Most Canadian sellers waste their first 6 months copying US advice.

I did the same thing. Watched every American YouTube guru. Followed their playbooks word for word.

Then I ran into reality.

Referral fees hit different up here. The category restrictions are tighter. Half the brands I wanted to sell were gated behind walls that US sellers never deal with.

I kept thinking I was doing something wrong. Turns out I was just playing a different game with the wrong rulebook.

The shift happened when I stopped trying to make US strategies work in Canada and started asking a different question:

What advantages do I have that they don't?

Smaller seller pool. Less competition per listing. Buyers who are loyal because they have fewer options. And fees that act like a filter - keeping out everyone who isn't serious.

The same things I thought were holding me back were actually clearing the path.

If you're early in this and feeling like the Canadian market is harder - you're right. It is.

That's the whole point.

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