Brands Assert Intellectual Property Complaints against Amazon Sellers

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Amazon Sellers noticing Intellectual Property Complaints trend Amazon Sellers must be prepared to receive intellectual property (IP) right complaints.  Even if you source your products directly from a legitimate distributor or manufacturer.  Amazon Sellers will eventually receive IP complaints. Amazon Sellers that purchase their products directly from the manufacturer often

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Amazon Passing Sales Tax Problems to Sellers

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State Officials want Amazon to pay Sales Taxes to South Carolina Amazon is now in trouble with state officials in South Carolina, where Amazon is being asked to adhere to the state’s tax laws. Actually, “asked” may be putting it lightly. South Carolina is demanding that Amazon pay $500 million

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How to Lawfully Import Products from China

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How to Lawfully Import Products from China The importing process can be confusing, overwhelming, and costly, if not done correctly. Inexperienced importers can run into a number of concerns that could kill their business in just a few weeks. From unexpected late shipments to fluctuating shipping costs to customs delays

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Amazon Discounts Sellers Prices For Holiday Season

Amazon Seller Discounts Amazon is discounting the prices on items sold by Amazon sellers that sell through Amazon. Amazon itself is providing the discount so Amazon sellers don’t lose money. Amazon’s customers and Amazon Sellers’ customers will get cheaper items. While Amazon sellers will still get the money they listed

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Amazon Commingled Inventory for Sellers

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Amazon commingled inventory for sellers: Amazon sellers can chose to participate in Amazon’s commingled inventory system or choose to opt out of having their products mixed in with other Amazon sellers’ products. Amazon sellers can choose to have their sales filled solely by their own products which they know are

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Amazon Category Approvals

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Amazon Category Approvals In order to sell certain items on Amazon, Amazon requires approval. These items are bunched into categories and can be located on the Amazon page. However, obtaining approval is not as black and white as it may seem. Sellers have been kicked off their own listings due

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Amazon Sellers: How to File for Arbitration

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Amazon Sellers: How to File for Arbitration against Amazon Aside from the fact that arbitration is cheaper and faster than litigating in a traditional court setting, Amazon actually requires all sellers to agree to binding arbitration as the method to resolve disputes. Why Amazon sellers should & must arbitrate their

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Amazon Movies & TV Moving to Culver City

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Amazon Movies & TV Amazon officially announced its plans to move its central TV and video production facility to the Culver Studios Mansion in Culver City, California by the end of the year. The move had been rumored since the beginning of the summer. Amazon reportedly beat out Apple for

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Licensing for Amazon Software Sellers

Is a brand manufacturer accusing you for infringing on their Intellectual Property (IP) rights by using their images on a listing?  You’ve come to the right place.  As a software seller on Amazon, you have rights, but also responsibilities and rules to abide within.  Today, we’re going to discuss those

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Intellectual Property Right Complaints & Sellers

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As an Amazon Seller, be prepared to receive intellectual property right complaints, even if you source your products directly from a distributor or manufacturer. Even Amazon Sellers that purchased their products directly from the manufacturer receive intellectual property complaints from the manufacturer themselves sometimes, as part of a broad attempt

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Amazon Thanksgiving vs Walmart Thanksgiving

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Amazon Thanksgiving vs Walmart Thanksgiving Despite strong holiday market showings from some of Amazon’s biggest competitors such as Wal-Mart, the Amazon is expecting potentially historic earnings this holiday season. Amazon is projected to beat even Wall Street’s sales expectations for Amazon this holiday season, according to a recent CNBC report.

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How to Win the Buy Box by BQool

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The thing that distinguishes Amazon from other selling platforms is the way how sellers compete for a sale. Multiple sellers can offer the same product but since there is only one listing everyone has to compete for the Buy Box to get sales. There is no way around it. How

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Amazon App introduces Augmented Reality

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Amazon stepping into Augmented Reality with Amazon App Amazon is once again transforming the way that people shop on their mobile devices, thanks to virtual reality. Amazon has started its Black Friday deals early, as many discounts can already be had as of Wednesday. Along with that rollout, Amazon announced

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New Amazon Food Ordering Service

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What is the new Amazon Food Ordering Service? In November, Amazon plans to roll out an expansion of a new feature in the Amazon mobile app, which will allow users to order take-out food from select restaurants in some cities specifically using the Amazon app. Users will be able to

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Seattle Scrambling for Amazon Headquarters

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The online sales giant decided last month that it will open up a second site of operations — a project they’re calling “HQ2” — at a yet-undetermined location. The Seattle-based company claims it will have 280,000 stateside employees by 2018. The company has already done wonders for Seattle’s economy, as

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5 Ways to Simplify Sales Tax for Q4

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Sales Tax for Q4 The end of the year is almost three months away, but extra traffic and sales from the holidays means that Q4 feels shorter than other quarters. It’s a good idea to take a few minutes now to make sure your sales tax processes are updated and

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How to Finance your Holiday Inventory on Amazon

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Amazon Inventory Financing Fall is in the air and the holiday shopping season is just around the corner. Whether your Amazon business is retail arbitrage, private label or a separate category altogether, chances are you’re looking for ways to fund the extra inventory you’ll need in Q4. The holiday shopping

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Things every Amazon seller needs to know about trade dress:

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What is Trade Dress? Trade dress is an overall appearance of a packaging or label that can be afforded intellectual property protections. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, Trade Dress is defined as, “The overall appearance and image in the marketplace of a product or a commercial enterprise. For a product, trade

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