Amazon said proposed legislation introduced in Congress this month would hurt buyers and sellers, while an organization of online sellers claims Amazon has monopoly power over its merchants and supports the antitrust proposals. The BBC reported on the five bills Read more
An Amazon seller from Illinois said California’s tax agency froze her bank account just days before Christmas and took over $2,000 from her account. Now she’s fighting back, and it’s a matter of survival. Isabel Rubinas filed a civil rights Read more
A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky’s attorney general violated the U.S. Constitution when he launched a wave of investigations of third-party sellers over alleged price gouging of essential supplies in their stores on Amazon during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more
A group representing online sellers appeared in Federal Court on Thursday in an effort to get a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the Attorney General of Kentucky over his actions against Amazon sellers around alleged price gouging. As Read more
Merchants are fighting back against Kentucky’s price-gouging crackdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Online Merchants Guild (OMG) sued the Commonwealth on Friday claiming its price-control statutes are unconstitutional when applied to online merchants who offer items for sale in the Read more
We’re getting questions from sellers about their obligations to collect sales tax after the Supreme Court overturned Quill with its ruling in June. Unfortunately there are no simple, one-size-fits-all answers, frustrating sellers struggling to deal with the issue. Here’s an example Read more
