A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items.

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    4 hours ago

    The weird “brand names” are basically drop shippers. People buy Thing, send them to Amazon’s warehouses, pop a storefront.

    That is not drop shipping

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      3 hours ago

      “Basically.” Close enough. All they’re doing is administration, all the logistics and fulfillment is handled by someone else.

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        1 hour ago

        Yes, but with dropshipping you’re waiting weeks for the product to arrive from China, with FBA you get it overnight from an Amazon warehouse. FBA is also quite expensive for the seller