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by shostack 3643 days ago
Also, there's the risk of getting big enough that Amazon decides to do their own "store brand" version of your product. cough monoprice cough
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Absolutely! and it doesn't even have to be a major item either. I am friends of a friend who was selling Australian Noise sticks, and had huge volume on Amazon. Then they went and launched their own line and his volume went to nothing. From 4 employees packing orders to zero, just the one guy doing it all now.