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Jeff Bezos: The Man with the Midas Touch?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With Jeff Bezos’s brainchild, Amazon Home Services<\/a>, the platform aims to streamline the search for reliable and affordable service providers while ensuring that customers enjoy a hassle-free experience from start to finish. The service has eased a great deal of anxiety from homeowners, and it continues to gain popularity, catering to diverse needs from home improvement and maintenance to tech and repair services.<\/p>\n

In 1995, a family with Bezos invested $250,000 on a startup marketplace<\/a> for books online out of Washington. The business was originally named \u201cCadabra Inc” Jeff Bezos got the name from \u201cAbracadabra!!!\u201d which he envisioned to become the new \u201cmagic spell\u201d<\/em> for the future that lies on online shopping.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cIt\u2019s hard to remember for you guys, but for me, it\u2019s like yesterday I was driving the packages to the post office myself and hoping one day we could afford a forklift.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Jeff Bezos, Amazon Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote>

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The company was re-branded \u201cAmazon\u201d later on to eliminate any mispronunciation or confusion. Amazon <\/a>was an early hit, reaching 180,000 customer accounts and generating nearly $16 million in revenue in its first year of business.\u00a0 Its second year, it had captured over 1 million customers and a revenue of $148 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cWe\u2019ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we\u2019ve stuck with for 18 years, and they\u2019re the reason we\u2019re successful:\u00a0 Put the customer first.\u00a0 Invent.\u00a0 And be patient.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

~ Jeff Bezos, Amazon Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote>

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In 1999, Amazon began expanding beyond books, offering products on their electronics and toys.\u00a0 And the result was a massive sales success\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Today, Amazon sells virtually everything, generating billions of dollars a year!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cWhat we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you \u2013 what used to be a tailwind is now a headwind \u2013 you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn\u2019t a strategy.\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n

~ Jeff Bezos, Amazon Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/blockquote>

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\u00a0Looks like it\u2019s the end of the World for small business, right?\u00a0 Actually, no.\u00a0 Despite Amazon\u2019s dominance in its industry, Amazon has done a unique thing:\u00a0 it has created a marketplace for sellers like you and me.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:<\/b><\/h2><\/div>
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Amazon not only boasts a hugely successful online retail platform but also a thriving digital marketplace that is seamlessly integrated with the main retail shopping experience. In the second quarter of 2019, 54 percent of paid units were sold by third-party sellers. In 2018, nearly three-quarters of Amazon seller businesses had between just one and five employees.<\/p>\n

According to a 2018 survey of Amazon sellers, almost half of all businesses generated 81 to 100 percent of their revenues from Amazon sales.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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What are the home services provided on Amazon.com?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Well, it’s effortless; With the selling services throughout the Amazon app, professionals can sell their services directly to Amazon customers in their area. The app will provide listings of jobs in your area, and you can pick whatever fits your needs and schedule. Services you can request thru the app include:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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