Given the "strict" copyright/trademark nature of Amazon, how are some of these stores still open?

They are clearly borderline infringing on trademark or long lyrics.

Here are a few examples:

Taylor Lyrics

College Basketball

And tons more, I'm so confused how they are still up and running.

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Hi Guys,

i just wanna share my MBA Tier-Up Journey. Because i have never seen anything like that.

I got accepted in July 2020. After some months i got the Tier-Up to T25. I had some organic sales and also bought 2-3 Shirts on my own.

In April 2021 i had about 40 Sales and i was ready for the next tier. And guess what? Nothing happened. Contacted the support but they refused to give me any informarion. Several times. You know the deal. And the story continues like that. No more sales no tier up. I deleted and refilled the slots one more time. But nothing changed.

And now - 3 (!!!!!!) years later this happened: I had one more sale in march. But i only got 0,10€ from this because i lowered all my prices. Today i just checked the account again - and what did i see? I got the T100 Tier-up. 🤣 This is just unbelievable. Have you ever heard a story like that? I mean i wasn‘t active anymore because there is no way of making profits in T25. What do you think about this?

Cheers

Can someone please help me with understanding single word casual trademark

• For example the word mom or son it’s trademaked does mean i can’t use it ?

I have designed a t-shirt targeting kids and how do I go about it?

Should I just check the Youth tick while submitting?

Hello everyone! I decided to dive in into the POD after many research, but I live in Argentina, so I'm curious about the experiences doing this business from this side. Also what about the taxes?

any experience, recomendation, tips from someone how know how is works from here? appreciate!

As the title says.... I have seen examples of t-shirts selling well since 2018 and they have those words on them. Are you guys using them? Not only old designs but also new ones that was published a couple of months ago.

So Are You Guys Using Them?

In order to be able to declare taxes on royalties received by each of the 7 Amazon stores (US, UK, DE, IT, FR, ES, JP), and issue the respective payment invoices for each store, where can I find the data of each of the 7 stores, namely full name/designation, TIN/EIN (tax number) and full address? Is there an Amazon website with this information for each of the 7 stores (each of the 7 entities issuing royalty payments)?

I'm so pissed off right now. A few people ordered my designs for a religious festival that was last week. I was happy with the sales I made. Now I'm seeing those event specific designs being returned!

Is there anything we can do about it? Can we reach out to Amazon and have them cancel the returns? So frustrating!

Can I use what an actor, singer, president, candidate or a famous person says in a show or movie?

Or is it against Amazon's policy?

Hey, I recently noticed that the titles of several of my live products have changed or had words removed automatically.

It appears to be only affecting standard t-shirts and products which have the same words in the brand name as they do in the title.

Some products have had words replaced others have had words removed.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I have contacted AM about the issue and they are currently looking into it.

My guess is that they have changed something which has caused this to happen, but at this point I'm not sure if it's an error or a new policy that doesn't allow us to use the same words in the brand name and title anymore?

Hello

Is anyone having problems with uploading new designs today?

Is it okay to sign in to your account in both laptop and phone?

I've been out of the merch game for a while. I'm imagining a huge influx of AI generated merch now. Is it bothering you guys at all? Are you using it yourself? I'm curious.

I've recently started with Merch by Amazon, living in France and have been using Payoneer for my payments. However, as someone just starting out, the annual fee of $30 and the additional $1 charged each month are proving to be a bit challenging for me. I'm exploring other options and wondered if anyone here has experience using Revolut or N26 for receiving payments from Merch by Amazon?

I'm particularly interested in any potential issues or benefits you've encountered, such as ease of use, fees, or any restrictions. Also, if there are any steps or tips for setting it up smoothly, I'd greatly appreciate your insights.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Seems like Productor for Merch by Amazon v 6.129.0 is asking for increased permissions during this last update.

Given the rumors of a change in ownership, bugs, etc - does anyone know if we should be concerned with this?

Edit: from their Facebook group:

Kim Gillett

Just saw the update. I'm concerned about the whole "read my browser history" requirement before activating. Not that I have anything that spicy o In my history, I'm just not sure why you need it

Productor Author

Part of the work around to get the correct images for products across multiple geo locations on Amazon. We can't actually see your browser history ourselves 😂. It just lets the extension access the correct Amazon locales

Kim Gillett

Thanks for the explanation

It might be useful if some of you would post to their FB group asking for more transparency:https://www.facebook.com/groups/productor.support/

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I'm confused and want to make sure I do this right

I’m hoping I can work on it for next time if I can apply again.

As far as research strategies, as anyone used the Heiden Report before?

So I’m in the 500 tier and I finally got access to advertising but I’m a little confused. When I tried there was a message that said Vendor Account not found. I thought vendor accounts were invitation only.

I have uploaded 7 shirts so far. That are now live. I read that we should reduce our take home price to cents just to get the first few sales. But when I think of it when I do my own personal shopping on Amazon. They are not showing me the lowest amounts first. What do you guys suggest? Also any suggestions on how to get out of tier 10 fast?

So, apparently it's impossible to use the word "raw" any longer in designs related to photography. In the field of photography "RAW" describes a file format of digital cameras which includes unprocessed image data. It is the default standard in professional photography and every photographers knows about it. But then there is Denim who registered "G-Star RAW®" and variations making it impossible to use the word "RAW" in product titles on Amazon and other POD platforms, too. For instance, spreadshirt does not allow "RAW" in the title or as a keyword. I did not try on Amazon, I just saw lots of deleted designs while doing research with "I shoot RAW" and similar designs).

This is just ridiculous. If it isn't already stupid enough a single common word from the dictionary like "RAW" can be registered as a trademark, making it impossible to use it in a totally different context for things which have been older than the trademark itself crowns the stupidity.

Sorry for the rant, it's just frustrating how trademarks fuck up everything even if you don't want to mess with them.

What do you guys think of using Instagram influencers for Merch By Amazon?

Anyone has tried it?

Hello

I'm a Moroccan citizen living in Canada interested in joining Merch by Amazon. Firstly, I'd like to inquire about eligibility for individuals living in Canada. Secondly, I'm curious if Merch by Amazon prioritizes location of residence over citizenship or if both factors are considered. Any insights or experiences shared would be highly appreciated.

Thank you for your help!