Here's a similar thread from some time ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19741942
Amazon has proven unable or unwilling to effectively police third-party sellers
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#332I nearly bought a book in Audible last week, but hesitated because something seemed off with the reviews[0]. After a little digging I realised ALL the reviewers had only reviewed this book and another about Keto. And looking on Amazon for the same author "G.S. Hook" I noticed one of the books had reviews which while all unique, were basically all following the same template containing the same exact phrases[1]. I spo…
That's pretty bad, and ironic that reviews for a book about communication are all written in such broken English. Sadly fakespot.com rates that page an A so now I'm sceptical of that site too.
On the other hand ReviewMeta does give it a failing grade: https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07T81TZ57
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#333From my experience selling on Amazon, their vendor tools are absolute trash. These days Amazon(retail) is just a centralised eBay, anyone can list anything.
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Very nice website and you offer Apple Pay. I’d totally buy direct from you over going to Amazon. I think you’re on the right track.
Agreed - if I'm shopping for something and using a website I don't already trust, offering a well known payment method (even paypal will suffice) is a surefire way to build a lot of trust.
When I am shopping online, and I find three or four suppliers that are close in product and price, the first thing I do is eliminate all those that don't allow PayPal. I only use PayPal for online purchasing. I will consider Google Pay or Amazon Pay (last resort) if needed.
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#336Shopping on Amazon has deteriorated gradually over the last three years. It has become enough of a chore that I am considering dropping my Prime membership. The third party sales flood the market with so much crap that it drowns out the quality vendors and the reviews are nearly worthless at this point. I don't how they fix it, but it is broken now.
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#337I remember looking into startup ideas for an FBA venture and the forums being incredibly sleazy most of the time.
That was years ago, no surprise this is the result.
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#338Amazon overall quality has droped in recent years. I use to buy from Amazon because I knew I was buying original brands and no chinese cheap copies. Well, that changed a lot. There are specific things that I still buy from Amazon but on most things there's almost no difference between they and Aliexpress. I can buy the same products from Aliexpress way cheaper and have them delivered in 2-3 days. Thankfully there are…
>but on most things there's almost no difference between they and Aliexpress. I can buy the same products from Aliexpress way cheaper and have them delivered in 2-3 days.
That's what a lot of FBA vendors are, middlemen. Some Chinese companies learned about this and are now doing FBA directly.....but the quality is the same and so are the prices.
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As a small niche retailer that makes and sells guitar straps in Nashville I couldn’t agree more. Our experiments selling on Amazon have only hurt us, but Prime is a huge time & shipping $$ saver for re-ordering supplies for our shop and even materials used to make our products. We’ve experimented with selling on a lot of different sites (Amazon, Etsy, Reverb, etc) and have found the best way to control the brand and…
My living depends on selling small-batch, high quality, independently made woodworking items and I've struggled with this. Selling on Amazon feels like you're relinquishing control over your product, much more so than Ebay or Etsy. Just yesterday I've had a third party seller somehow merge my product into their own product listing, taking the small number of 5 star reviews I earned organically with them. They sell a…
Not OP, but I’d recommend search engine optimization to find a larger and growing audience - after all Google’s search box is still much more important than Amazon’s and for most people the beginning of product (category) research. Obviously not should optimize by trying to game the system, but simply by creating good, relevant content for your customers. Maybe a blog with extensive, authentic and detailed background information about your product categories and the particular niche you serve. Furthermore a fast, responsive, easy to navigate website - it doesn’t need to be fancy, but frictionless.
Don’t rely on third party platforms for your core business.