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Seems so. Honest question: what's to stop the manufacturer (or anyone who knows the manufacturer) from making copies and selling them themselves? Do business ow
by sleavey 8y ago
Seems so. Honest question: what's to stop the manufacturer (or anyone who knows the manufacturer) from making copies and selling them themselves? Do business owners who sell this sort of thing on Amazon just have to stay ahead of the curve or are there protections in place for this sort of thing?
- TAForObvReasons 8y agoManufacturer gets paid even if the reseller can't sell them. No need to take risk on the US market if someone else is willing to bear it.
- Phlarp 8y agoI don't think the alibaba shops have much interest in doing the legwork to list their own items on Amazon. They rely on other people (like the author) to do the research and marketing legwork, and hold the bag for unsold goods. They are focused on moving volume and keeping the factory at capacity. The bigger threat is Amazon itself, if your product is successful enough there will soon be an Amazon Basics branded version undercutting you and showing up higher in search results.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoYes, they have. I only saw numbers, but 50% of new sellers on Amazon Europe is Chinese. I expect the same for the US. I also read an interview once where they got analysed on the US store, with frequent typos, but better images then in the past.
- vezycash 8y agoAmazon can also create a competing product. Trademarking MIGHT protect against people using your logo and brand name.
- jamisteven 8y agoThey typically do not, how this works is Amazon buys out your store and puts in under their own white label ie: amazon basics brand. Lot of FBA businesses have this exit strategy planned out from inception and are building stores simply to sell them in the end, rinse and repeat.
- hobofan 8y agoThere is nothing stopping Amazon from getting in contact with the original manufacturers and selling it themselves if they see good sales number for a product. This usually happens after 1-3 months of good sales. Source: I previously worked in the Amazon price optimization field, and basically all our customers experienced this.