Stores turned online "marketplaces" in Canada
I was wondering what the thoughts of other RFD'ers was on these online "marketplaces". The biggest and most successful here is by far Amazon, it's clear how many others are trying to borrow a page from their books. Once traditional online retailers like Walmart, Bestbuy, Newegg have been letting no name third party vendors sell through their online store, we've even had laughable attempts like shop.ca to invade this market.
The problem I've always found with these online "marketplaces" is that there's too little transparency about where the products is from, shipping methods, etc. I've seen too many that just dropship from Chinese stores, I might as well just order from the usual Chinese online stores, at least then I know what i'm getting into for shipping and returns. The main retailers themselves tend to be perfectly fine to order from but they always keep trying to blur the difference between ordering through them and ordering through someone else. It doesn't always matter but for many purchases I'd care not to be buying from some literal who that got them from who knows where.
Is this positive change for our online shopping in Canada or is it just a rat race between online retailers.
The problem I've always found with these online "marketplaces" is that there's too little transparency about where the products is from, shipping methods, etc. I've seen too many that just dropship from Chinese stores, I might as well just order from the usual Chinese online stores, at least then I know what i'm getting into for shipping and returns. The main retailers themselves tend to be perfectly fine to order from but they always keep trying to blur the difference between ordering through them and ordering through someone else. It doesn't always matter but for many purchases I'd care not to be buying from some literal who that got them from who knows where.
Is this positive change for our online shopping in Canada or is it just a rat race between online retailers.