E659: FTC Accuses Amazon of Billion Dollar Ad Scheme Since 2019

Amazon is being sued by the FTC and 22 states across the entire US, alleging that Amazon has purposefully deceived third-party sellers regarding how their advertising auction system works. In this episode, Dave goes through the court fillings and press release by the FTC. As a seller, you should be very upset. 

Timestamps 

  • 00:00 – Introduction
  • 02:14 – Details of the FTC's allegations
  • 06:02 – How Amazon's auction system has deceived sellers 
  • 12:13 – Internal documents from Amazon 
  • 16:04 – Potential impact 
  • 19:56 – What this means for Amazon
  • 21:52 – Implications for Amazon sellers

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Ben Iballa

As the Manager of the team, I'm in charge of keeping everything together while studying the correlation between bald people and e-commerce.

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