I happen to know exactly what I’m talking about - you right now can look for an item on Amazon and see “this product is available at a lower price with <slower shipping>”
You right now can set up a site on Shopify and sell your goods.
If you are selling a differentiate product instead of cheap crap imported (or drop shipped) from China, you can create demand without going through Amazon.
For instance, I was specifically looking for Samsonite zipper less luggage because I trusted that brand and it wasn’t available on Amazon. They chose not to sell on Amazon and I bought it directly
-- I happen to know exactly what I’m talking about - you right now can look for an item on Amazon and see “this product is available at a lower price with <slower shipping>”
Sure, on Amazon. Not other platforms.
I'm not going to bother explaining further, but thanks for confirming you don't understand the issue.
It's not my job to educate you.