Amazon started as an online bookstore in 1994 and has since become one of the leading e-commerce platforms worldwide. It sells a huge variety of products across multiple categories on its websites and apps. Amazon utilizes an effective marketing mix strategy, focusing on price, product, place, and promotion. It offers competitive low prices, a vast selection of goods, convenient online shopping, and aggressive promotional campaigns to attract and retain customers.
Founded in
July 5,1994
by
JeffBezos
Original name
as
“cadaver”
Amazon has
separate retail
websites for the
US , the UK ,
India , Canada
etc..
Amazon.com
started as an
online
bookstore.
One of the
leading
e-commerce
platforms in
the world.
BACKGROUND
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COMPANY PROFILE:-
Amazon isone of the leading ecommerce platforms
in the world.
Amazon sells all its products online where the users
login to Amazon through website or App and place
orders.
These are then delivered to the consumers through
its distribution channels.
Although Amazon started as an online book seller,
it diversified its product portfolio by leaps and
bounds.
Amazon has a huge offering in its product portfolio
in its marketing mix.
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Definition of 'MarketingMix'
The marketing mix refers to the set of
actions, or tactics, that a company uses to
promote its brand or product in the market.
The 4Ps make up a typical marketing mix -
Price, Product, Promotion and Place.
However, nowadays, the marketing mix
increasingly includes several other Ps like
Packaging, Positioning, People and even
Politics as vital mix elements.
Product:-
❑Its retail divisioninclude everything from apparels to auto parts toys to
electronic gadgets, home decor to health beauty utilities.
❑Gadgets like e-Book reader, Kindle and Fiber tablets and phones.
❑Digital services like on demand music, video through amazon prime.
❑A host of web services like cloud storage, database services to building startups
and other organizations.
❑Grocery items are also being delivered to consumers by amazon through its
services like Amazon prime pantry Ans Amazon fresh
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❑ Publishing servicesto the business and individuals .
❑ Amazon’s AWS services, which provides web hosting services for
costumers and , clients, is also a strong product in its portfolio.
❑ Amazon Dash involves a device that enables costumers to
purchase household
items by simply clicking a button that connects the internet.
❑ its lets costumer sell and buy refurbished products.
price :
❑ Amazonoffers the lowest of prices and this is made possible by the
efficiency of its operations and its web-based business model.
❑ It adjusts the prices frequently based on the category of the product,
time of the day and season.
❑ Amazon also provides value added services like prime where users
pay subscription charges for one-day delivery and early access to deals.
❑ Amazon has competition-based pricing strategy.
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❑ Amazon alsofollows differential pricing, for same product it charges different
prices depending in the place of consumer as it is having different websites in
each country it operates.
❑ AWS is a market leader in offering high-quality low-priced wed hosting
solutions.
❑ It provides reasonable price for almost all the products.
❑ sale in the festive season.
❑The annual AmazonWeb Services (AWS) summit held in various locations
enable the company to reach potentials customers and persuade them to
pay for its e-commerce services.
❑ Amazon uses its officials e-commerce websites as its primary places for
transacting with customers.
❑Amazon is a global brand and has its presence all across the world. All the
consumers buy products and services from the website and Apps of
Amazon.com to buy.
❑The absence of physical stores has been a significant challenges for
Amazon because distribution via the postal services means customers have
the inconvenience of waiting a day or two for delivery.
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Promotion:-
Refers to theall the
activities undertaken to
make the product or
service known to the
users and trade.
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PROMOTION:-
❑Aggressive marketing campaigns.
❑Itsmajor focus is on advertising- through print ads in newspapers.
❑Amazon uses creative television commercials and social media marketing through
SEO and targeting customers through their browsing patterns.
❑ Amazon also have affiliate programs where website and blogs owners advertise.
Amazon has mastered this art and give effective sales promotions and discounts
during holiday season and festivals resulting in high visits to the website.
❑Public relations excises to improve brand image like launching Amazon smile
which donates to charity organizations.
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❑‘Gift a smile’in india is an initiative where people can send their gifts directly
through Amazon to NGO that are partnered with the company.
❑Direct marketing to companies for providing its web services is also performed by
Amazon. The success in achieving Bezos dream portfolio of ‘Anything’ with a
capital ‘A’ is such a powerful business model to remain in the forefront of
peoples minds.
❑Formal promotion has also grown in recent years, to the point that Amazon
traditional advertising spend exceeded even Apple in 2015, and big investment
such as bringing the Top Gear trio of Jermy Clarkson.
❑Search engine marketing and getting the company name high up the search
engine’s results is also a smart promotional strategy by Amazon. The founder of
Amazon had this in mind when creating the company, deciding that it should start
with an ‘a’.