{"id":13781,"date":"2019-05-26T09:08:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T09:08:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-26T09:08:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T09:08:32","slug":"amazons-takeover-of-souq-has-begun-and-people-have-mixed-opinions-about-the-new-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/dubai\/amazons-takeover-of-souq-has-begun-and-people-have-mixed-opinions-about-the-new-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon’s Takeover Of Souq Is Complete And People Have Mixed Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\nIt hasn’t been long since the Amazon acquisition of Souq.com completely took over.<\/p>\n
In fact, the website takeover<\/a> of Amazon took place on May 1. Residents woke up to a notification on the Souq.com homepage announcing the takeover and were redirected to Amazon.ae<\/a>. If you didn’t know, Amazon acquired Souq two years back at a whopping US$580 million.<\/p>\n So the new website has been up-and-running for a continuous 26 days, but UAE residents have a mixed bag of opinions on the new website, service and other shenanigans. <\/p>\n The customer service is very pathetic. I am sure I won’t be continuing further with AmazonAE<\/p>\n \u2014 Karan L (@Karan_DX99) May 26, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n @AmazonAE<\/a> #souq<\/a> Pls go back to Souq interface it was 100 times better than Amazon interface #Mydubai<\/a> #dubai<\/a> #dubailife<\/a> @SouqUAE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Intruder121 (@danielnargunam) May 20, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n As a simple example, a box of multigrain crackers that just a couple of months back cost me 10 AED to order on Souq is now priced at AED 26.9! For the same brand and same size. Costs AED 8.4 on Carrefour online.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jerusha Sequeira (@Jerusha_Seq) May 20, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Terrible search functionality, inflated prices, and feels half baked overall. Shopped at Noon for the first time because of this.<\/p>\nThe feedback has been pretty divided so far<\/h3>\n
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Some have been nostalgic about Souq’s old interface<\/h3>\n
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Twitter users shared their experience post the re-branding of Souq<\/em>
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Others are switching to other e-commerce platforms<\/h3>\n
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