Unsuitable inventory investigations policy added
Starting March 19, 2021, we are adding the unsuitable inventory investigations policy to our program policies.
Under the new policy, if we suspect that you may have been engaged in the sale of counterfeit products or other illegal goods, we may require additional information about the affected Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) inventory. If you do not provide the requested information, or we investigate and find that the inventory constitutes unsuitable units, we may dispose of it.
To learn more about the new policy, see Changes to program policies.
131 replies
Seller_nstkdGWZl0SW0
So how is this any different than what goes on now?
Seller_0e66ACjN6HCMZ
Its funny because I had a friend that purchased a textbook directly from Amazon and they later claimed it was a counterfeit. His purchase from Amazon was insufficient to prove authenticity. Theres a clear issue within their procurement process at that point so maybe they should fix that.
Seller_9cdhlcVe5pkrc
Obviously, the vast, overwhelming majority (including myself) of US Amazon sellers would appreciate Amazon preventing counterfeit products or illegal goods on Amazon. The GIGANTIC problem is “if we suspect you,” when the guidelines for what is basically probable cause are totally non-existent. There actually should be a real, factual basis for alleging a seller is selling counterfeit goods.
I have only been selling on Amazon for a year, but having sold hundreds of items, even I’ve noticed glaring seller-support weaknesses at Amazon, and Amazon really should do a better job at improving this before adding an additional layer of complications to the listing/selling process.
As an example, I’ve been inundated with CPC requests for toys this spring. The toys I’m selling are from major manufacturers, like Hasbro, and Amazon (the company, not other 3rd party members selling FBA or FBM) has been selling many of the items. Wouldn’t it be 1000x easier if Amazon had a rep and Hasbro had a rep which exchanged CPC/product safety information on all products, instead of sending out a robot email to the 100 current sellers saying send us a CPC for this item or we will remove it from the site? Moreover, most Amazon sellers are not multi-billion dollar corporations who has everyone else at their beck and call, so even when we request such information it takes weeks to receive assuming the manufacturer/distributor doesn’t ignore us.
In another example, I had a listing removed for “intellectual property” concerns because the listing had a spelling error, “DisneyExclusive” instead of “Disney exclusive.” It was a toy, exclusive to a Disney park, obviously lol. To me, this is very similar to this unsuitable inventory investigations policy, because Amazon is basically claiming we’re trying to hock knockoff bags from around the world. I spent almost two months going back and forth with Amazon Seller Support trying to explain how its simply an obvious spelling error. There was no intent to mislead or defraud anyone. Also, if anyone is to blame, it should be the original product listing creator, not the 400+ seller who tried to list the item. I’m not allowed to create any listing after all.
In any event, I hope I don’t get banned for posting this message; I’m just hoping someone might read this vs the army of bots that send template messages that sidestep the question/issue. If this policy actually prevents counterfeit goods, that’s wonderful. It would be a disappointment if instead it’s used as a means to limit competition at the benefit of the largest sellers on the platform.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
Seems like Amazon finally has the real people to look at the inauthentic complaint appeals. They finally released our inventory a few days ago after almost a year long of having us living in distressed. How much damaged has this done to my business already? We took out a huge loan with high interest rate (20+%) from Amazon to invest in this product and It’s been sitting there collecting dust. It’s just souless that their loan terms and conditions expect us to use all the funding for our Amazon business and yet they allowed to have this happned.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
This is the direction Amazon is heading in the recent months…from A to NON. lol
I don’t know if Amazon is making a good business strategy here? As I see It’s weaning off one of the most important strengths to its marketplace, the from A to Z selection of products. It seems to be the main reason that most online shoppers start their search with Amazon (hence more likely to make a sale). It is what brought Amazon to what it is now. With the recent changes, I think it will force some (or many?) of the sellers (liquidations, collector/rare, RA… ) with a wide range of products to migrate to the other marketplaces.
Amazon might think the dominance of its fast shipping makes them superior over their competitors but I think nowadays, a 2-day shipping is widely available and should be good enough to satisfy most online shoppers/orders. From my experience, I don’t think it’s necessary to have 1 or next day shipping for most of my online purchases.
