It’s a big deal! Cross-border seller fined 1.18 million for selling counterfeit goods

Cross-border seller fined 1.18 million for selling counterfeit goods

Recently, an eBay China seller was fined 1.18 million RMB for selling counterfeit and substandard products , but relevant data shows that the seller only made 310,000 RMB , which sounds like a loss. It is worth noting that if compensation is not paid within three months, the seller may face 12 months in prison.

Relevant data shows that the products sold by this seller are mainly counterfeit jewelry and low-quality cosmetics purchased from a Chinese platform , such as lipsticks and eye shadows frequently used by girls. There are more than 3,000 kinds of goods, totaling 9,200 items.

However, these products either involved trademark infringement or were found to contain harmful substances such as lead . According to the seller, they only copied the product listings and did not think about checking whether these products were compliant with the relevant laws of foreign countries.

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Counterfeit goods are emerging in an endless stream, which has seriously disrupted the market order. E-commerce platforms such as Amazon are accelerating their crackdown on counterfeit and shoddy goods , which can be said to be zero tolerance. Previously, Amazon also issued an announcement stating that it would add a policy to investigate illegal inventory in its relevant planning policies .

China and the United States have also signed a relevant economic and trade agreement aimed at preventing the sale of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms. This means that if Chinese sellers sell counterfeit goods on Amazon, in addition to the risk of being blocked by Amazon , they will also be investigated by US law enforcement agencies, and the illegal information will be synchronized to relevant Chinese agencies . China and the United States will jointly investigate and impose corresponding penalties on illegal companies.

What is the seller's attitude towards such incidents?

Seller A: It is because of these counterfeit sellers that my listing was removed due to product quality issues of the copycat sellers . It really pissed me off!

Seller B: I hope the platform can completely eliminate these counterfeit sellers and give us a clean market environment.

Seller C: I sent an email to the follower to warn him of the infringement, but instead he threatened to remove all my listings. I felt like crying.

Seller D: I really don’t know if these people’s consciences have been eaten by dogs?

It can be seen that sellers are very disgusted with such counterfeiting behavior. Their behavior of disregarding market rules and bottom lines has aroused public outrage. Sellers need to pay attention that as various platforms continue to increase their crackdown on counterfeiting, shoddy products and infringement, they should never cross the red line with a fluke mentality, otherwise they will be fined and banned, but they will be sentenced to jail.

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