Tracking Down Counterfeit Goods On Amazon
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Last year, almost $300 billion of products were sold on Amazon through third parties.
If you buy something on a large E-commerce site like Amazon, around half the time it’s not coming from the tech giant itself, but from a third-party seller. E-commerce companies rely on third-party sellers to supply products to consumers quickly, especially those that may not be available at their warehouses.
Experts say this third-party system, coupled with increased consumer demand around E-commerce, is driving a huge chunk of counterfeit good sales in the U.S.
"Twenty years ago, if you were buying a counterfeit product, it was typically apparel and you were going to a flea market to buy that good," said Michael Hanson, with the Buy Safe America Coalition. "With the advent of the internet, it opened up consumers to a whole different range of goods that they could buy. Criminals also saw that; they saw the opportunity with more and more people getting online."
