Amazon has suspended over a dozen Chinese sellers for participating in fake review schemes ** THANK YOU AMAZON **
Amazon has suspended over a dozen Chinese sellers for participating in fake review schemes. The list includes Mpow and Aukey, two of the biggest electronics Amazon-native brands out of China. The total sales by the suspended sellers eclipses $1 billion.
Amazon started suspending sellers at the end of April. More than ten days later, the sellers are still blocked. The suspension wasn’t temporary or accidental and appeared to focus on a few biggest brands. Mpow, for example, was sold by multiple sellers (some run by the company, some that identify as authorized resellers, some with an unknown relationship with Mpow). Amazon suspended all.
The brands suspended are Mpow, Aukey, VicTsing, Tacklife, Austor, Vtin, Seneo, Homasy, Homitt, LITOM, TopElek, OMORC, TRODEEM, Atmoko, HOMTECH, OKMEE, and others. More than a dozen sellers sold them on Amazon in the U.S. Additionally, Amazon has also suspended the same sellers on its international marketplaces.
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’Made in China, sold on Amazon’ gadgets from Aukey, Mpow vanish from e-commerce site
South China Morning Post - May 11, 2021
In January, China-based sellers represented 75 per cent of all new merchants on Amazon, according to a recent report by consultancy Marketplace Pulse. The share of China-based sellers on Amazon’s US site has surged to 63 per cent this year from 28 per cent in 2019.
As Chinese merchants flock to Amazon, some are bringing with them grey area practices common in Chinese marketplaces. These include making up fake reviews and inflating sales numbers, according to industry insiders
The disappearance of product listings from Chinese brands coincided with a recent report from antivirus product review site SafetyDetectives, which surveyed records from a breached server containing some 75,000 links to Amazon accounts.
The site’s cybersecurity team said it discovered messages from Amazon vendors soliciting positive reviews from individuals in exchange for free products. While it is unclear who owns the exposed database, some of the information was written in Chinese, leading the researchers to believe that the server is located in China.
Seller_MU8ehgZgMJ9K0
It’s a start. A few down. Many more to go.
Seller_O1eikjLnEZKRz
Alot of these sellers are still selling- Mpow, OKMEE, Tacklife, Austor. i havent checked them all but Amazon has NOT suspended these sellers - they are still there!!
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
Random character brand names - seen it all before including TOOGOO and others. Yawn. When will Amazon learn it’s not the road to riches but ruin?
Anyway back to work… on business other than Amazon!
Seller_9e0aMxU4qS2gx
The whole ideal of globalization may need to be looked at a little deeper … I truly believe in building your product in the country or at least the continent you are selling into
Seller_XkVVeJPbLfuWP
this is a win, its not the biggest problem or the most important but it is a problem that needed to be addressed so good on them. The obvious fakes, and made up generic is the bigger issue but im sure now that they are down the rabbit hole it’ll uncover a lot more
Seller_K6HJk14MgPjrh
Only because news outlets found out about it, otherwise they would still be selling and Amazon collecting fees.
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Amazon has suspended over a dozen Chinese sellers for participating in fake review schemes ** THANK YOU AMAZON **
Amazon has suspended over a dozen Chinese sellers for participating in fake review schemes. The list includes Mpow and Aukey, two of the biggest electronics Amazon-native brands out of China. The total sales by the suspended sellers eclipses $1 billion.
Amazon started suspending sellers at the end of April. More than ten days later, the sellers are still blocked. The suspension wasn’t temporary or accidental and appeared to focus on a few biggest brands. Mpow, for example, was sold by multiple sellers (some run by the company, some that identify as authorized resellers, some with an unknown relationship with Mpow). Amazon suspended all.
The brands suspended are Mpow, Aukey, VicTsing, Tacklife, Austor, Vtin, Seneo, Homasy, Homitt, LITOM, TopElek, OMORC, TRODEEM, Atmoko, HOMTECH, OKMEE, and others. More than a dozen sellers sold them on Amazon in the U.S. Additionally, Amazon has also suspended the same sellers on its international marketplaces.
Amazon has suspended over a dozen Chinese sellers for participating in fake review schemes ** THANK YOU AMAZON **
Amazon has suspended over a dozen Chinese sellers for participating in fake review schemes. The list includes Mpow and Aukey, two of the biggest electronics Amazon-native brands out of China. The total sales by the suspended sellers eclipses $1 billion.
Amazon started suspending sellers at the end of April. More than ten days later, the sellers are still blocked. The suspension wasn’t temporary or accidental and appeared to focus on a few biggest brands. Mpow, for example, was sold by multiple sellers (some run by the company, some that identify as authorized resellers, some with an unknown relationship with Mpow). Amazon suspended all.
The brands suspended are Mpow, Aukey, VicTsing, Tacklife, Austor, Vtin, Seneo, Homasy, Homitt, LITOM, TopElek, OMORC, TRODEEM, Atmoko, HOMTECH, OKMEE, and others. More than a dozen sellers sold them on Amazon in the U.S. Additionally, Amazon has also suspended the same sellers on its international marketplaces.
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Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
’Made in China, sold on Amazon’ gadgets from Aukey, Mpow vanish from e-commerce site
South China Morning Post - May 11, 2021
In January, China-based sellers represented 75 per cent of all new merchants on Amazon, according to a recent report by consultancy Marketplace Pulse. The share of China-based sellers on Amazon’s US site has surged to 63 per cent this year from 28 per cent in 2019.