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
Basically Amazon is attempting to steal hard working sellers merchandise by accusing them of selling counterfeits and if they don’t have the “paperwork” then they are automatically found to be counterfeit and amazon can dispose of them (what amazon calls dispose is selling them at top dollar and to customers and reaping full profit as they took them not bought them. Doesn’t matter if they are authentic or not and will claim they were counterfeit no matter what. Then if someone sues them they will claim they were all destroyed when most likely they sold them to customers as they knew they were authentic. like the Mafia
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
They have created policy which allows them to confiscate and destroy(sell) merchandise they believe to be counterfeit in FBA …without ever looking at the item to make sure that it is indeed counterfeit. Amazon policy only guarantees that they will manipulate this into many freebies to customers and profits for them
Seller_q8A1KKsSq6H3a
iyiyi you guys are really blowing this out of proportion. I’m about the last person ever in this forum to defend Amazon but it’s warranted here. Ask anyone else who knows me here I’m never an Amazon apologist. Except I’m trying to explain to you all this is real – Amzn is receiving some massive bad press due to their counterfeit problems – just google it you’ll see. Amzn is surely just trying to do the right thing and wants a way shut down the actual counterfeit goods. Even if you’re selling RA – lately they just set it to stranded and not automatically set out with a false “suspect” counterfeit claim. Just look at this – look how bad the counterfeit problem is – if this doesn’t convince you I don’t know what will:
AAFA Calls Out Amazon in Notorious Markets Submission; Encourages USTR to Expand Report to Include Domestic Markets
October 1, 2019 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
For the second year running, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has included foreign domains owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc., in its submission for the 2019 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Managed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the report identifies foreign physical and online marketplaces that purportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. AAFA also encouraged USTR to expand future reports to include domestic marketplaces.
AAFA identified 130 physical marketplaces and eight online marketplaces that member companies identified as engaging in and facilitating substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. With regards to online marketplaces, AAFA specifically highlighted amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), amazon.ca (Canada), and amazon.de (Germany) for the second year in a row, and added amazon.fr (France) and amazon.in (India) for the first time.
“The USTR Notorious Markets report has proven to be a valuable tool in the fight against the sale of counterfeit products,” said Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association . “Not only have previous versions of this report shined a light on marketplaces that are not doing enough to protect consumers, but they have also led to dramatic and continuous improvement by companies that had not prioritized intellectual property protection in the past.
Seller_vQhAhWJR08Xu7
Obviously, Amazon is attempting to rid themselves of small sellers. First it was DVDs, now everything else. Ever try to sell on Wal-Mart Marketplace as a “Mom-'N-Pop” business? NOT A CHANCE.
The River seems to be flowing in this direction. And the Bay & Mercari will profit from this.
Unsuitable inventory investigations policy added
Starting March 19, 2021, we are adding the unsuitable inventory investigations policy to our program policies.
Under the new policy, if we suspect that you may have been engaged in the sale of counterfeit products or other illegal goods, we may require additional information about the affected Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) inventory. If you do not provide the requested information, or we investigate and find that the inventory constitutes unsuitable units, we may dispose of it.
To learn more about the new policy, see Changes to program policies.
Unsuitable inventory investigations policy added
Starting March 19, 2021, we are adding the unsuitable inventory investigations policy to our program policies.
Under the new policy, if we suspect that you may have been engaged in the sale of counterfeit products or other illegal goods, we may require additional information about the affected Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) inventory. If you do not provide the requested information, or we investigate and find that the inventory constitutes unsuitable units, we may dispose of it.
To learn more about the new policy, see Changes to program policies.
131 replies
131 replies
Seller_nstkdGWZl0SW0
So how is this any different than what goes on now?
Seller_0e66ACjN6HCMZ
Its funny because I had a friend that purchased a textbook directly from Amazon and they later claimed it was a counterfeit. His purchase from Amazon was insufficient to prove authenticity. Theres a clear issue within their procurement process at that point so maybe they should fix that.
Seller_9cdhlcVe5pkrc
Obviously, the vast, overwhelming majority (including myself) of US Amazon sellers would appreciate Amazon preventing counterfeit products or illegal goods on Amazon. The GIGANTIC problem is “if we suspect you,” when the guidelines for what is basically probable cause are totally non-existent. There actually should be a real, factual basis for alleging a seller is selling counterfeit goods.
I have only been selling on Amazon for a year, but having sold hundreds of items, even I’ve noticed glaring seller-support weaknesses at Amazon, and Amazon really should do a better job at improving this before adding an additional layer of complications to the listing/selling process.
As an example, I’ve been inundated with CPC requests for toys this spring. The toys I’m selling are from major manufacturers, like Hasbro, and Amazon (the company, not other 3rd party members selling FBA or FBM) has been selling many of the items. Wouldn’t it be 1000x easier if Amazon had a rep and Hasbro had a rep which exchanged CPC/product safety information on all products, instead of sending out a robot email to the 100 current sellers saying send us a CPC for this item or we will remove it from the site? Moreover, most Amazon sellers are not multi-billion dollar corporations who has everyone else at their beck and call, so even when we request such information it takes weeks to receive assuming the manufacturer/distributor doesn’t ignore us.
