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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
If somebody can get you a $20 item in 1 day, and the other guy will get you the same for $15 in 2-3 days, whatcha gonna do?
One day delivery is for the ” I GOTTA HAVE IT RIGHT NOW”…….2 – 3 day delivery is for those of us who can plan.
Ya, it’s ALL fun & games ’til somebody puts an eye out…….
Seriously, rushing is gonna get somebody killed.
It just isn’t worth it.
I LIKE waiting to get stuff :o)
lol, Re Amazon in-house delivery organization. I live in Atlanta. With the last ten orders delivered by Amazon only 30 percent were delivered on-time as promised.
I think the talk of fast shipping is missing the point. There is nothing faster than driving 1 mile to the local store and buying your toilet paper from there.
Many buyers are wising up to the fact that there is no such thing as “free shipping”.
Why pay $20 for a wine bottle opener from Amazon, when you can buy it for $3 at your local Smiths?
Our economy has been booming since the last recession in 2008. Once buyers start to tighten their pocketbooks, this whole 1 day shipping thing will fizzle away in favor of 3 day shipping with products listed at substantially lower prices.