5 Dirty Tactics Amazon Is Using To Screw Sellers And Raise Prices

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[@garrydye2394]

Wait...what....there is one youtuber left not telling me how he went from $1.37 to 100 million in 3 days on Amazon." This guy is our last hope for retail humanity.

[@cherose2274]

Amazon is also allowing a lot of poor quality Chinese items on its platform. Lots of Chinese sellers

[@angelachouinard4581]

I was shopping for a makeup mirror. One from Canada, three or four from India and FOUR PAGES all from China. And being from China did not guarantee they were inexpensive. And looking at other stores I could see it was the same brands. I really try to avoid three things, Chinese stuff, using Amazon and not being grossly overcharged but it is not easy.

[@mihalyfreeman5928]

Wait till the Tariffs kick in. When that happens the cheap crap will be POOF! Gone. Even Amazon will be gone cause no reseller is going to be buying Chinese products, paying Tarrifs and paying inflated FBA fees! LOL!

[@HOBBS-4]

Where do you think your product comes from, if you have any?

[@terraplane7655]

Allowing? Try pushing-HARD! The filters are a joke and a mindfuck on Amazon. you have to think like a chess player just to try to find something. Most rigged algo on earth. And half my shit is a day or two after promised date.

[@angelachouinard4581]

@@terraplane7655 I TOTALLY AGREE with pushing hard. You can't find a darn thing. And on top of that while I don't want to use Temu it's the same stuff from the same maker but on Amazon I pay twice or three times as much

[@albertodeulofeu5277]

Not to mention their violations. You’re always getting hit with violations. You can sell 1000 items of a certain brand, and if one idiot customer cries “fake” or “counterfeit” you now have to prove your innocence. Over and over again.

[@Flourish-07]

Just one bad customer to say is fake Just seems they Amazon itself are sending this fake customer to buy and as soon as it delivered they are saying it’s fake and that’s it

[@NeneAlokasBlog]

This happened to me in December. one fake customer planted by God knows who…..and it felt like I was being nailed on the cross to prove my innocence

[@oldanduncouth]

I've even started going to the regular websites for the suppliers i use amazon to buy from - some have existing bulk discounts and thresholds for free shipping : the savings are reasonable enough that leaving amazon behind is totally feasible. IF YOUR NOT putting mailers in with your shipped orders with your own website and where to find coupons (which will probably save you and your customers $ in the long run) - do it and add a "thank you".

[@albertodeulofeu5277]

That’s against TOS.

[@ntag411]

I can not stand flyers in a order. Marketing people do not or will not back their concepts with their own $$$. Just like investment brokers, they profit on the transaction, not the gain.

[@izzybizzy3650]

Please stop selling on Amazon. Get together with local sellers and sell your products yourselves. This is terribly sad to see you all getting abused like this. Make no mistake, this is abuse. Stop doing that to yourselves.

[@y2ksw1]

Would you sustain a platform, yet to make from scratch, which offers you the perks of Amazon, but without the pitfalls? This is an inquiry to find out, how much you really would care, if there was an alternative.

[@izzybizzy3650]

@y2ksw1 do what you want, I don't care.

[@y2ksw1]

@izzybizzy3650 I understood that, and for this reason the problem exists.

[@user-ox2xi6kk8o]

I would love to if a such a platform existed. I'm stuck with craigslist and ebay. Both scam and spam filled.

[@stevek343]

What local seller's ? 😳 😅

[@mr.g4785]

Also worth mentioning that huge amounts of FBA inventory is getting "lost" in the warehouses. I stopped shipping to Amazon FBA because my boxes arrived with no items inside. In my city there is a local auction house that every week sells new Amazon products. Hmmm.

[@patrickcardon1643]

How ... coincidental ... you didn't go see if your products were in there? You could try sending one more small shipment with tracking

[@robert5]

@@patrickcardon1643 Use those airpod trackers.

[@blipblop92]

Amazon is too big to care about your merchandise, it probably is from the employees stealing

[@RasielSuarez]

Did this years ago when I saw they were headed in this direction. I don't regret my decision at all.

