What to expect from Amazon in South Africa

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While many found Amazon’s South African launch underwhelming, industry experts believe this is just the very beginning of what the US e-commerce giant has planned.

Amazon ’s South African marketplace launched without the company’s Prime subscription service or its extensive portfolio of Kindle, Echo, and Fire devices. Amazon Prime offers subscribers free delivery on certain orders, early access to lightning deals, shopping discounts, and several other bundled benefits.By December 2018, after a year in Australia, the number of products on Amazon had grown from 7.5 million to almost 100 million in the country.

One option is for these sellers to use Amazon Easy Ship or Self Ship instead of Fulfilment by Amazon to deliver orders and only send a product when it’s been sold.With Self Ship, sellers can handle their own warehousing, packing, and delivery. At the very least, people hoped for deals on Amazon-specific products like Kindle e-book readers, Echo smart speakers and displays, and Fire tablets and TVs.

Electronics importers in South Africa have previously complained about the time it takes to obtain the necessary letters of authority from the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications.

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