“I typed in YamzWorld into the Amazon app and lo and behold there were all my products there with my pictures from my website as well,” Montes-Tarazas said.
While he receives payment for sales, Montes-Tarazas said the arrangement strips away his ability to build direct customer relationships.
“I do get the sale and I do get the money, but customers never get to interact with my website, they have no ability to sign up for my mailing list. They have no idea who I am as an artist or what I stand for,” Montes-Tarazas said.
Besides all the obvious problems with this, the biggest one I see coming that I don’t see many people talking about is how Amazon will inevitably use this to put others out of business if they don’t cooperate with Amazon. They’ve already done this hardball game with sellers voer the last decade that if you don’t sell on Amazon for an unsustainable low price + pay Amazon fees you’ll find yourself losing business to Amazon’s stolen copies of your products under the “Amazon Basics” brands. Well proven they do this, and I can see that if you find yourself scraped by this new AI program and you fight it, you’re going to be getting a visit from the Amazon Mafia.