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Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads - To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys

Posted by Deimos
Tags: work, amazon, usa, retail.online, merchants, author.josh dzieza, source.the verge, long read
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/10/20687434/amazon-sellers-nomad-merchants-products-malls-walmart

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Title
Nomads travel to America's Walmarts to stock Amazon's shelves
Published
Jul 10 2019
Word count
3407 words

2 comments

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    moocow1452
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    This sounds like an amazing life style, but I kinda know in my head that there is no way that the romantic version of this in my head is anything like the reality of chasing down clearance items...

    This sounds like an amazing life style, but I kinda know in my head that there is no way that the romantic version of this in my head is anything like the reality of chasing down clearance items for Amazon.

    3 votes
    1. NaraVara
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      The appeal of having a minimalist vanlife seems like it would be dimmed somewhat if your van is perpetually filled with boxes of random clearance junk.

      The appeal of having a minimalist vanlife seems like it would be dimmed somewhat if your van is perpetually filled with boxes of random clearance junk.

      5 votes