In another example, I had a listing removed for “intellectual property” concerns because the listing had a spelling error, “DisneyExclusive” instead of “Disney exclusive.” It was a toy, exclusive to a Disney park, obviously lol. To me, this is very similar to this unsuitable inventory investigations policy, because Amazon is basically claiming we’re trying to hock knockoff bags from around the world. I spent almost two months going back and forth with Amazon Seller Support trying to explain how its simply an obvious spelling error. There was no intent to mislead or defraud anyone. Also, if anyone is to blame, it should be the original product listing creator, not the 400+ seller who tried to list the item. I’m not allowed to create any listing after all.
In any event, I hope I don’t get banned for posting this message; I’m just hoping someone might read this vs the army of bots that send template messages that sidestep the question/issue. If this policy actually prevents counterfeit goods, that’s wonderful. It would be a disappointment if instead it’s used as a means to limit competition at the benefit of the largest sellers on the platform.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
Seems like Amazon finally has the real people to look at the inauthentic complaint appeals. They finally released our inventory a few days ago after almost a year long of having us living in distressed. How much damaged has this done to my business already? We took out a huge loan with high interest rate (20+%) from Amazon to invest in this product and It’s been sitting there collecting dust. It’s just souless that their loan terms and conditions expect us to use all the funding for our Amazon business and yet they allowed to have this happned.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
This is the direction Amazon is heading in the recent months…from A to NON. lol
I don’t know if Amazon is making a good business strategy here? As I see It’s weaning off one of the most important strengths to its marketplace, the from A to Z selection of products. It seems to be the main reason that most online shoppers start their search with Amazon (hence more likely to make a sale). It is what brought Amazon to what it is now. With the recent changes, I think it will force some (or many?) of the sellers (liquidations, collector/rare, RA… ) with a wide range of products to migrate to the other marketplaces.
Amazon might think the dominance of its fast shipping makes them superior over their competitors but I think nowadays, a 2-day shipping is widely available and should be good enough to satisfy most online shoppers/orders. From my experience, I don’t think it’s necessary to have 1 or next day shipping for most of my online purchases.
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
Basically Amazon is attempting to steal hard working sellers merchandise by accusing them of selling counterfeits and if they don’t have the “paperwork” then they are automatically found to be counterfeit and amazon can dispose of them (what amazon calls dispose is selling them at top dollar and to customers and reaping full profit as they took them not bought them. Doesn’t matter if they are authentic or not and will claim they were counterfeit no matter what. Then if someone sues them they will claim they were all destroyed when most likely they sold them to customers as they knew they were authentic. like the Mafia
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
They have created policy which allows them to confiscate and destroy(sell) merchandise they believe to be counterfeit in FBA …without ever looking at the item to make sure that it is indeed counterfeit. Amazon policy only guarantees that they will manipulate this into many freebies to customers and profits for them
Seller_q8A1KKsSq6H3a
iyiyi you guys are really blowing this out of proportion. I’m about the last person ever in this forum to defend Amazon but it’s warranted here. Ask anyone else who knows me here I’m never an Amazon apologist. Except I’m trying to explain to you all this is real – Amzn is receiving some massive bad press due to their counterfeit problems – just google it you’ll see. Amzn is surely just trying to do the right thing and wants a way shut down the actual counterfeit goods. Even if you’re selling RA – lately they just set it to stranded and not automatically set out with a false “suspect” counterfeit claim. Just look at this – look how bad the counterfeit problem is – if this doesn’t convince you I don’t know what will:
AAFA Calls Out Amazon in Notorious Markets Submission; Encourages USTR to Expand Report to Include Domestic Markets
October 1, 2019 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
For the second year running, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has included foreign domains owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc., in its submission for the 2019 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Managed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the report identifies foreign physical and online marketplaces that purportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. AAFA also encouraged USTR to expand future reports to include domestic marketplaces.
AAFA identified 130 physical marketplaces and eight online marketplaces that member companies identified as engaging in and facilitating substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. With regards to online marketplaces, AAFA specifically highlighted amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), amazon.ca (Canada), and amazon.de (Germany) for the second year in a row, and added amazon.fr (France) and amazon.in (India) for the first time.
