← Back to context Comment by stingraycharles 19 hours ago Amazon? 3 comments stingraycharles Reply abtinf 19 hours ago Amazon was wildly profitable on a unit cost basis from relatively early on. They didn’t show profits on paper because they reinvested everything into their capital buildout to reduce costs even more. stingraycharles 17 hours ago I thought Amazon was selling quite a few items at a loss to undercut competition early on? ayewo 6 hours ago They did in some instances, not all.A notable example where they ate $ millions in losses is the Diapers.com story [1] [2].[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...[2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am...
abtinf 19 hours ago Amazon was wildly profitable on a unit cost basis from relatively early on. They didn’t show profits on paper because they reinvested everything into their capital buildout to reduce costs even more. stingraycharles 17 hours ago I thought Amazon was selling quite a few items at a loss to undercut competition early on? ayewo 6 hours ago They did in some instances, not all.A notable example where they ate $ millions in losses is the Diapers.com story [1] [2].[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...[2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am...
stingraycharles 17 hours ago I thought Amazon was selling quite a few items at a loss to undercut competition early on? ayewo 6 hours ago They did in some instances, not all.A notable example where they ate $ millions in losses is the Diapers.com story [1] [2].[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...[2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am...
ayewo 6 hours ago They did in some instances, not all.A notable example where they ate $ millions in losses is the Diapers.com story [1] [2].[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...[2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am...
Amazon was wildly profitable on a unit cost basis from relatively early on. They didn’t show profits on paper because they reinvested everything into their capital buildout to reduce costs even more.
I thought Amazon was selling quite a few items at a loss to undercut competition early on?
They did in some instances, not all.
A notable example where they ate $ millions in losses is the Diapers.com story [1] [2].
[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...
[2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am...