04-03-2007, 05:15 PM
Quote: I went to the ChannelAdvisor Catalyst meeting last month, where Amazon was the star of the show - they are using high-volume eBay sellers to drop-ship products, and at the show, Patrick Byrne announced a similar program for Overstock.
As Gotham City Online founder Jonathan Garriss pointed out during a phone call, these programs are good for generating revenue, but are not the solution to building a brand. Sellers must think about the issue of, "who owns the customer?" With drop-ship programs from Amazon.com and Overstock.com, sellers don't own the customer, the marketplace does...
full article: http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blo...16685.html