Very interesting - first, from Market Watch:
Amazon is selling entire houses for less than $20,000 — with free shipping
Residential builders have found a new home: Amazon.
Prefabricated and modular housing — with homes prebuilt in factories — is having another moment. From 2013 to 2018, industry revenue grew an annualized 8.6% to nearly $10.5 billion, including growth of 4.1% in 2018 alone, according to research firm IBISWorld.
Previously associated with Dwell and other shelter magazines and websites, these often-tiny homes have now hit Amazon in a big way — and are apparently selling out there. Indeed, multiple news outlets, including real-estate sites Curbed and the Real Deal, reported that one 172-square-foot, $7,250 prefab cabin, which the manufacturer claims can be built in eight hours and ships free from Amazon, had sold out. (Reports that the home was back in stock followed, as did some consumer warnings and social snickering.)
The second offering makes a lot of sense - from CDL Life (CDL = Commercial Drivers License):
Amazon’s new freight brokerage platform is reportedly undercutting prices by up to 33%
Amazon has released a trial version of its new digital freight brokerage platform that is threatening to turn the trucking industry on its head.
Amazon has quietly launched the beta version of their freight brokerage platform at freight.amazon.com. The website offers few details about the platform but promises to allow users to “tap into the scale of Amazon as we extend our carrier network to give you best-in-class service at great rates.”
The two Amazon sites are: Tiny house and Amazon Freight
Amazon Freight is just doing full loads for now. Still need to go with traditional brokers for LTL.
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