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They are talking about owning an ASIN For example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KRYMB88/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KRYMB88/ The ASIN is B00KRYMB88. Whoev
by brianwawok 9y ago
They are talking about owning an ASIN
For example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KRYMB88/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KRYMB88/
The ASIN is B00KRYMB88.
Whoever FIRST listed to that item picked the title, description, pictures.. and it created the page on Amazon and assigned it an ASIN. If you have an identical shirt to that, you can list it with ASIN B00KRYMB88, and it will appear on that page (But you can't edit the listing details). That is how Amazon is built.
The problem is, what if you have a counterfeit shirt, and you sell under the same ASIN. A customer will get it delivered.. it sucks maybe.. and you blame the listing and leave a bad review.
- dabernathy89 9y agoSo you cannot prevent other sellers from selling under the same ASIN?
- j-c-hewitt 9y agoIt is possible, but only with direct permission from Amazon. It's called 'brand gating.'
- brianwawok 9y agoYah it is a bit of a process. It is much easier if you are say, selling something with Brand = Nike and you have a company called Nike.. vs just being the first person to sell generic widget X.
- thisisit 9y agoWow. That is an eye opener. The extent to people go to find loopholes. Though given e-commerce is trying to replace traditional brick and mortar, they might put more effort in ensuring quality.