Άμεσες και έμμεσες πωλήσεις στις διαδικτυακές και ψηφιακές πλατφόρμες
Direct and indirect sales in digital platforms
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Keywords
Platforms ; Direct sales ; Indirect sales ; Marketplace ; Reseller ; Direct sales of Netflix ; Indirect sales of Netflix ; Streaming platformAbstract
E-business has been widespread nowadays, with e-commerce being a main part of it. More and more companies are turning to e-commerce, either on direct or indirect sales (marketplace / reseller). The purpose of the study is to analyze these forms and
to find out under which conditions is preferable each one. For a better understanding of the digital market, there is an analysis of the digital platforms and their features. A distinction is made between two-sided and multi-sided platforms. Direct and indirect
sales are also used by Netflix. Even the change of the business model of the platform was crucial for its subsequent development. This platform does not stay in the retransmission of movies only through its platform (directly) but also through big pay-TVs (indirectly). The reasons for choosing this policy are analyzed and the advantages and disadvantages of each form are described, with emphasis on the platform's policy in two countries, in Greece and in the United Kingdom.