“The USTR Notorious Markets report has proven to be a valuable tool in the fight against the sale of counterfeit products,” said Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association . “Not only have previous versions of this report shined a light on marketplaces that are not doing enough to protect consumers, but they have also led to dramatic and continuous improvement by companies that had not prioritized intellectual property protection in the past.
Seller_vQhAhWJR08Xu7
Obviously, Amazon is attempting to rid themselves of small sellers. First it was DVDs, now everything else. Ever try to sell on Wal-Mart Marketplace as a “Mom-'N-Pop” business? NOT A CHANCE.
The River seems to be flowing in this direction. And the Bay & Mercari will profit from this.
Seller_nstkdGWZl0SW0
So how is this any different than what goes on now?
Seller_nstkdGWZl0SW0
So how is this any different than what goes on now?
Seller_0e66ACjN6HCMZ
Its funny because I had a friend that purchased a textbook directly from Amazon and they later claimed it was a counterfeit. His purchase from Amazon was insufficient to prove authenticity. Theres a clear issue within their procurement process at that point so maybe they should fix that.
Seller_0e66ACjN6HCMZ
Its funny because I had a friend that purchased a textbook directly from Amazon and they later claimed it was a counterfeit. His purchase from Amazon was insufficient to prove authenticity. Theres a clear issue within their procurement process at that point so maybe they should fix that.
Seller_9cdhlcVe5pkrc
Obviously, the vast, overwhelming majority (including myself) of US Amazon sellers would appreciate Amazon preventing counterfeit products or illegal goods on Amazon. The GIGANTIC problem is “if we suspect you,” when the guidelines for what is basically probable cause are totally non-existent. There actually should be a real, factual basis for alleging a seller is selling counterfeit goods.
I have only been selling on Amazon for a year, but having sold hundreds of items, even I’ve noticed glaring seller-support weaknesses at Amazon, and Amazon really should do a better job at improving this before adding an additional layer of complications to the listing/selling process.
As an example, I’ve been inundated with CPC requests for toys this spring. The toys I’m selling are from major manufacturers, like Hasbro, and Amazon (the company, not other 3rd party members selling FBA or FBM) has been selling many of the items. Wouldn’t it be 1000x easier if Amazon had a rep and Hasbro had a rep which exchanged CPC/product safety information on all products, instead of sending out a robot email to the 100 current sellers saying send us a CPC for this item or we will remove it from the site? Moreover, most Amazon sellers are not multi-billion dollar corporations who has everyone else at their beck and call, so even when we request such information it takes weeks to receive assuming the manufacturer/distributor doesn’t ignore us.
In another example, I had a listing removed for “intellectual property” concerns because the listing had a spelling error, “DisneyExclusive” instead of “Disney exclusive.” It was a toy, exclusive to a Disney park, obviously lol. To me, this is very similar to this unsuitable inventory investigations policy, because Amazon is basically claiming we’re trying to hock knockoff bags from around the world. I spent almost two months going back and forth with Amazon Seller Support trying to explain how its simply an obvious spelling error. There was no intent to mislead or defraud anyone. Also, if anyone is to blame, it should be the original product listing creator, not the 400+ seller who tried to list the item. I’m not allowed to create any listing after all.
In any event, I hope I don’t get banned for posting this message; I’m just hoping someone might read this vs the army of bots that send template messages that sidestep the question/issue. If this policy actually prevents counterfeit goods, that’s wonderful. It would be a disappointment if instead it’s used as a means to limit competition at the benefit of the largest sellers on the platform.
Seller_9cdhlcVe5pkrc
Obviously, the vast, overwhelming majority (including myself) of US Amazon sellers would appreciate Amazon preventing counterfeit products or illegal goods on Amazon. The GIGANTIC problem is “if we suspect you,” when the guidelines for what is basically probable cause are totally non-existent. There actually should be a real, factual basis for alleging a seller is selling counterfeit goods.
I have only been selling on Amazon for a year, but having sold hundreds of items, even I’ve noticed glaring seller-support weaknesses at Amazon, and Amazon really should do a better job at improving this before adding an additional layer of complications to the listing/selling process.
As an example, I’ve been inundated with CPC requests for toys this spring. The toys I’m selling are from major manufacturers, like Hasbro, and Amazon (the company, not other 3rd party members selling FBA or FBM) has been selling many of the items. Wouldn’t it be 1000x easier if Amazon had a rep and Hasbro had a rep which exchanged CPC/product safety information on all products, instead of sending out a robot email to the 100 current sellers saying send us a CPC for this item or we will remove it from the site? Moreover, most Amazon sellers are not multi-billion dollar corporations who has everyone else at their beck and call, so even when we request such information it takes weeks to receive assuming the manufacturer/distributor doesn’t ignore us.
