{"id":3355,"date":"2018-10-17T22:42:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T22:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ebay-files-lawsuit-against-amazon-over-seller-recruitment\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T22:42:11","slug":"ebay-files-lawsuit-against-amazon-over-seller-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ebay-files-lawsuit-against-amazon-over-seller-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"EBay files lawsuit against Amazon over ‘seller recruitment’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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EBay has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the US retail giant of using illegal tactics to recruit sellers.<\/p>\n

It says Amazon representatives abused eBay’s internal email system to contact sellers – a violation of the marketplace’s policies.<\/p>\n

Amazon declined to comment on the case, which follows a letter from eBay demanding an end to the activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It had previously said that it was investigating the claims.<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County, California, eBay says Amazon representatives created eBay accounts to solicit sellers, often sending messages within minutes of setting up their profiles.<\/p>\n

The activity dates back to at least 2015 and involved dozens of Amazon representatives, who each sent hundreds of emails, it says.<\/p>\n

EBay was alerted to the issue a few weeks ago by a seller and asked Amazon to stop. <\/p>\n

‘Unscrupulous conduct’<\/h2>\n

The lawsuit says the messages show Amazon was aware its practices violated eBay’s use policies. <\/p>\n

It says Amazon’s practices “appear to be part of a larger pattern of aggressive, unscrupulous conduct” by the Seattle company.<\/p>\n

EBay, which also owns the ticket resale site StubHub, is seeking monetary damages to be awarded at jury trial.<\/p>\n

The California company, which launched in 1995, was an online shopping pioneer, developing a platform to connect buyers to sellers. <\/p>\n

It now boasts more than 175 million active buyers, with sales of nearly $90bn via the platform last year,<\/p>\n

But its lustre has faded amid increased competition, especially as Amazon’s dominance lures more merchants to its own platform.<\/p>\n

Last year, more than half of the items sold by Amazon came from third-party merchants.<\/p>\n

Amazon overall is estimated to account for about half of retail dollars spent online in the US.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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