The French, who are used to make purchases on Amazon, the leader in e-commerce, are familiar with this little note: “sold by… ; shipped by Amazon”. It indicates that the selected products are offered by another merchant or an individual. The latter benefit from exceptional visibility on the first place of global market-leading cloud, in return for a commission ranging between 8% and 18% of the sale price, depending on the product.
These merchants and individuals will be required to pay more. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos, the man most rich of the planet, has decided to pass the “tax Gafa”, the nickname of the act on the taxation of the giants of the net, published in the official Journal on 25 July 2019, the vendors housed on its marketplace. This will result in an increase of 3 % of the commission, ranging from a few tenths of a percentage point to close to 1.5 points, depending on the products. Concretely, for a sale of 100 euros, the seller was entering …
