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Small business owners say Amazon is selling their products without permission

https://sh.itjust.works/post/54786747

Small business owners say Amazon is selling their products without permission - sh.itjust.works

“I typed in YamzWorld into the Amazon app and lo and behold there were all my products there with my pictures from my website as well,” Montes-Tarazas said. While he receives payment for sales, Montes-Tarazas said the arrangement strips away his ability to build direct customer relationships. “I do get the sale and I do get the money, but customers never get to interact with my website, they have no ability to sign up for my mailing list. They have no idea who I am as an artist or what I stand for,” Montes-Tarazas said.

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JupiterSnarl Feb 5

I have been trying to break my Amzon Addiction for years. This did it.

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Sculptus Poe Feb 5

This is a non-issue and is likely a reseller using his site through Amazon as a drop shipping thing. Amazon likely has nothing to do with this. If you are going to hate Amazon, hate the way they treat their warehouse people.

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JupiterSnarl

Incorrect. They have a new “ai feature” that scrapes the internet for independent stores and copies their products, pastes them on Amazon and then sells them to Amazon customers. Their AI then goes and places the order with the original store. Read the article and the news - it’s widely reported in the last couple weeks. It seems like a “good thing for sellers and consumers” There are dozens of problems with this which are well covered elsewhere.