In another example, I had a listing removed for “intellectual property” concerns because the listing had a spelling error, “DisneyExclusive” instead of “Disney exclusive.” It was a toy, exclusive to a Disney park, obviously lol. To me, this is very similar to this unsuitable inventory investigations policy, because Amazon is basically claiming we’re trying to hock knockoff bags from around the world. I spent almost two months going back and forth with Amazon Seller Support trying to explain how its simply an obvious spelling error. There was no intent to mislead or defraud anyone. Also, if anyone is to blame, it should be the original product listing creator, not the 400+ seller who tried to list the item. I’m not allowed to create any listing after all.
In any event, I hope I don’t get banned for posting this message; I’m just hoping someone might read this vs the army of bots that send template messages that sidestep the question/issue. If this policy actually prevents counterfeit goods, that’s wonderful. It would be a disappointment if instead it’s used as a means to limit competition at the benefit of the largest sellers on the platform.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
Seems like Amazon finally has the real people to look at the inauthentic complaint appeals. They finally released our inventory a few days ago after almost a year long of having us living in distressed. How much damaged has this done to my business already? We took out a huge loan with high interest rate (20+%) from Amazon to invest in this product and It’s been sitting there collecting dust. It’s just souless that their loan terms and conditions expect us to use all the funding for our Amazon business and yet they allowed to have this happned.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
Seems like Amazon finally has the real people to look at the inauthentic complaint appeals. They finally released our inventory a few days ago after almost a year long of having us living in distressed. How much damaged has this done to my business already? We took out a huge loan with high interest rate (20+%) from Amazon to invest in this product and It’s been sitting there collecting dust. It’s just souless that their loan terms and conditions expect us to use all the funding for our Amazon business and yet they allowed to have this happned.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
This is the direction Amazon is heading in the recent months…from A to NON. lol
I don’t know if Amazon is making a good business strategy here? As I see It’s weaning off one of the most important strengths to its marketplace, the from A to Z selection of products. It seems to be the main reason that most online shoppers start their search with Amazon (hence more likely to make a sale). It is what brought Amazon to what it is now. With the recent changes, I think it will force some (or many?) of the sellers (liquidations, collector/rare, RA… ) with a wide range of products to migrate to the other marketplaces.
Amazon might think the dominance of its fast shipping makes them superior over their competitors but I think nowadays, a 2-day shipping is widely available and should be good enough to satisfy most online shoppers/orders. From my experience, I don’t think it’s necessary to have 1 or next day shipping for most of my online purchases.
Seller_k2bW6J3KrE4Mr
This is the direction Amazon is heading in the recent months…from A to NON. lol
I don’t know if Amazon is making a good business strategy here? As I see It’s weaning off one of the most important strengths to its marketplace, the from A to Z selection of products. It seems to be the main reason that most online shoppers start their search with Amazon (hence more likely to make a sale). It is what brought Amazon to what it is now. With the recent changes, I think it will force some (or many?) of the sellers (liquidations, collector/rare, RA… ) with a wide range of products to migrate to the other marketplaces.
Amazon might think the dominance of its fast shipping makes them superior over their competitors but I think nowadays, a 2-day shipping is widely available and should be good enough to satisfy most online shoppers/orders. From my experience, I don’t think it’s necessary to have 1 or next day shipping for most of my online purchases.
