MGR Amazon Weekly Update | September 3, 2019
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Behind the Scenes: This Past Quarter’s Results for Amazon Weekly
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Even Amazon’s Own Products Are Getting Hijacked By Impostors
One of Amazon’s biggest challenges over the years has been dealing with listing hijackers. These are people who will sell counterfeit versions of a product while undercutting the manufacturer or brand’s price and taking over the listing by winning the ‘Buy Box.’ And now, these hijackers have gotten so audacious that they’re doing it to Amazon Basics products too. This is not an easily solved problem as Amazon has to constantly monitor millions of listings, but clearly things are getting out of hand if they can’t even protect themselves. One hope would be that perhaps this will be a massive wake up call and Amazon will devote significantly more resources to solving this problem.
Other Notable Links:
1. The US-China Trade War rages on, these are the products that will be impacted most – QUARTZ
2. Amazon is promoting its own private label products on Seller’s pages when customers click ‘Add to Cart’ – WASHINGTON POST
3. Amazon reportedly is offering the “Amazon’s Choice” badge to certain vendors in exchange for lowering their prices – DIGIDAY
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