1.0EcommerceByteshttps://www.ecommercebytes.comDavid A Utterhttps://www.ecommercebytes.com/author/david-a-utter/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oEUwFWGqbB"><a href="https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/08/17/amazon-makes-court-case-sellers-buy-reviews/">Amazon Makes Court Case Out of Sellers Who Buy Reviews</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/08/17/amazon-makes-court-case-sellers-buy-reviews/embed/#?secret=oEUwFWGqbB" width="600" height="338" title="“Amazon Makes Court Case Out of Sellers Who Buy Reviews” — EcommerceBytes" data-secret="oEUwFWGqbB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The word-of-mouth trust conveyed by a product review can make or break a sale. Some enterprising sellers have opted over time to speed up the process of gathering reviews by purchasing them, but Amazon has been expressing its unhappiness with the practice by purging reviewers from their site – and in some cases, pursuing legal […]