Several Amazon sellers said they have received notifications from Amazon, which has been battling fraud and fake goods on its platform, that say their products are used or counterfeit. Amazon suspends their selling accounts until they can prove that the products are legitimate, which can cause big sellers to lose tens of thousands of dollars each day, they said.
To turn their accounts back on, Amazon often requests that the sellers provide details on who manufactures their product along with invoices from the manufacturer so that Amazon can verify authenticity. Several sellers told the Journal they provided those details to Amazon to get their accounts reinstated, only for Amazon to introduce its own version of their products using the same manufacturer.
Again, these dropshippers are fishing for sympathy. Since these products are almost always imported from China, there are websites where it's trivial to look up a business and the manufacturers it uses overseas. The websites scrape publicly available customs information.
As bad as Amazon is, a bunch of random dropshippers who literally add no value are even worse.
The article also talks about Amazon copying their tripod design, so I assume it means they designed it or at least contracted someone to design the tripod.
lmao
Again, these dropshippers are fishing for sympathy. Since these products are almost always imported from China, there are websites where it's trivial to look up a business and the manufacturers it uses overseas. The websites scrape publicly available customs information.
As bad as Amazon is, a bunch of random dropshippers who literally add no value are even worse.
The article also talks about Amazon copying their tripod design, so I assume it means they designed it or at least contracted someone to design the tripod.