Amazon’s South African marketplace has some interesting features for consumers to get familiar with. (Amazon/Supplied)
Amazon on Tuesday launched its much-anticipated South African marketplace, and it has some compelling features for local consumers. A vast pickup point network, same-day and next-day delivery options, WhatsApp order tracking and a discount completion bar are among the service offerings on Amazon’s South African site.
In October last year, Amazon announced that it would be launching a South African marketplace in 2024, adding to its existing cloud computing business – Amazon Web Services – which has been operating locally for several years.
Amazon is the largest e-commerce company in the world, having brought in $575 billion in 2023 – equal to R10 trillion. To put that in perspective, the South African government collected R1.73 trillion in tax revenue in the last financial year.
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