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0 pointsbombcar2y ago0 comments

I read it as "this works, but it's not our core competency so we will sell it off" - whether they're pulling one over on the company and it'll die immediately remains to be seen.

Shipping is getting expensive across the board, which might be part of it.

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boringg2y ago

I think you've nailed it on the head. I think they've now offloaded a key piece of e-commerce which they now have less control over their own destiny. Flexport is going to have to make margins as well which is going to get pushed onto the consumer at the end of the day which drives up prices, decreases demand. Tricky future incoming.

bombcarOP2y ago

If you know a portion of your business is going to get more expensive, it can be very nice to disassociate yourself from it - now people will be saying "Flexport screwing me, what other options do I have" instead of "Shopify is screwing me". A similar thing happened when eBay and PayPal stopped being connected at the hip.

boringg2y ago

Interesting take. That sounds like an upside to offloading a difficult operation though not necessarily driving reason.

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0 pointsbombcar2y ago0 comments

I read it as "this works, but it's not our core competency so we will sell it off" - whether they're pulling one over on the company and it'll die immediately remains to be seen.

Shipping is getting expensive across the board, which might be part of it.

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boringg2y ago

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boringg2y ago

Interesting take. That sounds like an upside to offloading a difficult operation though not necessarily driving reason.

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