When you purchase a book on Amazon, you generally have two choices: buy it directly from Amazon or purchase it through Amazon but from a third-party vendor. If you go the direct route, Amazon has already purchased the book from a publisher and is holding it in an Amazon fulfillment center-the interaction between Amazon and the publisher is a ________ transaction. If you take the third-party route, Amazon acts as an agent for the supplier and takes a commission of about 10 percent of the value of the merchandise for the right to sell it on Amazon's platform-the interaction between Amazon and the supplier is a ________ transaction.

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The interaction between Amazon and the publisher, where Amazon purchases books to hold in its fulfillment center, is a Business-to-Business (B2B) transaction because it involves a transaction between two businesses. Similarly, when Amazon acts as an agent for a third-party supplier and takes a commission, it is also a B2B transaction because it involves business agreements and transactions between Amazon (a business) and the third-party supplier (another business).

When You Purchase a Book on Amazon, You Generally Have