Author: Jeremy Horwitz / Source: VentureBeat
Amazon’s continued growth as a retailer of virtually everything has been impressive, but some major brands — including Apple — have long complained about sales of knockoffs and otherwise unauthorized products through the Amazon Marketplace. Now that the dust has settled from a deal that will make Amazon an official Apple reseller, the consequences for independent Marketplace vendors has become clear.
Their Apple products will be blocked from Amazon effective January 4, 2019, a change that is forcing some small sellers to move to rival eBay, cNet reports.On the one hand, a deal between Amazon and Apple feels long overdue. As with prior holdouts Nike, Nintendo, and Sony, Apple’s broken relationship with Amazon has led to both spotty product availability and reports of counterfeited Apple accessories — notably including cloned chargers and cables. Now Amazon will have official access to the iPad Pro, iPhone XR, and iPhone XS in time for the holidays, though it will reportedly pass on certain competitive devices, such as Apple’s HomePod smart speaker.
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