Amazon marketplace crackdown has sellers searching for legal help | Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended::Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended.
Amazon marketplace crackdown has sellers searching for legal help | Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended::Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended.
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Merchants who have been suspended from selling goods on Amazon’s marketplace are turning to a cottage industry of lawyers to regain access to their accounts and money, amid growing scrutiny of how the retailer treats independents.
Millions of accounts on the leading ecommerce platform have been prevented from engaging in sales for alleged violations of Amazon’s broad range of policies and other bad behavior.
Amazon’s recent efforts to crack down on issues such as fake product reviews have come as US and European regulators have upped their scrutiny of the online harms facing shoppers.
But critics said the existence of a growing army of lawyers and consultants to deal with the fallout from Amazon’s actions pointed to a problem with the way the retailer treats its sellers.
If you’re operating a business where the people you’re deriving revenue from feel that they’re being treated in an arbitrary way without due process, that is a problem,” said Marianne Rowden, chief executive of the E-Merchants Trade Council.
“The fact that there are entire law firms dedicated to dealing with Amazon says a lot,” said one seller, who, like many who spoke to the FT, asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals.
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