# Prof. Scott Galloway discusses changes at eBay and Amazon's Prime service

1 Faculty News October 23, 2013 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/free-shipping-i-got-your-free-shipping-right-here) -- “'Effectively what’s going on here is Amazon is disrupting the entire retail industry,' Galloway says. According to [Galloway](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/scott-galloway), eBay is trying to compete with Amazon’s Prime service, which offers free two day shipping to its members. While Amazon is trying to sell more of its customers on Prime where for $79 a year, customers get free shipping. Galloway says Prime is a great deal, for Amazon. 'What Amazon prime really is, is an entry point or membership into the Amazon franchise.'”

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