Diary of a Network Geek

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6/26/2003

Amazon’s Path to Profitablity

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,News and Current Events — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is in the early morning or 7:28 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waxing Gibbous

Give you a hint: It’s not selling books!

Nope, it’s selling software and services. Hey, I guess we are a serivce economy after all! According to this story at Wired News, Amazon.com has made their real money selling the software that runs their website and selling customized portal services for big customers. (Sort of like the work my wife did for IndigoPool.com.) And, they seem to be doing it for smaller customers, too, though the article didn’t seem to focus on that as much. In any case, it’s interesting to me because Amazon is one of the few survivors of the DotBomb.

Well, dang it, it was interesting to ME!

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