Nothing Phone (1) will initially be sold through an invite system in most countries, won’t be sold in US at all

Nothing will be using an invite system like OnePlus did to sell their phones initially. In a statement released by Carl Pei, he stated that this is only an initial arrangement and will be done away with soon. Pei also stated that the Nothing Phone (1) will not be sold in the US.

from https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/nothing-phone-1-will-be-sold-using-invite-system-in-most-countries-will-not-be-sold-in-us-at-all-10828331.html