Over the years, Walmart has been widely criticized in some circles for essentially stamping out small businesses across America with its ever-expanding presence. There have even been
Walmart Marketplace sells items in categories like Home, Baby, Apparel, Toys, and Sporting Goods, by allowing customers to buy goods from the other retailers through Walmart's secure checkout process. The retailers themselves actually manage and support the orders, including shipping and handling, customer service, and exchanges/returns.
It is unclear what kind of money Walmart is making from the deals with these retailers. The company says they are handpicking the retailers based on "strong customer service track records and large assortments of quality brands and products."
While Walmart says it will continue to grow the Walmart Marketplace program with additional retailers over the next year, it doesn't sound like it's going to be a place where small businesses in general will be able to find many opportunities to participate like with some other affiliate programs.
According to Compete, Walmart.com got
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