[@thehandyhomeowner9781]

Yup. We stopped our amazon business due to all the rule changing. We were not pleased with how amazon does business with it's sellers like us. It is unfortunate. We were getting some success but amazon is a nightmare to work with.

[@shane250]

If Amazon are taking 90% of the margins... You didn't have "success", they did!

[@josephb3147]

@@shane250 PPC cost me 100% of the sale plus manufacturing and shipping costs... total loss... then when you stop PPC they go after you with BS... at this point I just don't care anymore... more power to you if you have success there

[@shane250]

@@josephb3147 Oh, I don't sell there. I'm just saying they're thieves, and sellers should just abandon them. I stopped shopping there a few months ago. Cancelled my Prime membership. I didn't want to support their greedy behavior.

[@EverydayGiftideas305]

Amazon's greed is unfathomable! This should NOT come as a surprise, after all it's founder WASN'T raised morally!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I turned my back on Amazon a long time ago for a number of reasons. I'm glad to see other people catching up.

[@ewed418]

This reminds of a similar eBay story. EBay is there to protect buyers and sellers, but no one is there to protect you against eBay itself.

[@ShauliGros]

If your competitor buys your inventory - put a unit limit per sale on your sku. They will need to do hundreds of orders to wipe you out.

[@mywifequitherjob]

But then you lose out on the bulk orders.

[@ShauliGros]

@mywifequitherjob how many bulk orders do you have? compare that to losing the season.. Also, you can leave bulk on for business pricing.

[@marcin_lukasik]

@@mywifequitherjob analyse how many items people buy in bulk at most. in my case it's almost never more than two, so a limit of 5 is more than reasonable. a limit is a must.

[@jeffb1686]

As someone just starting out and still waiting on my LLC before opening my online store, I can see that Amazon only cares about money, not relationships. Thank you for this video it has strengthened my path to build an online store through local relationships and then trying to expand that customer base through local customers, outside marketing, and reviews. I have seen a bunch of your videos and find all of them very helpful! Thank you for standing up against the big box companies.

[@user-ox2xi6kk8o]

You are brave. I gave up and got a union job.

[@MrPlaceboeffect]

I see a lot of platforms doing this, not just in the USA, but also in China. E-commerce is being disrupted by global players now-there are no more borders in business. Hopefully, we’ll see the same kind of transformation in other industries like healthcare, pharmaceuticals, transportation, and tech

[@WaterBearer789]

They are so large their customer service is automated trash these days or people who can do so little it’s not even worth your time contacting them. More people need to start their own websites and go back to shipping their own product and owning the ability to communicate with their own products on their own terms. Amazon lulls you into the idea of a TURNKEY business that EVOLVES into INDENTURED SERVITUDE!

[@patrickcardon1643]

They will be so happy to switch it all to AI. Sellers will for sure not get any resolution to their problems anymore

[@dealman3312]

Great video Steve ❤️ Have you heard if Amazon is doing anything to address false inauthentic claims against sellers? Just like your video described 7:15. We kill too much time dealing with this fraud. Now Amz wants supplier’s supplier receipts and still canned response.

[@richardmbeki9266]

Great video Steve !

[@rockymountainlockpicker9606]

I won’t buy certain items from Amazon anymore because of getting previously used items that I bought as “new”. And also the high likelihood of receiving counterfeit goods. It’s happened to me and my wife a couple times

[@TheCelestIntelligence9]

I have an Amazon Business Account. Just for ordering supplies & have Amazon Prime. When an item is $380 & you go to check out it all of a sudden says $480 expecting you did not to notice! I have to finagle around clicking on the item several times until I get the price that I was stated when I put the item in my cart! I hate Amazon just because they are deliberately trying to rip you off! The price changes hoping you did not notice & even had to cancel an orders because I noticed they changed the price! But the price changes when you exit the item & go back to it again going from high to low, its like quantum mechanics observer affect! Such bull shit!!! Bezos your a greedy bastard!!!!!!!!

[@Qwazier3]

Thought it was a glitch on my end. Thank you for confirming that it wasn't a glitch.

