Why a redirect marketplace can vanish overnight Member traffic routes through Costco.com to the vendor while goods and payment flow directly vendor-to-member around an always-empty inventory reservoir, so severing the redirect needs no clearance sale, no write-off, and hands returns to vendors. Member searches the offer Costco.com offer + redirect hub Vendor custom storefront member traffic lent to the brand, then redirected no inventory held nothing to clear or write off ownership gate pays the brand directly goods and returns bypass Costco off-switch clean no clearance, no write-off returns handed to vendors