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Nick Martell

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The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Transportation, that's the number two spending category of Americans right after housing.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

So if Amazon can get just 1% of this enormous $1.4 trillion a year new car industry, that's $10 billion of pure profit.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Oh, now the only question is, does the car come in a big cardboard box, which is then within another big cardboard box?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

It is the side hustle, the unpaid side hustle of every American, breaking down Amazon boxes.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

I don't need a box cutter, honey.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

I need a chainsaw for this thing.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

No, you need gloves too, so you don't get paper cuts.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

You're going to sell the stock now, Jack?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

What's going on?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

So what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Amazon Car?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Amazon doesn't sell things to people.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

They sell access to people, like a club promoter.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

You see, Yetis, Jack and I always thought Facebook and Google were the ultimate advertising platforms.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Knowing who you are and what you're searching for, that is marketing gold.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

But now we think that Amazon, well, they know what you buy.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

And that's the superpower of Amazon's ad sales.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Which, with $21 billion of revenue last quarter, Amazon's ad sales is now bigger than all of Tesla, all of Disney, and all of PepsiCo.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Sit down, stand up, and holy Ferrari besties, now that Amazon is selling cars, it knows what car you buy.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Amazon knows that you searched for Silverado, financed it through Amazon, and bought it on Amazon.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

That is targeting data that Google and Meta cannot match, which is why the end goal for Amazon Autos, it's the same goal as the rest of Amazon Online.