[@fcoa87]

Lets make this viral!!! 👏👏👏

[@e.catalan8969]

Wow thanks for sharing... I recently tried to resign back up as a seller after many years. I sold on there for a short time before they offered FBA or had a fixed monthly fee available.. I had such a headache trying to get a seller account active, but now that I see this, it must be a blessing in disquise! I do remember seeing a video at some point where Bezos had said he knew at some point Amazon would lose it's popularity to competition. I think he is making that happen now and maybe on purpose, while also making money along the way. I think he may wind up restructuring and maybe rebranding some time at some point in the future. We are probably seeing a gradual restructuring happening now so less work when he does rebrand and gets rid of most of the FBA sellers.

[@esterosher6788]

You forgot the main reason how amazon makes money, which is by running ads. As seller you will get wiped out easily if your margins are thin.

[@HotarusLens]

I"m so sick and done with Amazon. I've been ultra-frustrated for a while that every search from a belt for my first grader to a camera tripod is nothing but alphabet soup Chinese brands that I don't want.

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

Apparently, Amazon is *actively trying* to fail faster than any mega company in history.

[@leeamessage]

Many times, it's cheaper to go buy it from the seller's website. The only con is a few more days to wait on shipping.

[@alexcarter8807]

Since I quit Amazon, I've found the same things cheaper locally.

[@mypocketwrap5446]

Well said, 100% true

[@MattTheTekie_YT]

Thank you for this content man!

[@dannys-beverage-world]

Amazon was never competition but around 2003 the corporations and corporate manufacturers got into the game. That's when the internet business really started to fall apart.. The mom and pops started the e-commerce industry. People are very hesitant about buying online in 1991, but by 2003 the corporations took over.. I was invited by one of my own customers. I work for Amazon. He was surprised to hear I would not sell my product to Amazon ever and I did not care. I was losing a little bit of money.. cuz Amazon was never going to have access to my exclusive corporate contracts..

[@HSR-00]

the corporate greed is never ending. have been hearing horror stories from many small business owners.

[@ntag411]

As to sellers being harmed by other sellers, that can happen on any platform. It's like someone received a brick instead of a phone, how do you prove definitively the person(s) is truthful?

[@Al828282]

I patented a product which I plan on manufacturing. My greatest fear is Amazon copying my product and stealing sales from me.

[@robert5]

Move ahead, don't be deterred.

[@wyatt-rocks]

This happened to me. Lost thousands of dollars and had to quit. I had to have my product sent back to me and removed from Amazon.

[@la6136]

It depends what the product is and what your patent is for. If your patent is solid you can sue amazon for copying you

[@gregorymiron8116]

And you can be sure that they eventually will. When you look how dishonest the owner Jeff bozo is a man who sent a text of his erect penis to his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez 4 years ago while still married over 25 years. Anybody that would do something like that you can't trust them in any way shape or form in business

[@HOBBS-4]

You are joking right?

[@Mallow1-y6g]

Great video! I refuse to sell on Amazon as well. I’m always fearful that Amazon will create their own knock off products and just get rid of and bury my listings anyways so what’s the point.

[@TOSStarTrek]

Only use it when I have no other chose.

[@nanduofficial18]

How to escape from this ,can all sellers combine and sue Amazon for this??

[@LauraGoldberger]

That will be nice . I think we need to reach out to president Trump. They destroyed my inventory and didn’t refund me 15K. It’s almost impossible to appeal x(

[@HOBBS-4]

You have a choice to go elsewhere. Its their Business.

[@nanduofficial18]

@HOBBS-4 even if it's their business,it shouldn't be that cruel there should be some ethics 🤷

[@Flourish-07]

@@nanduofficial18yes Ripping seller off should be illegal

[@user-ox2xi6kk8o]

Start a new country. I heard North Africa is pretty much the only space left tho. And will require a great arms dealer.

[@ld3540]

Stopped selling on Amazon about 5 years ago as they we're ramping up their war on sellers..I see that it's much worse now as this video points out. My family purchased a lot on Amazon up to a year and a half ago, we stopped because so much was either conterfit or knock-offs. Their delivery isn't great either as they oftem don't meet the delivery window...and I've count on how times they've left a package on a rainy day exposed to the weather. It's so easy to find most of what's on their on other sites and the delivery time is either equal or a day or two longer, plus we almost never need something very quickly.

