{"id":459224,"date":"2022-06-07T20:56:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-sellers-blast-company-amid-antitrust-fight\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T20:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:56:27","slug":"amazon-sellers-blast-company-amid-antitrust-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-sellers-blast-company-amid-antitrust-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon sellers blast company amid antitrust fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fd43c2f6b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fd43c2f6b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-sellers-blast-company-amid-antitrust-fight\/#%E2%80%9CAmazon_sellers_blast_company_amid_antitrust_fight%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Amazon sellers blast company amid antitrust fight&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmazon_sellers_blast_company_amid_antitrust_fight%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Amazon sellers blast company amid antitrust fight&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Amazon wants to enlist third-party sellers in its fight against an antitrust bill \u2014 but many of the sellers support the legislation and have accused the company of spreading\u00a0\u201cpropaganda\u201d and treating them like \u201cmorons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Amazon\u2019s forum for third-party merchants who sell goods through the site, Amazon vice president of selling partner services Dharmesh Mehta urged sellers to write to their senators to oppose a bipartisan antirust bill called the American Innovation and Choice Online Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) would stop sites including Amazon and Google from giving their own products a leg up in search results. <\/p>\n<p>For example, when a customer searches \u201cblack T-shirt\u201d on Amazon\u2019s site, the company would be barred from giving Amazon-brand T-shirts priority over shirts sold by third-party sellers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mehta prodded third-party sellers to help kill the bill because it \u201ccould jeopardize Amazon\u2019s ability to operate a marketplace service and, as a result, your business\u2019s ability to sell in our store.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/dharmesh-mehta-amazon-vp.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon vice president Dharmesh Mehta urged third-party sellers to oppose an antitrust bill. \" class=\"wp-image-22563112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/dharmesh-mehta-amazon-vp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/dharmesh-mehta-amazon-vp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/dharmesh-mehta-amazon-vp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon vice president Dharmesh Mehta urged third-party sellers to oppose an antitrust bill. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">U.S. Congress<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But most sellers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sellercentral.amazon.com\/forums\/t\/us-sellers-write-to-your-senators-and-urge-them-to-oppose-s-2992-the-american-innovation-and-choice-online-act\/1026526\">on the forum responded<\/a> that they support the bill \u2014 and blasted Mehta for trying to rally them against it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny informed seller is going to support massive action taken against Amazon in the anti-trust arena,\u201d wrote one seller in a comment that received more than 100 likes. \u201cWe are not morons and know how to read and think for ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for the reminder!\u201d another said. \u201cI\u2019ve asked my senators to support the bill.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amazon-package-delivery-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon\" class=\"wp-image-22563224\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amazon-package-delivery-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amazon-package-delivery-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amazon-package-delivery-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amazon-package-delivery-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amazon-package-delivery-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>One seller wrote, \u201cany informed seller is going to support massive action taken against Amazon in the anti-trust arena.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf\u00a0amazon is against it the Bill must be good!\u201d a third seller said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m highly allergic to corporate propaganda and fear mongering,\u201d a fourth said. \u201cTherefore, for the sake of my health, I will be encouraging my senators to fully support this legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m going to oppose that Amazon will be prohibited from undercutting, manipulating the buybox, and instituting restrictions on certain listings that unfairly bar me from selling an item,\u201d another seller sarcastically wrote. \u201cYup, writing to my Senator right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon did not respond for a request for comment about the sellers\u2019 revolt, which was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/06\/amazon-executive-encourages-sellers-to-oppose-antitrust-bill.html\">first reported by CNBC<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the majority of sellers said they backed the antitrust bill, a few spoke up in support of Mehta and Amazon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you that this bill is bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for Amazon, bad news for Amazon customers, and if you think that doesn\u2019t mean bad news for Sellers, then you must not be a third-party Seller,\u201d one seller wrote in a comment that garnered 19 likes. <\/p>\n<p>Amazon and other Big Tech companies have lobbied heavily against the Klobuchar-Grassley bill, which advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in January. Congressional sources say the bill could come up for House and Senate sources over the summer. <\/p>\n<p>Their tactics have included tens of millions of dollars in television ad campaigns and sponsored content in publications like the Graham family\u2019s Foreign Policy magazine.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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