minus-square970372@sh.itjust.workstoExplain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5: How is Amazon able to sell me books so much cheaper than brick and mortar book stores in my arealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI don’t know the full details, but part of it: In the store you can walk between the books. This takes loads of room. In the Amazon warehouse, this can be veeery cramped. The land value of the store is probably mich higher than the Amazon warehouse land. They sell much more, so all costs can be shared across a million orders, instead of across just 10 books sold. linkfedilink
I don’t know the full details, but part of it: