Summary: Whats up Empire!<br> Joshua Woodward here your podcast host.<br> Welcome to the podcast. Most every Monday at 3pm Pacific standard time Dean and I hop on for a live show to talk about the happenings of the Amazon world. This week we are talking the all to present question, Has Amazon Become A Monopoly? <br> Here are all the links as promised in the show, <br> Trum Vs. Jeff Bezos<br><br> <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2016/05/19/bezos-trump-duke-it-out-over-taxes-free-speech.html">http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2016/05/19/bezos-trump-duke-it-out-over-taxes-free-speech.html</a><br> Amazon video direct – <a href="https://videodirect.amazon.com/home/landing">https://videodirect.amazon.com/home/landing</a><br> Amazon private label food – <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-expand-private-label-offeringsfrom-food-to-diapers-1463346316">http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-expand-private-label-offeringsfrom-food-to-diapers-1463346316</a><br> – “According to Market Track, 88% of customers say they buy private label products due to lower prices.<br><br> This trend fits perfectly for Amazon, which will be rolling out new offerings, including foods and baby care products.”<br> – “The new brands with names like Happy Belly, Wickedly Prime and Mama Bear will include nuts, spices, tea, coffee, baby food and vitamins, as well as household items such as diapers and laundry detergents,”<br><br> How long will it take for Amazon Essentials to become, Amazon only? <br> Raising FBA fees this Holiday Season – <a href="http://www.pymnts.com/amazon-delivery/2016/amazon-fulfillment-fee-hike-merchant-reaction/">http://www.pymnts.com/amazon-delivery/2016/amazon-fulfillment-fee-hike-merchant-reaction/</a><br> – “Come November 1 – and through January 1 , . In fees jump to $2.25 per cubic foot for standard-size products and $1.15 per cubic foot for oversize products, up 212.5 percent and 101.8 percent.”<br><br> “Amazon has not yet commented on the change.”<br> UPC Codes and Inauthentic Claims for USED Media at Amazon – <a href="http://snip.ly/pvf81#http://onlinesalesstepbystep.com/411-upc-codes/">http://snip.ly/pvf81#http://onlinesalesstepbystep.com/411-upc-codes/</a><br> – Amazon seems to be saying that they suddenly need a very expensive UPC code and that they have to have permission from the manufacturer/rights holder in order to do it. <br> – What Amazon is doing now is automatically checking Product IDs against the GS1 database. So if you are selling a product where you have added a UPC code that you purchased from eBay or some online dealer, basically, it won’t show up in the GS1 database as belonging to you or any other brand. <br> – If this product is YOURS – a private label or manufacturer – you’re fine because you can register these with Amazon or even ask for an exception to have a barcode. In fact, they will give you a universal number for your unique products through the brand registry so you can sell them worldwide on Amazon’s platforms under that one number.<br><br> <a href="http://snip.ly/pvf81#http://onlinesalesstepbystep.com/411-upc-codes/">http://snip.ly/pvf81#http://onlinesalesstepbystep.com/411-upc-codes/</a><br> In conclusion Amazon shifting things is not necessarily a bad thing. It show the massive value that can come from the Drop shipping mode, wholesaling and private labeling.<br> If you want to know more about these subjects you can go check out, <br> (just a disclaimer if you choose to purchase anything from the links below the Online Empire Academy does get a small affiliate income. this helps us keep the lights on but if it at all bothers you please message us and we will be happy to send you the unaffiliated links) <br> Private Label – <a href="http://theonlineempireacademy.com/jumpstart">http://theonlineempireacademy.</a>
