon basics are kind of premium priced…you’d be better to compare them to maybe a house-brand generic tbh. They might compare with up&up brand or something. Really unfair comp since they’re literally 10x the price. There’s certainly more expensive/premium stuff on the cheaper sites, you’re just hyperfocusing on the bottom of the barrel door buster stuff…But i think you’re just angry so i’ll leave you to yell at the wind. :)

[@megahunterkiller]

@@samaraisnt I'm not the one that brought up a $2 microwave as an example of their cost cutting strategies. Temu is not know for any strict quality control which is why their name is synonomous with cheaply made goods. Hyperfocusing is one of those reddit tier words that people screech when they want attention for their fake ADHD.

[@waynelast1685]

@@megahunterkiller I’m not a bot .

[@lillyroman4201]

I’ve ordered from SHEIN once and somehow it arrived within a week and a half. It was one of the fastest packages I’ve ever received 😂

[@tolic14ever]

China should put some tariffs on these exports..

[@Root174]

China would not do that as it would directly hurt their exports. They don't necessarily care who buys their stuff, as long as it sells. If any will be adding tariffs, then it will be foreign governments who import the cheap products.

[@knightwolf3511]

china goevemrent subsides exports

[@PaceyPimp]

im happy for competition

[@pigsareit]

The lights in that office looks like it would give me a headache

[@Be_Kind7683]

I put this in my canva...hahaha....they did good!

[@terryjones9784]

I love when I’m talking and the star spangled banner starts up in the background

[@AvRichgamerr]

Yall dropped a gem of info when you mentioned the $800 no tarrif thing

[@MyMMC]

aaah the invisble hand is once again handing us the solution. thank you perfect system

[@Wubbay828]

This women are the nerds of the office lmao 😂😂😂

[@gur262]

Yeah...while I don't remember the Amazon that was primarily a book store, i remember the Amazon that felt curated, like someone kind of checked on the quality of what's on offer, much like a reallife store has a selection of things.

[@livelybanana8411]

The good old fashioned values on which we used to rely

[@arshdeepsingh-pf9xo]

Good stuff

[@ShimonR]

Theyve come full circle

[@devinpendergast9277]

Not Ayn Rand rolling in her grave

[@Cyancat123]

Ayn Rand would be ripping her hair out

[@JeanJean1]

Funny thing is Temu stuff gets to you pretty fast

[@gaven9863]

I can confirm that as an employee, I receive almost exclusively chinese products. There's some taiwanese stuff in there, too.

[@LRK-GT]

The fact there's still a noticeable markup over aliexpress, is friggin criminal.

[@RubeusRuby]

Restaurants bringing back meal deals and dollar menus when they've been able to this whole time

[@milkrock.]

The all american bulletin board had me 😂🇺🇲 omg dolly, scarjo & ryan seacrest 💀⚰️

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

This is the America those Colonial boys died for 🔥🙌🦅🇺🇸🎇

[@perezpepito104]

They make it up on volume.

[@spicywasabi9981]

Evert time I order from Temu, a couple of weeks later that credit card gets used fraudulently. Does that happen to anyone else?

[@jackli6592]

why every time you order? dont you put in your credit card the moment you sign up? does it even matter if you order or not? i call this BS

[@SaretGnasoh]

Nope Only you

[@spicywasabi9981]

@@SaretGnasoh Why so dumb?

[@meganlewis2424]

Me over, still ordering from Wish: "finally, someone gets me"

[@henryjubeda7617]

American made stuff is still around and working. Taxes have killed domestic production intentionally

[@natehiger410]

American dream finally achieved

[@MyMovie5858]

I think there should be a "crap tax" for all the craps that the vendors refuse to take back, which probably ends up in the dumpsters. Also, there should be a cap on cheap freight incentives currently being offered to developing nations.

[@trentwhaley4169]

This is Wal-Marts model making small businesses close! 😂

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

I think I rather cut out the middleman and order directly from shein/temu, at least the shipping will be cheaper. amazon shipping is always ludicrously expensive.

