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Amazon's the king of "buy stuff
you didn't need."
But that's no accident. The
website is filled with
psychological hacks designed to
make you spend more.
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People are lazy, and Amazon
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So what do they do?
Turn subscriptions into the
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2/ Tracking what they save you
When we try to cancel our Prime
subscriptions, Amazon displays
the amount saved with its
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Hard to say no to $313.38 saved
in delivery fees, you know?
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Loss-aversion messaging:
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Even before Amazon displays
the price
They show us what we can save
In an enlarged and bright red
font
And who doesn't like a good
bargain?
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5/ The visually empty carts
People have a tendency to fill
containers to their full capacity
because of everyday
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The same happens with
Amazon's carts. The empty
space below that book compels
people to fill it up!
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6/ Smaller fonts
When prices are visually smaller,
we mistake them for smaller
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Now you'll notice how small
Amazon sizes its prices on the
purchase page:
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7/ The red color
Red fonts trigger action.
Especially against a
predominantly white
background, like that of
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8/ Price convergence
Amazon smartly places
unrelated lower prices and
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