Facebook parent Meta is giving brands more power to report the misuse of their brand on Facebook and Instagram. Brands will be able to more easily report violations, even when the ads or content do not violate the brands’ intellectual Read more
eBay acquired a company to help it police sellers by using monitoring technology to prevent the sale of counterfeit items, unsafe products and illegal goods. eBay acquired 3PM Shield LLC, also known as 3PM Solutions, whose services it had been Read more
Craigslist, eBay, Etsy, HobbyDB, Mercari, OfferUp, Poshmark, and Shopify are among the companies lobbying Congress about the SHOP SAFE Act, which stands for “Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce.” The Computer & Communications Industry Association Read more
Selling fakes on sites like eBay is wrong, but it’s also criminal, a fact some online sellers may ignore through willful blindness or, in some cases perhaps, financial desperation. A plea deal announced today is a reminder there can be Read more
The Feds said it found 44,000 counterfeit batteries in a California warehouse that were destined to be sold on eBay and Amazon. A man admitted in a plea agreement that from March 2014 to June 2019, he and co-conspirators fraudulently Read more
Amazon issued a report describing its efforts to keep counterfeit goods off its UK marketplace in 2020. “Amazon blocked more than 10 billion suspected bad listings before they were published in its stores,” according to the report. But it’s also Read more
Amazon shared some best practices with sellers on ensuring the quality and authenticity of their products so customers receive items in the condition they expect, resulting in a consistent buying experience. Top on the list was advice to sellers to Read more
The US Justice Department says it uncovered a counterfeit ring involving an employee at the US embassy in South Korea and relating to sales on eBay, Poshmark, and Mercari. The government arrested the employee and his spouse “for their role Read more
eBay has added an authentication service in the Asian Antiques category thanks to a partnership with a service called Bidamount, operated by Peter Combs, a dealer and appraiser based in Massachusetts and owner of Plcombs. Items listed in eBay’s Asian Read more