[@koroplays3200]

Well temu sells from cheap cause it comes straight from the sweat shops

[@metalvideos1961]

Amazon literally sell the same products for twice as much lol. Literally the exact same product

[@kylelitwack]

I’m done with Amazon because everything on there is the same cheap crap from china but more expensive and than temu. The kicker is I just bought stuff off temu for the first time and it took less time to get to me than Amazon.

[@yanava]

You do that, the Congress will plug the 800 USD loophole real quick. How do I know? Exactly what happened in Brazil. There is not a single dollar you make as an individual or company, that the government does not want for itself.

[@noclicheplease]

Meanwhile amazon is already delaying deliveries on regular items 😂

[@censorsstarve]

At this point, i want a way to hide chinese products from the list

[@mkvenner2]

Why is everyone forgetting that Chinese industry is 99% subsidized

[@trey1531]

I've been using eBay to do that for a decade.

[@TheSevien]

pfft, still haven't seen a single Vevor Lathe on there, im sticking with Aliexpress for now

[@comosellama5287]

Great! We're gonna trash our planet so bezos can afford to liquify Mars or something equally stupid. Yay for us! 🙄

[@jmason61]

Pretty much already trashed with Chinese junk....(the consumer market I mean). Hopefully the planet will survive

[@celisewillis]

​@@jmason61 the planet will eventually be fine, but humans and tons of animals deffo won't

[@enargins]

I don't place an order unless they offer me a hundred and fifty percent off my order!

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

So… Amazon is going to start drop shipping?

[@samaraisnt]

“start”

[@joelfurrer2972]

this isn’t China company ad?

[@HellCat838whp]

That microwave is spying on you…

[@michelleheadley2911]

Basically. That 100$ is a bunch of coupons. And you have to buy x amount of things in order to receive the coupon and then will need to buy more to use the coupons.

[@smitastic7030]

If you are not aware, 55% of sellers on Amazon are small businesses. Unfortunately, of those 55% about 70% are in China.

[@justcommenting4981]

Yea...this sort of thing mostly made me stop using Amazon and start using Aliexpress n such more.

[@HotTakeAndy]

And this is why Amazon drivers don’t give a shit if you’re mad your delivery was placed two feet away from where you thought it should go.

[@mike4402]

Was looking for an electric bug zapper, one I liked was being sold for $30. I limited the price down and found the exact same thing for $4 AND it came with batteries.

[@MrTheBest247]

I thought Seacrest was Canadian until this video lmao.

[@KnightGlint]

I use to buy a lot of books on Amazon and other random stuff. Nowadays I've returned to using other websites because the 3rd party sellers are becoming increasingly sketchy.

[@connorbeck575]

Got 90% off if i bought 10 items. Got some spare bad tools for my work for like 7 dollars. The drill bits cant handle mild steel though so seems like a fair deal lol

[@theexpierow8951]

all the dropshippers are fucked now

[@christopherpalmer4243]

100% off your order?

[@ItsDatPluto]

Amazon is a bigger scan than temu bc amazon will sell u temu quality products at higher prices to make it seem good

[@knightwolf3511]

the ones with lead and chemicals like antimony?

[@zax8961]

U hit the nail on the head. Would you prefer buying cheap shit made in China from an American retailer or a fraction of the cost from a Chinese one?

[@nocturnalamnesia3062]

First make that to Europe.. I bought iot sensor from us. I canes after three weeks. I needed to pay tariff and it was packed in very rudimentary package.. sensor itself was clever.

[@Cubs1719]

Amazon is definitely not worried about either of those companies. They're both spending way too much money and are not sustainable.

[@royalbridge]

I don’t know as a fellow american I don’t like to wait 4 weeks for a parcel to arrive. I still use amazon because of the convenience of next day shipping

[@YawMoney]

Amazon primal

[@sensibleplayer]

This is just a classic tactic to gather customers and destroy competition. These insane discounts and promotions will be gone in the very near future. Shoppee for example did it and failed to destroy competition so they are deep in the red and recovery is slow. I wonder how much money temu saved up to burn.

[@simpson4237]

Anyone who thinks a new $2 microwave is a deal tell me again how your home burnt down lol