As Chinese merchants flock to Amazon, some are bringing with them grey area practices common in Chinese marketplaces. These include making up fake reviews and inflating sales numbers, according to industry insiders
The disappearance of product listings from Chinese brands coincided with a recent report from antivirus product review site SafetyDetectives, which surveyed records from a breached server containing some 75,000 links to Amazon accounts.
The site’s cybersecurity team said it discovered messages from Amazon vendors soliciting positive reviews from individuals in exchange for free products. While it is unclear who owns the exposed database, some of the information was written in Chinese, leading the researchers to believe that the server is located in China.
Seller_MU8ehgZgMJ9K0
It’s a start. A few down. Many more to go.
Seller_O1eikjLnEZKRz
Alot of these sellers are still selling- Mpow, OKMEE, Tacklife, Austor. i havent checked them all but Amazon has NOT suspended these sellers - they are still there!!
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
Random character brand names - seen it all before including TOOGOO and others. Yawn. When will Amazon learn it’s not the road to riches but ruin?
Anyway back to work… on business other than Amazon!
Seller_9e0aMxU4qS2gx
The whole ideal of globalization may need to be looked at a little deeper … I truly believe in building your product in the country or at least the continent you are selling into
Seller_XkVVeJPbLfuWP
this is a win, its not the biggest problem or the most important but it is a problem that needed to be addressed so good on them. The obvious fakes, and made up generic is the bigger issue but im sure now that they are down the rabbit hole it’ll uncover a lot more
Seller_K6HJk14MgPjrh
Only because news outlets found out about it, otherwise they would still be selling and Amazon collecting fees.
Seller_mOOIqSxK5lJG4
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Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
’Made in China, sold on Amazon’ gadgets from Aukey, Mpow vanish from e-commerce site
South China Morning Post - May 11, 2021
In January, China-based sellers represented 75 per cent of all new merchants on Amazon, according to a recent report by consultancy Marketplace Pulse. The share of China-based sellers on Amazon’s US site has surged to 63 per cent this year from 28 per cent in 2019.
As Chinese merchants flock to Amazon, some are bringing with them grey area practices common in Chinese marketplaces. These include making up fake reviews and inflating sales numbers, according to industry insiders
The disappearance of product listings from Chinese brands coincided with a recent report from antivirus product review site SafetyDetectives, which surveyed records from a breached server containing some 75,000 links to Amazon accounts.
The site’s cybersecurity team said it discovered messages from Amazon vendors soliciting positive reviews from individuals in exchange for free products. While it is unclear who owns the exposed database, some of the information was written in Chinese, leading the researchers to believe that the server is located in China.
Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
’Made in China, sold on Amazon’ gadgets from Aukey, Mpow vanish from e-commerce site
South China Morning Post - May 11, 2021
In January, China-based sellers represented 75 per cent of all new merchants on Amazon, according to a recent report by consultancy Marketplace Pulse. The share of China-based sellers on Amazon’s US site has surged to 63 per cent this year from 28 per cent in 2019.
As Chinese merchants flock to Amazon, some are bringing with them grey area practices common in Chinese marketplaces. These include making up fake reviews and inflating sales numbers, according to industry insiders
The disappearance of product listings from Chinese brands coincided with a recent report from antivirus product review site SafetyDetectives, which surveyed records from a breached server containing some 75,000 links to Amazon accounts.
The site’s cybersecurity team said it discovered messages from Amazon vendors soliciting positive reviews from individuals in exchange for free products. While it is unclear who owns the exposed database, some of the information was written in Chinese, leading the researchers to believe that the server is located in China.
Seller_ZDGgATBGegBqy
Thank you Jeff! Only 99.7% to go.
Seller_MU8ehgZgMJ9K0
It’s a start. A few down. Many more to go.
Seller_MU8ehgZgMJ9K0
It’s a start. A few down. Many more to go.
Seller_O1eikjLnEZKRz
Alot of these sellers are still selling- Mpow, OKMEE, Tacklife, Austor. i havent checked them all but Amazon has NOT suspended these sellers - they are still there!!
Seller_O1eikjLnEZKRz
Alot of these sellers are still selling- Mpow, OKMEE, Tacklife, Austor. i havent checked them all but Amazon has NOT suspended these sellers - they are still there!!
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
Random character brand names - seen it all before including TOOGOO and others. Yawn. When will Amazon learn it’s not the road to riches but ruin?
Anyway back to work… on business other than Amazon!
Seller_jw3HRo32wY2Hk
Random character brand names - seen it all before including TOOGOO and others. Yawn. When will Amazon learn it’s not the road to riches but ruin?
Anyway back to work… on business other than Amazon!
Seller_9e0aMxU4qS2gx
The whole ideal of globalization may need to be looked at a little deeper … I truly believe in building your product in the country or at least the continent you are selling into
Seller_9e0aMxU4qS2gx
The whole ideal of globalization may need to be looked at a little deeper … I truly believe in building your product in the country or at least the continent you are selling into
Seller_XkVVeJPbLfuWP
this is a win, its not the biggest problem or the most important but it is a problem that needed to be addressed so good on them. The obvious fakes, and made up generic is the bigger issue but im sure now that they are down the rabbit hole it’ll uncover a lot more
Seller_XkVVeJPbLfuWP
this is a win, its not the biggest problem or the most important but it is a problem that needed to be addressed so good on them. The obvious fakes, and made up generic is the bigger issue but im sure now that they are down the rabbit hole it’ll uncover a lot more
Seller_K6HJk14MgPjrh
Only because news outlets found out about it, otherwise they would still be selling and Amazon collecting fees.
Seller_K6HJk14MgPjrh
Only because news outlets found out about it, otherwise they would still be selling and Amazon collecting fees.
Seller_mOOIqSxK5lJG4
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