300 : Chris Green What is your sustainable competitive advantage? Also is Merch by Amazon dead, too full, or is it just getting started?

Published: May 3, 2018, 3 a.m.

So for sure you know where Chris stands when it comes to the question: Is Merch by Amazon over saturated? Of course he would say not even close! It really is just getting started. Those of us Merch sellers feel the growth pains in our Merch accounts. We feel the throttling, the copycats and as Chris describes it: Amazon launches then comes back to fill in the details later. So thats what it is, you can't take it personally. You have to roll, pivot and then go full on with whatever you do in this wild wild west-like ecommerce world we all play in. Btw.. He drops some really good advice on gaining some thinking time. Might just surprise you.

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Chris' previous interview #100, #200\xa0

Merch Dojo- Chris' course on Making money on Merch by Amazon

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