diff --git a/docs/maker-platform-pr-faq.md b/docs/maker-platform-pr-faq.md index 0231d51..2b511d1 100644 --- a/docs/maker-platform-pr-faq.md +++ b/docs/maker-platform-pr-faq.md @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ incumbents stood on each turn into anchors — which is the opening: unassailable. The answer: incumbents got greedy and extractive and **eroded their own network stickiness**, so a values-aligned alternative can now contest a network moat that used to be untouchable. Etsy's reckoning is that erosion made concrete — its - active-seller base fell ~9M → ~5.6M as it purged for quality, while AI-generated and + active-seller base fell from ~9M (2023) to ~5.6M as it purged for quality, while AI-generated and recast fakes flood marketplaces, leaving verified provenance scarcer, more valuable, and surrounded by disaffected makers to recruit. @@ -587,8 +587,6 @@ first for four reasons: - **"Small businesses are really just people."** Serving makers directly is the mission — treat humans as humans — applied where commerce most turned them into accounts. -**How big is the opportunity (TAM)?** - **How big is the opportunity (TAM)?** The honest unit of TAM here is **makers, not the dollar size of the craft market** — because the platform earns per-maker subscription + referral spread, never a cut of