Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch competing products

Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by ProAm on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:19PM (#22957607)

> What really is the issue?

This issue us that Amazon also dictates what you are allowed to sell your product for elsewhere. It would be one thing if they just used your own data and created a competing product, but the fact you cannot sell your product cheaper elsewhere is the issue.

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by pas on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:04PM (#22962087)

Sorry, maybe I'm too tired to understand this, but why can't you do that exactly?

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by ProAm on Thursday April 23, 2020 @07:48PM (#22962996)

The FTC says it's illegal:

Anticompetitive practices include activities like price fixing, group boycotts, and exclusionary exclusive dealing contracts or trade association rules, and are generally grouped into two types: agreements between competitors, also referred to as horizontal conduct.

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by pas on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:55PM (#22988795)

Thanks! I meant how would Amazon prevent it at all. (But maybe they would just sue you. But ... can't you just create a separate company to conduct off-Amazon business?)

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