pelespiritFeb 5

Small business owners say Amazon is selling their products without permission

https://sh.itjust.works/post/54786747

Small business owners say Amazon is selling their products without permission - sh.itjust.works

“I typed in YamzWorld into the Amazon app and lo and behold there were all my products there with my pictures from my website as well,” Montes-Tarazas said. While he receives payment for sales, Montes-Tarazas said the arrangement strips away his ability to build direct customer relationships. “I do get the sale and I do get the money, but customers never get to interact with my website, they have no ability to sign up for my mailing list. They have no idea who I am as an artist or what I stand for,” Montes-Tarazas said.

Show threadblitzenFeb 5
I fully support this artist/business owners desire not to be sold on Amazon without permission. However, citing the reason of not getting to market to his customers is pretty weak imo, paints him as just another capitalist, and I lose whatever sympathy I had.
Show threadilinamoratoFeb 5

“Mailing list” is not “marketing.” It’s all opt-in. Montes-Tarazas wants his customers to be able to interact with him directly, without going through a big tech monopoly that can pull the rug from underneath him or demand a ransom at any time.

just another capitalist

He’s working within the system that he lives in, and doing it ethically.

Show threadblitzenFeb 5
Mailing lists are most certainly not all opt-in. Take one look in your junk email box.
Show threadilinamoratoFeb 5

they have no ability to sign up for my mailing list

Show threadblitzenFeb 5

How is Amazon preventing customers from signing up? How even could they?

What he is saying is that he doesn’t get the customers email from the sale, to which he’d start to send marketing emails. You know, what pretty much every company does when you buy something.

Show threadbizarrolandFeb 5
For a solid portion of the population, if the opportunity is not placed directly in front of them to sign up for something, they will never sign up for it.
Show threadblitzen
Excuse me while I cry for the email marketers.
Feb 5 at 7:07pmWeb
Show threadilinamoratoFeb 5
This isn’t about the email marketers. I think you’ve got it in your head that this one guy is a scummy email marketer when he’s really just trying to let people who have opted in to getting email from him know when he has more stuff for sale.
Show threadZamboni_DriverFeb 6
I don’t think that they have anything in their head other than hot air.
Show threadZamboni_DriverFeb 6
Yes, please excuse yourself to go cry.