It's a good question. I'll give it a shot and mayb
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A similar question/analogy is...
Why would any retailer sell on Amazon, when they could just sell on their own website?
Why would any retailer sell on QVC, when they could just sell on their own website?
Why would any retailer sell at Target, when they could just sell on their own website?
Both Amazon and QVC commissions are quite high.
In general, a lot of sellers are used to paying a middleman and do so gladly if they can move more merchandise. I haven't looked it up lately, but let's say you make a widget that cost $5 to create. You sell it to Target for $10 and they charge the customer $20. That's a 50% they are taken when you other choice is to sell it on your own website and spend a fortune to market.
btw, I did watch Longaberger. I turned if off when some lady asked what to you put in those bags. I thought it was funny though.
2 of the 3 Bambuser events I watched were out of sync, I went back and looked at all 3 on replay just now and it's fixed.
One more thing about Bambuser. I don't think it's cheap to use their software on your own Website. In fact I think it's ridiculously expensive from what I remember, but someone can verify.