List of online stores

This is a list of online stores, whether under the parent corporation’s name or another name.

Company
Products
Headquarters
1800Flowers.com
Flowers
USA
Amazon.com
Everything
USA
AutoZone.com
Auto Parts
USA
BestBuy.com
Electronics
USA
BlueFly.com
Clothing
USA
Bloomingdales.com
Clothing, Jewelry
USA
BN.com
Books
USA
Borders.com
Books
USA
Buy.com
Everything
USA
Carulla.com
Food/Groceries
Colombia
CoopAtHome.ch
Food/Groceries
Switzerland
Costco.com
Everything
USA
Dangdang.com
Everything
China
eBay.com
Everything (Auctions)
USA
Ebookers.com
Airplane tickets, Hotel booking, Car rental
UK
Exito.com
Everything
Colombia
Expedia.com
Airplane tickets, Hotel booking, Car rental
US
Flipkart.com
Books, Movies, Electronics
IND
GamersInstantCode.com
Gaming Codes, Electronics, Gaming
PAN
HomeDepot.com
Furniture
USA
JCPenney.com
Clothing
USA
LeShop.ch
Food/Groceries
Switzerland
Macys.com
Clothing, Furniture, Jewelry, Home products
USA
Netflix.com
Movies
USA
Ocado.com
Food/Groceries
UK
Orbitz.com
Airplane tickets, Hotel booking, Car rental
USA
Overstock.com
Everything except food
USA
PcConnection.com
Electronics
USA
PcMall.com
Electronics
USA
Pfister.ch
Furniture
Switzerland
Priceline.com
Airplane tickets, Hotel booking, Car rental
USA
Pricesmart.com
Furniture, Electronics
USA
Saks.com
Clothing
USA
Sears.com
Everything except food
USA
Sport-Tiedje.com
Fitness/sport machines and products
Germany
SuperTia.com
Everything
Ecuador
Target.com
Everything
USA
Tesco.com
Everything
UK
Technowinkel.eu
Construction hardware, electrical supplies, plumbing supplies and tools
NLD
Tia.com.ec
Everything
Ecuador
Travelocity.com
Airplane tickets, Hotel booking, Car rental
USA
Walmart.com
Everything
USA

Direct Imports

Direct Imports are products imported directly into a country and not through the manufacturer’s authorized agent/distributor. Since there is no factory-authorized middleman involved in the import of these products, the added costs are lower and the customer pays less. In addition, many items that are in short supply or are not imported at all by the manufacturer’s authorized distributors can be procured as direct imports. There is no difference in the actual products. In most cases, they are manufactured in the same place by the same people and with the same materials. Occasionally, manufacturers will give them a different name.

It is perfectly legal to directly import and sell such products. The only caveat is that since they are not procured from a local factory-authorized middleman, the manufacturer’s warranty may not be applicable. This type of business is fairly recent and follows the trends of the global economy.

In rapidly growing developing economies like India where the demand for international consumer products is growing much faster than in-country supply from authorized distributors, direct imports become the only way for consumers to procure a large set of products (especially long tail). In many cases, even if a particular product is available from an authorized middle-man, a direct import may cost much less since in-country middlemen use their exclusive territorial rights to price products much higher than in the country of origin. Perversely, in countries where such product and price arbitrage is the most obvious, the import process is typically very onerous and not easily navigated by the average consumer leaving the field open to predatory pricing from in-country middlemen.