Ask HN: How does fancy.com make money?
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They charge a 20% commission fee for everything sold.
Pure guess -- they may take a loss or zero profit on some items in exchange for having a wider selection available.
affiliate marketing through skimlinks or similar service.
Maybe they sold the product first and bought yours in order fill the order, testing to see if a wholesale convo is worth having? Could come from product scraping?
Just guessing here, haven't even heard of them before now.
Just guessing here, haven't even heard of them before now.
Fancy is an unsustainable business model. period. they don't know what they're doing.
After a quick look at their site, I was able to find the product for sale. Same price, no markup. Difference in shipping costs were negligible.
Reached out to Andrew to let him know if he was interested in wholesale I would be happy to discuss the particulars. After this conversation the product link was updated to remove the ability to "checkout" with our product.
According to their wikipedia page, "In return for selling other merchants’ products, Fancy takes a 10% cut of every purchase that is made through the website."
Fancy purchases our product at the going rate, charging their consumer the same amount. Where are they collecting/pulling that 10% cut from... Dorsey & Hughes? Is this a standard business practice to resell online vendors goods without gaining consent from them to list? At least someone like http://www.farfetch.com/ puts a premium on their pricing.
Similar account noted here: https://www.etsy.com/teams/7722/discussions/discuss/10441928/
Screen shot of our product in their cart after they have removed the ability to "add to cart" http://imgur.com/GfVkEL4