[@WaterBearer789]

Further if your brand is registered and someone falsely makes a bunch of claims against your product they should A lose the buy box for 30-90 days or they should be removed from being able to sell on Amazon. I am sure there are a ton of people experiencing this, this is another place where a class action lawsuit should be brought.

[@MM-cp4mi]

Great info.

[@deniseloera6004]

I as well have been noticing how difficult it is to sell on Amazon. I am about a year in selling and it has been so difficult. They don't allow me to thrive and constantly want me to lower my prices. If I don't lower the price, they won't give me the buy box.

[@iamlakeland]

Fantastic episode! Thanks.

[@iranpagan]

Thank you!

[@tinag4893]

One of the biggest problems to stop selling on Amazon is the free shipping even same day/overnight offer to customers. Consumers expect that level of convenient and not willing to pay for shipping.

[@abcxyz3028]

The only reason why I still use Amazon occasionally is due to the shipping costs and the hassle free to claim money back should it arrive in non-working order and their free returns policy. And the fact that our high street retail shops are almost non existent apart from coffee shops, gambling shops, charity shops and pastry shops. 😐

[@Peruvian.Lama74]

I just have this fantasy dream where at sellercon dharmesh meta is like we have a special video presentation and then they play this video to the audience!

[@ssamuel408]

Thank you.

[@captaindrewcavanaugh]

It is their business. So they say you can do it their way or the highway.

[@clubware]

Juicy class action suit.

[@WaterBearer789]

How can they not recognize that this is a strategy someone is using again and again where they buy out all your stuff and return it? Can you limit the number of items per customer so they have to place a ridiculous amount of orders so it’s not in their interest to keep doing this? Can you fulfill your own items so you can identify them 2 years in a row and maybe go after them legally for unfair practices meant to prevent you from lawfully gaining sales and actually costing you. You should consider suing Amazon for turning a blind eye to this as well. You can’t be the only person this is happening to. Maybe make a video on just that and see if you can get enough additional sellers who are expediting the same tho h to join a class action lawsuit!

[@nanduofficial18]

What are you saying that your competitors will purchase your products and intentionally return them?

[@WaterBearer789]

@@nanduofficial18 Yes! That’s what he said! They buy out all your inventory so their stuff will sell and after they sell out they return all your stuff to get their money back and you get stuck with a 15% restocking fee!

[@la6136]

@@WaterBearer789That’s crazy I would sue those competitors directly

[@nanduofficial18]

@WaterBearer789 really 🤧

[@josephb3147]

You can limit per order how many they can purchase. I did this with my 1 product I have. I ship my own orders instead of FBA so I would see repeating orders...

[@AQuietNight]

Amazon like Ebay have discovered sellers are a great source of revenue in and of themselves.

[@bulldogkarma]

I cancelled my membership a while back ago for a ton of reasons and these are just a few reasons.

[@alexcarter8807]

I quit Prime, and only "use" Amazon in the sense that I pick up used bubble mailers at my local Amazon hub to recycle, and I do buy things at Whole Foods because they're cheaper than Safeway. Other than that, I have no used for 'em.

[@Lexo400GS]

Well said

[@freddaniali]

If you don't like it just open up a brick and mortar store, pay for your own advertising, and stock your own products. Good luck.

[@Dabayare]

Ur supposed to make money for them and not them helping u make money. Ppl never learn n always find out too late.

[@michaelabraham3677]

Their employees have sabotaged me already.. but Amazon income still feeds my family

[@BillyBobDingledorf]

Jeff Bezos has a half billion dollar yacht. He needs a five billion dollar yacht. Me too.

[@marcin_lukasik]

Stopping is not easy. Amazon has the scale, and for sellers doing 7, 8 or 9 figures there's almost no other way (other than taking money and investing it into something completely different).

[@Ace1000ks]

People have to start selling on their own websites. Selling on these large platforms isn't profitable anymore. They think they have a monopoly, and this is why they are adding more fees, and increasing fees.

