Matt T Posted September 20, 2017 Report Posted September 20, 2017 On 9/1/2017 at 10:20 AM, mikesc said: Bear in mind with Amazon that depending on how successful what you sell is, upon seeing your success ( they control the shopping cart ) Amazon frequently then either contact your suppliers ( if you are selling 3rd party goods and appear to be doing volume and making loads of money ) and make them an offer to buy the same direct, thus cutting you out of the loop..Tends to happen more with the stuff that , sellers "warehouse" with Amazon, and is then sent from Amazon directly to the end customer. Much less of a problem with "bespoke" small production runs from "craft workers", but, Amazon are not above making enquiries in Asia with short run manufacturers about making things directly for them that they see sellers doing very well with.I know some leather OEM goods manufacturers in Asia who also work for Amazon, they were contacted with "how much to make "this" item in runs of 500 ?" type approaches..Not all stuff that is sold as coming direct from Amazon bears an Amazon label, and you'd be hard pressed to compete with a company that can source "widgets" in Asia and that also knows how many "widgets" you sell per day, and exactly when you sell them and what the buyers have looked at before hand and where their mouse hovered and for how long on each page.. Good information. I know they do this with their "Amazon Basics" brand, but do you know if they are selling directly outside of that brand also? Quote Leathercraft supplies
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