Amazon just decided to set its sights on the B2B market—watch out world.. The online shopping behemoth has evolved to become a crazily comprehensive source to find and buy just about anything with a simple touch of the “buy” button. And now that consumers are largely addicted to the ease of purchase and efficiency that buying from Amazon affords, Amazon is making a move to get more of the lucrative B2B market. This should come as no surprise to anyone, Amazon has never been content to sit still when it comes to growth opportunities. After three years of testing, Amazon Business has officially launched.
An expansion of Amazon Supply, the wholesale site launched in 2012, Amazon Business will make Supply look like small potatoes. Where Supply had somewhere around 2 million products, and millions of business customers spending billions of dollars, Amazon Business will be much bigger, with hundreds of millions of products, and of course, expanded profits to match. If you’re currently an Amazon Supply customer, come May 13th Amazon Business will make Supply look like small potatoes…