[@GoldenDragon1999]

Do you recommend sellers use Shopify or other creator stores like Stan?

[@Fisheez_]

Exactly why we are building FISHEEZ!!! E-commerce for the people!!! AMAZON is a monopoly that is creating higher prices for us all!!

[@SweetSassyBull]

I'm in the UK. I just searched your brand and it only showed one product below about 5 other "bee" fabrics. I'm not sure if this is normal but I could not click on your Amazon shop (I can't see why I shouldn't be able to click on it 😕).

[@WaterBearer789]

This is all very troubling, I am seeing this more and more.

[@shaunzakaria3102]

Like the mafia😅

[@luisv7117]

well done well done

[@adnansviews]

After opening a seller's account I realize why amazon is not popular in Sweden.

[@Septembersrain1984]

Temu is artificially keeping prices low. It's bad on both.

[@paulQ077]

Thanks

[@luisv7117]

Long long time ago I purchase something in amazon and it was garbage and they did not recognize my refund because the seller didn't belong to amazon...so never ever ever ever again

[@user-ox2xi6kk8o]

And yet they screw the few honest sellers just selling real actual stuff.

[@DueInfomation]

Ebay Also!

[@Khubbesto]

I'm out from FBA, discarded all my inventory 😅.

[@WaterBearer789]

@@Khubbesto Wow! What happened? What were you selling?

[@Khubbesto]

@ I sent my first shipment, and it was kitchen towel . Just for testing purposes. And i discovered how amazon behave, all answers in this video. My brand also approved, but I'm feeling blessed that I didn't sent any large shipment, even I have to pay for discarded units lol 🤣

[@EverydayGiftideas305]

I hope you use the skilled learned in your new venture

[@Checkdemfaxs]

Shipping costs... That's what buyers hate..

[@aldioncollari5418]

would you start amazon FBA bussines on this circunstances??

[@aldioncollari5418]

So?? Is it a yes or a no??

[@albertodeulofeu5277]

Absolutely not.

[@rosepile8871]

NO. We're needing to shut down after 10 years. Several years ago I started telling people to stay away.

[@elizabethk8938]

Amazon is trash for buyers as well. Almost all searches only bring up Chinese sellers. Shipping is a joke too.

[@Premier-Media-Group]

Now they're pushing "Haul" as a way to compete with Temu et al

[@dannys-beverage-world]

I would always ask people if they were buying on Amazon. If they said yes. I would ask them if they had kids... I said you were ruining your kids future buying on Amazon... I said I could buy on Amazon cuz I don't have kids so I really don't give a f***.. Even consumers do not understand. I am glad Amazon started charging shipping. My biggest problem with e-commerce is shipping and Amazon was one of the last companies to partially stop free shipping.. only the most ignorant companies give shipping away.. 90% of e-commerce companies will drop the price by a dollar or a penny.. This is another stupid tactic. They don't think the competition can do the same thing.. E-Commerce was so full of people that did not understand anything about retail with no business retail experience. Internet companies had the biggest morons in the world running websites.

[@meihe9108]

DUH thanks genius......

[@birchwoodbiker]

I stopped Selling and buying on Amazon 3 years ago, and Ebay is no better

[@josephb3147]

I agree... Ebay fees you to death... you could lose money even if you got the product for free

[@BillyBobDingledorf]

I use Amazon as a search engine for products. I then buy the products elsewhere. Shame on me for using them. It's exactly what they did to other companies, so I have no moral conflict.

[@timetravelofimmaculatelove7202]

The issue is WALMART TERRIBLY FAILS TO SELL IN BIG NUMBERS Vs AMAZON.

[@Joe-Skier]

I only sell on eBay and Etsy. Prices would be 30 to 50 percent lower without the high fees

[@iampuneetnanda]

Amazon is letting copy cat chinese products make hundreds of listings similar to tiktok and Temu

[@daxadventure]

It really has, I don't even want to buy stuff because it's all garbage and Amazon is horrible for the world!

[@badinstinctsYoutube-xb3oj]

People should have seen this coming years ago. Even ebay/paypal is not the way to go.

