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I just found out that our stuff is being sold on Amazon - WITHOUT our consent or any ability to opt out bc Amazon is just scraping artist’s websites and putting our shit in their search results. Again, without our permission.

Why is this a problem? You’d think we’d want wider distribution, right? Sure. But we want to control where our stuff is for sale. We sell a lot of limited edition art. What if Amazon’s search didn’t reflect that it’s a Ltd edition and oversells? Then I have to deal with one of the worst

Creatures in the ecommerce world - a pissed off Amazon shopper. If I wanted to sell stuff on Amazon, I’d have asked to set up an Amazon shop. I didn’t. The fact that Amazon feels like it has a right to our products without our input feels so violating.

Adding to this: we have spent the better part of two decades building Monkey Minion. Without Amazon. I don’t know if it’s paternalism, entitlement or something worse that makes Amazon think this is a good idea, but it’s not. I opted not to list our products on Amazon a long time ago. I could have

decided to go through their ridiculous process and ship our stuff to their warehouses and open a store there. I didn’t. Because I didn’t need or want to. Our customers can find us without Amazon. And frankly, with all the garbage big tech keeps doing,