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
Basically Amazon is attempting to steal hard working sellers merchandise by accusing them of selling counterfeits and if they don’t have the “paperwork” then they are automatically found to be counterfeit and amazon can dispose of them (what amazon calls dispose is selling them at top dollar and to customers and reaping full profit as they took them not bought them. Doesn’t matter if they are authentic or not and will claim they were counterfeit no matter what. Then if someone sues them they will claim they were all destroyed when most likely they sold them to customers as they knew they were authentic. like the Mafia
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
Basically Amazon is attempting to steal hard working sellers merchandise by accusing them of selling counterfeits and if they don’t have the “paperwork” then they are automatically found to be counterfeit and amazon can dispose of them (what amazon calls dispose is selling them at top dollar and to customers and reaping full profit as they took them not bought them. Doesn’t matter if they are authentic or not and will claim they were counterfeit no matter what. Then if someone sues them they will claim they were all destroyed when most likely they sold them to customers as they knew they were authentic. like the Mafia
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
They have created policy which allows them to confiscate and destroy(sell) merchandise they believe to be counterfeit in FBA …without ever looking at the item to make sure that it is indeed counterfeit. Amazon policy only guarantees that they will manipulate this into many freebies to customers and profits for them
Seller_XFj8akGqahG0f
They have created policy which allows them to confiscate and destroy(sell) merchandise they believe to be counterfeit in FBA …without ever looking at the item to make sure that it is indeed counterfeit. Amazon policy only guarantees that they will manipulate this into many freebies to customers and profits for them
Seller_q8A1KKsSq6H3a
iyiyi you guys are really blowing this out of proportion. I’m about the last person ever in this forum to defend Amazon but it’s warranted here. Ask anyone else who knows me here I’m never an Amazon apologist. Except I’m trying to explain to you all this is real – Amzn is receiving some massive bad press due to their counterfeit problems – just google it you’ll see. Amzn is surely just trying to do the right thing and wants a way shut down the actual counterfeit goods. Even if you’re selling RA – lately they just set it to stranded and not automatically set out with a false “suspect” counterfeit claim. Just look at this – look how bad the counterfeit problem is – if this doesn’t convince you I don’t know what will:
AAFA Calls Out Amazon in Notorious Markets Submission; Encourages USTR to Expand Report to Include Domestic Markets
October 1, 2019 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
For the second year running, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has included foreign domains owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc., in its submission for the 2019 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Managed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the report identifies foreign physical and online marketplaces that purportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. AAFA also encouraged USTR to expand future reports to include domestic marketplaces.
AAFA identified 130 physical marketplaces and eight online marketplaces that member companies identified as engaging in and facilitating substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. With regards to online marketplaces, AAFA specifically highlighted amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), amazon.ca (Canada), and amazon.de (Germany) for the second year in a row, and added amazon.fr (France) and amazon.in (India) for the first time.
“The USTR Notorious Markets report has proven to be a valuable tool in the fight against the sale of counterfeit products,” said Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association . “Not only have previous versions of this report shined a light on marketplaces that are not doing enough to protect consumers, but they have also led to dramatic and continuous improvement by companies that had not prioritized intellectual property protection in the past.
Seller_q8A1KKsSq6H3a
iyiyi you guys are really blowing this out of proportion. I’m about the last person ever in this forum to defend Amazon but it’s warranted here. Ask anyone else who knows me here I’m never an Amazon apologist. Except I’m trying to explain to you all this is real – Amzn is receiving some massive bad press due to their counterfeit problems – just google it you’ll see. Amzn is surely just trying to do the right thing and wants a way shut down the actual counterfeit goods. Even if you’re selling RA – lately they just set it to stranded and not automatically set out with a false “suspect” counterfeit claim. Just look at this – look how bad the counterfeit problem is – if this doesn’t convince you I don’t know what will:
AAFA Calls Out Amazon in Notorious Markets Submission; Encourages USTR to Expand Report to Include Domestic Markets
October 1, 2019 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
For the second year running, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has included foreign domains owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc., in its submission for the 2019 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Managed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the report identifies foreign physical and online marketplaces that purportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. AAFA also encouraged USTR to expand future reports to include domestic marketplaces.
AAFA identified 130 physical marketplaces and eight online marketplaces that member companies identified as engaging in and facilitating substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. With regards to online marketplaces, AAFA specifically highlighted amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), amazon.ca (Canada), and amazon.de (Germany) for the second year in a row, and added amazon.fr (France) and amazon.in (India) for the first time.
“The USTR Notorious Markets report has proven to be a valuable tool in the fight against the sale of counterfeit products,” said Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association . “Not only have previous versions of this report shined a light on marketplaces that are not doing enough to protect consumers, but they have also led to dramatic and continuous improvement by companies that had not prioritized intellectual property protection in the past.
Seller_vQhAhWJR08Xu7
Obviously, Amazon is attempting to rid themselves of small sellers. First it was DVDs, now everything else. Ever try to sell on Wal-Mart Marketplace as a “Mom-'N-Pop” business? NOT A CHANCE.
The River seems to be flowing in this direction. And the Bay & Mercari will profit from this.
Seller_vQhAhWJR08Xu7
Obviously, Amazon is attempting to rid themselves of small sellers. First it was DVDs, now everything else. Ever try to sell on Wal-Mart Marketplace as a “Mom-'N-Pop” business? NOT A CHANCE.
The River seems to be flowing in this direction. And the Bay & Mercari will profit from this.
