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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by binarysolo on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @04:25AM (#13929290)
I run a few Amazon stores with about 10,000 SKUs -- don't re-SKU, what you want to do is brand gating... IF you are the brand owner and/or manufacturer. I can give you a few tips if you just need some advice. I'm guessing you don't have a vendorcentral account manager, but if you do, they can VERY effectively start banhammering the 3P knockoff companies.

Also, check out sellercentral forums for a community of folks there too. It's not HN but it's pretty active.

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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by _hyn3 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @05:43PM (#13935289)
If even very large, legitimate brands like Apple, Energizer, Sandisk, Huggies, etc can't seem to get control of counterfeits sold on amzn, than it seems the solution might be a bit more complex.

Apparently even worse at alibaba:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/business/alibaba-fake-mer...

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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by themagician on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @06:49PM (#13935765)
Apple earbuds are probably the best case example. Look at the reviews. The volume of fakes is enormous and it's impossible to spot (as Amazon).

You would think hat Amazon would just tell everyone who isn't Apple who is trying to list that SKU to get lost.

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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by themagician on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:33PM (#13933448)
Currently using Vendor Express for retail. Not sure we are big enough to get a vendor central AM.
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