We need an alternative to Amazon in Europe
As the title says, us Europeans need to find an alternative to Amazon. We have spent the last 20 years buying items from Amazon that are from China, with the payments and delivery services facilitated by American companies. This needs to change.
I would absolutely love for a new buying platform to be created, that allows you to select the country or region you are buying from with next day delivery, which seems to be Amazon's main USP.
Ideally we would have a site that allows us:
- To buy from local suppliers and shops. Almost like a national inventory
- To make it easy for those shops to add their existing inventory (WooCommerce integration etc)
- To use the national post systems of the country the goods are bought from (and other third parties if necessary)
- To implement a system that allows new and small businesses to thrive
- To pay for a subscription, similar to prime
- To choose the country you wish to buy from if you'd like
I'm aware that point 5 may prove unpopular, however this is what will allow smaller businesses and startups to thrive with a great delivery service for a nominal fee. It should be a platform effort to provide delivery for all. Amazon has been robbing Europeans for decades now. We should take back that financial power!
If anyone knows of any initiatives to implement this, please let me know as I would love to help. Have been working in tech for 13 years and I'm keen to see Europe flourish. It's been a long time coming