What Is The Long Tail: How the Internet Changed What Sells
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What Is The Long Tail: How the Internet Changed What Sells

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 11 July 2026 · View published page ↗

Chris Anderson's Long Tail theory explained how the internet enabled niche products to collectively outsell hits.

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collective demand that sustained over $2.5 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2023
+collective demand that sustained over $13 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2023

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Verified live: the article already correctly states $13 billion. The FAQ does not mention Etsy's GMS figure at all, so no secondary fix was needed.

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