I wonder how you solving the problem with the order of counterfeit goods from abroad. I think this is the most problematic area due to the long distance of the buyer from the seller. More temptation to deceive.
Here are a few options they plan to do this:
Use Case # 1A seller registers on Amazon.
The seller receives an order where Amazon takes responsibility to ship the order.
Amazon workers use the Bonafi app on their smartphones to check the authenticity of the product to-be-shipped.
They find the product is a fake and the seller is not an authorized reseller of the brand.
They report counterfeit product to the authorities.
The counterfeit account gets blocked, and customer’s money is saved.
Use Case # 2A seller chooses to drop ship through Amazon.
Somehow Amazon forgets to follow the policy and stores the products without charges without checking their authenticity.
The product gets shipped to the customer.
The customer uses the Bonafi app on his/her smartphone to scan the product.
The product scans as fake.
Customer sends the product back and informs Amazon about the counterfeiter.
Amazon blocks the counterfeit account.
Use Case # 3Amazon sets policy for sellers to send their items to its warehouse before being able to sell online.
Amazon scans every arriving product for authenticity.
Amazon lets authentic products pass into its warehouse and blocks the fake ones.
Subsequently, Amazon blocks the counterfeit account as well as their merchandise.
Eventually, there are only authentic products and brands on Amazon.
Use Case # 4A seller XYZ registers on Amazon.
XYZ does not make counterfeit products, but sells stolen, but authentic branded products.
Seller cuts down the price of the items to half compared to original products.
Customers place an order after seeing low price of a branded item.
Amazon’s warehouse auditing team scans all the stored items.
They scan XYZ’s products, they are real, but XYZ does not appear in the supply chain as the authorized reseller for the brand.
Amazon holds the products, sends information to the brand for verification.
Brand verifies XYZ as an unauthorized reseller.
Amazon blocks XYZ’s account.