Most sellers hit the same wall. Demand exists for products they don't hold, and stocking them means capital tied up in inventory that may not move. The alternative has usually been to turn the sale away.
Why the constraint exists
Traditional retail models assume the seller owns what they sell. That assumption made sense when fulfillment was local and catalogues were small. It scales badly when buyers expect thousands of SKUs and two-day delivery.
What distributed inventory changes
When a network of distributors makes their stock visible and orders route automatically to whoever can fill them, listing a product no longer requires owning it. The seller expands their catalogue; the distributor moves inventory they already hold.
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