It seems these days, sneakers aren’t for wearing, and toys aren’t for kids. Brands have found a way to make adults and teenagers pay much higher prices by putting a twist on average products, like the $120 “Gucci” Hot Wheels Read more
Amazon reached a settlement with two defendants in a lawsuit it had filed in November against two social media influencers and numerous sellers, announcing today that the scheme had promoted counterfeit luxury brand products on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook by Read more
Readers are responding to our coverage of Amazon UPC code requirements. As we noted in this recent blog post, while Amazon already works to keep its catalog clean, sellers are reporting that Amazon is expanding its crackdown on incorrect UPC codes. Read more
With third-party merchants now accounting for 45% of the units sold on Amazon, the marketplace has the unenviable job of ensuring they provide good service to customers. Over the summer, Amazon has been cracking down hard on sellers, resulting in Read more
An Amazon seller who took out half a million dollars in loans through its Lending program is now finding the company limiting the number of products she can list on the marketplace. As a result of the new policy involving Read more
In what was supposed to be a break-out year for Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company, co-founders Jerry Kozak and Ricky Winowiecki ended up tightening their belts and laying off staff thanks to new restrictions from Amazon on novelty items. The t-shirt company Read more
Amazon is instituting new limits on certain sellers, but different from eBay Selling limits. In Amazon’s case, it is not instituting dollar or listing caps, but rather, it is limiting sellers to the number of novelty SKUs they can list. Amazon Read more
Jewelry sellers on the Amazon.com marketplace have been finding their businesses under greater scrutiny for at least the last months of 2013. Some forum discussions by Amazon sellers indicate the company is actively seeking to stop potential problems with items being sold Read more
