The article is crap. The main point is in the second half of the article: > Amazon binds its sellers over to something called Most Favored Nation status. That

The article is crap. The main point is in the second half of the article: > Amazon binds its sellers over to something called Most Favored Nation status. That means that sellers can't offer their goods more cheaply than they do on Amazon – even if it costs them (lots) less to sell in Target or direct from their websites. This means that every time a seller adds a dollar to their Amazon sale price, they have to add a dollar to the price of their goods everywhere else, too.