Recently, The Counterfeit Report, a foreign website specializing in publishing information on counterfeit goods, showed that the problem of counterfeit goods on eBay, Amazon and other platforms in the United States is becoming increasingly serious. According to statistics, more than 40% of Amazon's product sales currently come from third-party sellers, but Amazon does not conduct sufficient inspections on the goods of third-party sellers, and its anti-counterfeiting capabilities are not up to par, resulting in an increasingly serious problem of counterfeit goods. Therefore, the issue of counterfeit goods on Amazon has also been constantly criticized by foreign media. So are Amazon’s third-party sellers reliable? Let’s take a look with the editor below!
Fake is a general term for counterfeit and copycat goods in English. Generally speaking, when you visit foreign websites and see fake comments, you basically know what is going on. The Counterfeit Report is a very interesting foreign website that specializes in statistics on global prices: this year there were 1.7 trillion US dollars worth of counterfeit goods in the world... That looks pretty impressive! I don’t know how they calculated it!
Speaking of Amazon, in recent years, Amazon has been inviting a large number of third-party sellers to join. Last year, sales by third-party sellers on Amazon doubled from the year before. Reports show that more than 40% of Amazon's current merchandise sales come from third-party sellers, but Amazon does not conduct sufficient inspections on third-party sellers' goods, and its inability to combat counterfeiting has led to an increasingly serious problem of counterfeit goods. Therefore, now when people browse Amazon US and Amazon Japan, they will pay attention to whether it is a third-party seller.
According to the "Anti-Counterfeiting Report", after receiving complaints from consumers about counterfeit goods, the Amazon platform will quickly return the funds to the consumers and notify the consumers through a special counterfeit information website. However, this policy relies heavily on consumer complaints and is based on post-event anti-counterfeiting measures.
However, Amazon's counterfeit problem has seriously affected Amazon's reputation. Luxury industry media Luxury Daily recently pointed out that the e-commerce giant Amazon's counterfeit problem is getting worse and worse, and some luxury brands have avoided selling their products on the Amazon platform.
When choosing a seller, try to choose a regular and reliable merchant to avoid unnecessary losses and not to lose the big picture for the small.
