THESTATEOFTHEAMAZONMARKETPLACE2017Areportbasedonasurveyof1,600Amazonsellers?Feedvisor2017–TheAlgo-CommerceCompanyTheStateoftheAmazonMarketplace20171INTRODUCTIONIfwecouldchooseonewordtodescribetheAmazonMarketplace,thatwordwouldbedynamic.NothingonAmazonstaysthesameforlong.Assellersknow,whatmightbeindemandoneweekmaynotbeindemandthenextweek.Trendsandpricescanfluctuatewildlyfromoneminutetothenext.Andtoday’sAmazonisdifferentthanlastyear’sAmazon—andcertainlytheAmazonoffiveyearsago.That’swhy“TheStateoftheAmazonMarketplace”issoessential.AspartofFeedvisor’songoingaimtoprovideonlinesellerswithcrucialdatatohelptheironlinebusinesses,weasked1,600Amazonmerchantsabouttheirsellinghabits,revenue,concerns,andplansforthefuture.Theiranswersshedlightnotonlyonhowsellersmanagetheirbusinesses,butalsoonhowtheAmazonmarketplac