They were ±20% of gross margin

Same thing from old world (europe) to the US…

Its simply a factor in when places go through thier high growth periods… Shenzen or Dubai is essentially a decade or two old… Of course its new…

I was paying 2 young marketeers 250k a year ± in commissions pre covid.

Its also a fake it till you make it (then try to sell courses on how to make it) game for a LOT of it…

Theres plenty of actual working location independant folks… But the ‘nomad movement’ has more flakes and fakes than any other niche I personally have seen.

I live in Chiang Mai and the local joke is nomad = backpacker with a laptop. A huge proportion are just gap year young people but claiming they are hustling some business sounds better to chicks than just travelling.