{"id":2975,"date":"2015-08-24T12:13:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T11:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:53:39","slug":"jet-com-is-launched-eyes-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/jet-com-is-launched-eyes-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet.com is launched, eyes Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The e-commerce newcomer has opened for business amid much hype and is backed by its $225 million funding as well as a CEO who is quite familiar with Amazon\u2019s inner workings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For online retailers, the big question has always been about how they would finally beat Amazon? Is it even possible? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet.com<\/a> is going to attempt to answer that multi-billion-dollar question.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Backed by considerable funding<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jet, based in Hoboken, New Jersey, is starting out with a bang. It is claiming that it is capable of undercutting prices from every online retailer out there, even Amazon. That\u2019s a bold claim since Amazon\u2019s always been known for how its prices are. It\u2019s backed by considerable funding though, worth $225 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Annual membership required<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An annual membership fee that costs $50 is required from those who want to join their US Internet shopping club. Around 7.5 million products are offered for sale for club members, a number that\u2019s dwarfed by the total US listings for Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Founder and CEO &#8211; Marc Lore<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jet\u2019s launch is actually the second time around for its founder and CEO, Marc Lore. Back in 2010, he sold his first startup Quidsi, which owns Soap.com as well as Diapers.com, to Amazon to the tune of $545 million. This was after the online retail giant started a price war. In 2013, he left Quidsi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lore\u2019s latest effort is part of an effort by rival online retailers to compete better with Amazon. Competitors are coming up with new membership programs that will at least rival Prime from Amazon. That one\u2019s worth $99 a year and offers members unlimited two-day shipping as well as other perks.eBay is starting a loyalty program known as eBay+ in Germany while Walmart is starting it&#8217;s own $50 a year, three-day shipping program known as Shipping Pass.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About us<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valentino\u2019s Displays is among the top suppliers of retail display products. Our fine products offer considerable variety and are partnered with excellent customer service. Our prices are very reasonable, especially for a company that offers such high quality. Look at what we have to offer by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kindle-381242_640.jpg\" alt=\"Jet.com is Launched, Eyes Amazon\" data-wp-pid=\"26659\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kindle-381242_640.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kindle-381242_640-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kindle-381242_640-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The e-commerce newcomer has opened for business amid much hype and is backed by its $225 million funding as well as a CEO who is quite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61118,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2975\/revisions\/61118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}