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Amazon Home Services threatens Yelp and Craigslist by connecting US shoppers with tradesmen and tutors

on Mar 30, 2015 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Amazon has opened its ‘Home Services‘ initiative offering consumers access to local tradesmen and professionals across the US.

The e-commerce giant has extended its product base to include the facilitation of over 700 professional services including tradesmen, tutors and repairmen directly from the site.

From today (Monday 29 March), US consumers will be able to order services in the home improvement, lawn and garden, auto, computer and electronics and academic and tutorage categories.

During the initial stages of the scheme, the firm looks to saturate Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York with “high coverage,” Peter Faricy, vice-president of Amazon marketplace Read full story ›

Source: The Drum