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How Shopify Builds a Moat in Ecommerce Infrastructure
Episode 74 examines how Shopify has built a competitive advantage not by being the biggest online store, but by becoming the operating system for independent commerce. Lucas and Luna break down Shopify's strategy of embedding itself into the merchant's entire workflow—from payments to shipping to capital—and why that creates switching costs that protect its moat. They discuss the Shopify Fulfillment Network, Shop Pay's conversion advantage, and how the company's bet on entrepreneurship over aggregation positions it against Amazon. With over two million merchants and $200…
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