It's called the everything store for a reason and it's one of the biggest retail companies in the world. People go to Amazon to look for anything they need and they would find it. It has become a household name.
However, behind all the good things we hear about Amazon, there are some inconspicuous and shady dealing happening behind the scenes. No, they don't deal in the black market or any other illegal things like that. But it is the system that Amazon places upon its sellers where we see the dark side to the retail giant.
Zac Plansky is one of the many sellers on Amazon who have been targeted with a "dirty seller trick". That is, a competitor of his bought fake reviews and sent it to his account. His account was frozen and his listings were shut down.
Desperate, Plansky turned to the Amazon seller consultants who revealed to him the nasty practices being done by sellers on the platform to one up each other and get the most profits out of it.
Listen to his story and those of others on The Verge.
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