Ok, decided to spend Sunday writing a 4 part piece on why I think Amazon Isn’t the Problem.
Longer read, but if you sell on Amazon and don't read it, good luck!
My wife is Korean. My kids are half-Korean. The culture of my faith is Korean. The founders of my faith are Korean.
I deeply care and have every right to.
Free Korea.
Chinese Sellers on Amazon are going to cheat and lie to the US government to avoid tariffs.
Here's a thread on 12 ways they will do it 🧵👇
@elonmusk@realDonaldTrump@howardlutnick@mcuban
The #1 thing I recommend to other Amazon sellers is to launch a @Shopify site. The day we launched ours was the day we finally felt like we owned our own business.
South Korea's democracy is collapsing RIGHT NOW and nobody's talking about it.
Pastors imprisoned. Former presidents in solitary. Media censored. Private data leaked.
This isn't a dystopian novel. This is happening today while the world looks away.
What I'm about to show you
Dear @realDonaldTrump Please renegotiate the U.S.-China Tax Treaty which was signed before the advent of e-commerce.
This has unfairly allowed unfettered access to U.S. consumers for Chinese companies (without a $ in tax collected).
Save the American dream for Americans!
Patriotic South Koreans are singing, “If my death could save this nation, I will gladly die like morning dew,” expressing their unwavering love and sacrifice for their country.
This is insanity.
Foreign companies can sell in the U.S. without a single piece of paper with the US or State government.
Almost every single other country in the world requires registration and taxes.
We are giving the world a free lunch with free access to the best economy
I am literally on a call right now to learn about how my US business can sell products in Mexico.
In order to sell in MX, I need the following:
1) Register my business
2) Have an MX bank account
3) Register my products (supplements)
4) Customers pay VAT when I sell
5) I have to
Undocumented Chinese Sellers on Amazon and other marketplaces make up 50%+ of Sellers in the US - but they are not subject to U.S. taxes and registration.
Here's a thread on why it's this way and the massive downstream impact to U.S. businesses: 🧵👇
친애하는 국민 여러분
저는 북한 공산세력의 위협으로부터 자유대한민국을 수호하고 우리 국민의 자유와 행복을 약탈하고 있는 파렴치한 종북 반국가 세력들을 일거에 척결하고 자유헌정질서를 지키기 위해 비상계엄을 선포합니다.
저는 이 비상계엄을 통해 망국의 나락으로 떨어지고 있는
71% of goods on Amazon come from China.
Amazon is screwed.
Readers added context
This chart shows the share of sellers offering at least one item from each country—not the percentage of products sold from the listed country. Since many sellers source from multiple countries, the totals in the graph (when added) far exceed 100%.
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Chinese Sellers on Amazon:
Pay ZERO taxes to the US
Lie, Cheat and Steal their way to sell products
Have ZERO liability for the products they sell
Buy Fake Reviews
Steal the inventions & copyrights of US Businesses
For every 1 good Chinese Seller, there are 99 bad ones.
Amazon is a homeland security issue at this point. It's a tool for China to destroy nearly 100% of SUCCESSFUL small American businesses selling on the platform.