[@badinstinctsYoutube-xb3oj]

And if you think ebay is legit, think again. It's all a friends and family corporation. Yep, when someone new tries to build their business there, they eventually get frozen and have to give up their suppliers and all financial info, to ebay/PayPal. Then they get banned and then the friends and family of the corp take over from there...

[@badinstinctsYoutube-xb3oj]

As a business, your suppliers and finances should be top secret. If someone knows that info, your business is at risk.

[@RailTownFan]

I have stopped using Amazon all together. Its crap now. On to the next one

[@SuthernSunshine]

Pleased Amazon is not a thing in my country! ONLY because it cant compete with the free/cheap shipping from Chinese Temu, AliExpress, DHGate etc. Because we are a 1st world region and shipping all the way from US, Canada or UK etc is very expensive. Further, Amazon are another front for cheap Chinese knockoffs. So we just buy direct. But how bad that an American company is actively killing off local American industries, bad enough if its a foreign company. We all need to start supporting local industry which employ value collar workers who many now have no job.

[@tdouglas164]

We gave amazon a Christmas 🎁 by dumping them and we are saving so much money and found cheaper items 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jayboogie1295]

Wasn’t this video made a long time ago?

[@mywifequitherjob]

@@jayboogie1295 do you consider 9 days ago old?

[@revengec]

Even if you are a customer, amazon is not your friend!

[@Dadsfindsproductreviews]

I have been selling there for 10 years. There is not enough margin any more for traditional ads. Now there are only two ways to make money there, post content about your products that goes viral occasionally on social media instead of thinking their ads will work, or promote other people’s products as an affiliate. The cool thing about affiliate links is that Amazon doesn’t charge the seller anything extra when people use your affiliate links but you get a 3 to 5 percent commission. It helps out the sellers and you make money too.

[@RideWNC]

I have gotten counterfit items from Amazon. Amazon might as well be TEMU now. It is selling too much Chinese junk.

[@OperationNorthwoods]

So is the bottom line that Amazon is trying to discourage all but Chinese sellers? Over the past 15 years or so, I have seen more and more Chinese garbage and fewer products from well-known brands and manufacturers. Overall, Amazon's quality of service and products have fallen through the floor.

[@cool2180]

Even from the buyer side, amazon has gone down

[@chem525]

I stopped selling on Amazon.

[@hseebold]

Why the f*** would anyone in their right mind hand their inventory over to Amazon? This is a no-brainer… Keep your own inventory!!! Sell & ship it yourself & you control your own merchandise, how it’s handled, avoid the fees, and headaches !

[@josephb3147]

That's how I did it... but still if you use Amazon to advertise the fees can outpace the revenue... plus shipping is higher... it's hard to compete with amazon prime free shipping... so I ended up having free shipping which cost me big

[@Sunkissed_Michelle]

I mean he’s been allowed to monopolize the market without any repercussions.

[@nicopicco]

After 5 years of looking into online businesses, I'm convinced that fba is not a viable business and you end up being a pawn in the amazon game. Everything depends on decisions that are out of your control. Bozos is a greedy SOB. And sellers are basically all replaceable.

[@BusinessEnglishSuccess]

Their support has gone down the drain totally. You get the same copy/paste answers and they completely ignore any evidence that shows how their logic is faulty. I honestly give them 5-10 years before they fold. At the post mortem, the cause of death will be a combination of greed and arrogance.

[@robert5]

They will still be there cause public is stupid.

[@AtemDivinado]

Amazon and ebay are there to gurantee nobody can make a profit selling anything in capitalism that isnt an existing, wealthy corporation. With taxes, fees, shipping the few things i have sold i made fuck all return on.

[@user-ox2xi6kk8o]

God forbid you were trying to run a small business w liability ins, payroll taxes and worker protection plan enrollment (and fees). Capitalism is the worst form of democracy, except for all the others. Humans greed ruins any form of running anything fairly.

[@seldonplanB-24]

Bezos got his ridiculous mega yacht, it's game-over

[@firestarter1888]

Amazon being ruthless? Nah will never believe it