If the marketplace was a movie this week, it’d be a courtroom drama spliced with a holiday blockbuster and a sprinkle of mystery stars. 🎭
Here’s the week in bites:
AMAZON NEWS
Arizona’s legal beef with Amazon refuses to stay buried. Attorney General Kris Mayes has refiled two lawsuits, accusing Amazon of rigging the Buy Box and operating a Prime cancellation “roach motel” scheme.
🍪 Quick bits
💬 SellerBites’ take
Did you notice? Every time regulators take aim, the script is the same: inflated Buy Box prices, favoritism, and calls for reform.
The thing is, if the Box looks rigged, every seller in it looks guilty by association. You might win by the rules—but if the rules are on trial, your victories carry collateral damage: lost trust.
In short: when the Buy Box burns, it scorches everyone inside it.
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BITES OF THE WEEK
BLACK MARKET
The cyber breach list keeps growing, and this time it’s Pandora.
The global jeweler confirmed a cyber attack last week. No credit cards or passwords were stolen, but for Gen Z shoppers already twitchy about online risks, that’s still enough to tank a purchase.
🍪 Quick bits
💬 SellerBites’ take
Sadly, hackers don’t care if you sell diamonds or dog treats—they just want in.
If you’re still thinking “it won’t happen to me,” remember—every brand on today’s breach list once thought the same thing. Right up until it happened.
It never hurts to be prepared. 😉
HOT TOPIC
Amazon just “simplified” seller reviews—by scrapping written feedback altogether. Buyers can now only leave star ratings. No comments, no explanations, just… stars.
It’s faster for buyers, sure—but for sellers, it’s a recipe for confusion, frustration, and mystery one-stars.
🍪 Quick bits
💬 SellerBites’ take
For many sellers in the community forum, this isn’t streamlining—it’s blindfolding.
Amazon calls it efficiency, but sellers see the move for what it is: less detail, fewer disputes. The trade-off? More silent damage to account health.
And that’s dangerous. By the time you notice the squeeze, it could already be too late to recover.
