https://www.cnet.com/news/how-amazons-deal-with-apple-puts-the-hurt-on-small-sellers/

"It was really a great thing for our family," the 35-year-old consulting engineer from Colorado said, adding that the side business helped him pay off the medical bills, nursing school and existing student loans.

But that was then. Weil is now among a group of Apple sellers on Amazon who are about to see their business dry up. Amazon this month signed a deal with Apple that will allow it to directly sell many more of Apple's new devices, including the iPhone XS, iPhone XR and iPad Pro. The new inventory will arrive in the coming weeks. As part of the deal, any merchants that aren't authorized Apple resellers will be barred from selling any more Apple products starting Jan. 4.