Hi folks! I'm here with another idea. Let's make an amazon alternative. I know! I know! That was asked for a couple times already but lets discuss some details.

Amazon is basically glorified dropshipping by now. What if we just made federated (not sure if over activitypub would work) ads and sales, powered by fediseer (the "trust" network of the fediverse).

Example 1: So you buy at toms groceries, you trust them. they have experience with tina's hardware store and they trust them. so you can buy both toms and tinas wares on both sites.

Example 2: So for example, I run a small business that sells computers. You run a small business that sells mice and keyboards. I have worked with you before so I mark you as trusted in my local website, which federates with yours, showing your products in my shop. If a customer buys my computer and buys your keyboard on top, my site sends you a buy order with customer address and payment. I get a small fee for my electricity of say 1%.

Can someone try and poke holes in this idea? It feels like this could work!

Have a nice weekend.

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[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol that's called business. It's why nothing came from any of the investigations accusing them of not doing enough to protect workers employed by other companies they purchased from. It also happened around 2015ish and all the articles I found from 2020 praise their supply chain managment.

https://courses.ie.bilkent.edu.tr/ie479/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2024/11/Optimizing-Walmarts-Supply-Chain-from-Strategy-to-Execution.pdf

https://www.marketingscoop.com/consumer/walmart-supply-chain-strategy/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375551491_Retail_Supply_Chain_Systems_Analysis_A_Case_of_Walmart

I mean they were called out for not being attentive enough and they responded in a way you would hope a company would respond. Albeit an article written by walmart but still they owned up and addressed it.

https://corporate.walmart.com/askwalmart/what-is-walmart-doing-to-promote-responsible-labor-practices-in-the-supply-chain

Haven't found a single source that supports your claim that the issue went on for decades either so feel free to provide some sources and I'll be happy to read them and adjust my opinion accordingly.

[–] ericjmorey@discuss.online 1 points 4 hours ago

They dictate the operations of their suppliers. They force large expansions in capital investment and then decide that they don't want to renew the supplier relationship before the financing for the capital investments can be paid back. The only way suppliers can hope avoid this is to do what Walmart wants or constantly change their products in often superficial ways with branding agreements for IP of entertainment companies.