Marketplace Solutions Blog

A Colorado federal court has entered judgment against an unauthorized grey market seller that further strengthens the ability of brands to stop the unauthorized sales of their products on Amazon and other online marketplaces. The ruling is the second of its kind in less than six months, and ...

In January, a new law took effect in China that requires eCommerce operators to better protect the intellectual property rights of their users. According to a press release by the Library of Congress, the People’s Republic of China’s new Electronic Commerce Law divides “e-commerce ...

Highlighting the Importance of Online Sales Control for Even the World’s Most Powerful Brand Amazon.com recently became an Authorized Reseller of Apple products, meaning that Apple specifically approved the sale of its products on Amazon and, as a result, can better control its sales on the ...

Amazon.com launched Project Zero earlier this month, a new anti-counterfeiting program that allows companies to remove counterfeit reproductions of their products from the online marketplace without first seeking permission from Amazon. Before Project Zero, companies had to request that Amazon ...

Amazon.com amended its agreements with third-party marketplace sellers to remove its pricing parity clause—indicating that Amazon no longer will prohibit its 3P sellers from selling their products for less on competing online marketplaces. The Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement used ...

eCommerce executive Daniel Aston, the former director and part owner of Trod Limited, pleaded guilty in January to conspiring to fix the prices of posters sold on online marketplaces. Both Aston and his company were charged in 2015 with price fixing, and the company pleaded guilty to the ...

Signaling Potential Shift in Focus to Marketplace Sales In the last week, Amazon.com has been reported to have discontinued its routine orders from thousands of brands that, until now, sold their products directly to Amazon through Vendor Central. This activity signals a potential fundamental ...

In its Form 10-K Annual Report, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January, Amazon detailed potential risks to its business. According to published reports, Amazon this year disclosed risks associated with its inability to prevent the sale of “unlawful, counterfeit, ...

A California federal court has entered a final judgment that strengthens brands’ mission to rid online marketplaces of unauthorized sellers and preserve their brand equity. The ruling confirms that manufacturers have a viable strategy to combat grey market sellers and stop the unauthorized ...

This is the final article in a three-part series regarding investigating third-party online sellers. The first article, “Investigation Basics: Uncovering Third-Party Online Sellers,” appeared as a guest blog post on the Wiser Solutions blog. Part two, “Researching Marketplace Review ...