What websites do you use as an alternative to Amazon?

ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 249 points –

I've been trying to avoid shopping on Amazon for several years. For computer parts, I look at Newegg. For pet stuff, Chewy.

But what about all the miscellaneous stuff? What other websites do you trust when it comes to shopping online?

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Federated Amazon alternative coming soon?

That’s a brilliant idea.

Until you need to reach out support for a fake 1 tb microsd card

That’s oddly specific.

I would think for it to work properly there would need to be some sort of trust rating. I’ve used other (admittedly not federated) aggregator marketplaces and never had an issue. Not saying issues don’t happen, but they’re not guaranteed. You’d still get your standard PayPal or credit card protections if you used them.

There would be reviews/earrings and In time certain federated instances would gain reputation for trust through some type of way. Certain instances could possibly due verification of some sort

A step in that direction - https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-governments-e-commerce-network-oncd-expands-into-236-cities-ceo-says-2023-05-11/

Replacing Uber AND Amazon? And on top of that, this same country got sued a few years back for offering cheap, generic alternatives to expensive drugs to their populace. (Big pharma wasn't happy)

India is making a lot of good moves.

Only if you love long shipping times. I don’t see how warehouses or in-house logistics could be federated when there is no house, so it’d essentially just be private sellers going through traditional shipping avenues like USPS/UPS/FedEx/DHL, etc

If that’s a trade-off you’re willing to make, though, then let’s fucken go

That would be fine since itd take monopoly power away from amazon. Could possibly even leverage things like uber package delivery if someone in your city buys what you sell

I can get behind this tbh. Rarely is anything so important that you need it next day. Businesses often need that, but privately, I don’t. I’m patient.

Walmart, Target for brand name household items. BJs for bulk food. Etsy for miscellaneous small weird items, or eBay when I really want some sketchy Chinese knockoffs.

I’d be happy with step one being open front ends, against the amazon api.