#2059 - Q&A: “Amazon Prime Day, but for side hustlers…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today’s listener is wondering about a side hustle version of Prime Day. Can there be such a thing, or should the smaller sellers of the world simply piggyback on what Amazon has done since everyone is shopping anyway?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm gonna find a fun question from a listener today of all the made up holidays in the |
| 0:12.2 | world of which there are many. |
| 0:14.2 | The most capitalistic or I don't know what you call it, I guess the most let's go shopping |
| 0:19.6 | is probably Amazon Prime Day, right? |
| 0:23.1 | If you're a subscriber to Amazon Prime, you probably know all about that. |
| 0:26.2 | Even if you're not, you may have heard of this massive promotion that Amazon runs every |
| 0:30.8 | year. |
| 0:31.8 | It actually comes from a middle ages Nordic tradition originally spread by the Vikings |
| 0:35.4 | to England and then the colonies eventually reached the far west coast in Seattle in |
| 0:39.6 | particular where Amazon.com rebranded it to encourage people to buy stuff. |
| 0:44.4 | Some of that is actually true, a couple of parts anyway. |
| 0:47.3 | But you know what else is true? |
| 0:48.6 | In 2022, Amazon's Prime Day resulted in $12 billion in sales, $12 billion. |
| 0:55.2 | And naturally it's not just Amazon that celebrates Prime Day. |
| 0:58.0 | Lots of other retailers are like, hey, what about us? |
| 1:00.0 | It's been funny to watch companies like Best Buy, Target. |
| 1:03.6 | You know, they're like, it's not our sale, but coming by from us too. |
| 1:07.1 | So today's listener, they're wondering about a side hustle version of Prime Day. |
| 1:11.8 | Can there be such a thing? |
| 1:13.2 | Or should the smaller sellers of the world simply piggyback on what Amazon has done since |
| 1:18.1 | everyone is shopping anyway? |
| 1:20.3 | As I said, fun question. |
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