Multiple Accounts help

[rsot]

Originally Posted by SheddShirts

So what are you suggesting we do?

I was thinking of opening up about 4 different accounts each having our better sellers so each account would not sell too many items.

That's good - spread the sales

[mad555]

Originally Posted by SheddShirts

So do you mean use a completely different file for the image? As for trademarks we have never got into any problems with trademarks because we feel we are in the grey area which seem to be okay. I assume you looked into us or are you generalizing?

Your shirts clearly rip off trademarks and infringe on their intellectual property. You use the teams logos and you have pictures of the players without their consent. What gray area are you talking about? You were just lucky to go that long without amazon banning you. I am sure you received multiple emails from amazon before they gave you the ban hammer.

[Ellis555]

We sell ZERO shirts with team logos on them

[mad555]

Originally Posted by SheddShirts

We sell ZERO shirts with team logos on them

On your website you do. Just doing a 10 second search on the football shirts, I counted 5 team logos, and other shirts you took copyrighted pictures and just used a emboss filter on them. There is no gray area on that information. That is illegal, plain and simple. Any company that wants to protect it's image, can easily find you on amazon, and report your copy write infringing material. Boom, amazon bans you. Like I said before, I am sure your received multiple emails telling you to stop this. They rarely if ever will ban a 16 month old account out right.

[danshan]

The tecmo bowl shirt is awesome! I bet that sells like crazy is it protected if not I would push the crap out of that

[vogeltron]

Originally Posted by mad555

On your website you do. Just doing a 10 second search on the football shirts, I counted 5 team logos, and other shirts you took copyrighted pictures and just used a emboss filter on them. There is no gray area on that information. That is illegal, plain and simple. Any company that wants to protect it's image, can easily find you on amazon, and report your copy write infringing material. Boom, amazon bans you. Like I said before, I am sure your received multiple emails telling you to stop this. They rarely if ever will ban a 16 month old account out right.

I am sure as you know this is a slippery slope. I had a cousin doing a similar thing CA with shirts that had likenesses. Ended up getting a cease and desist order from the MLB. Same thing with some people who sell custom done jerseys that have no team logos. Have seen them get kicked off both sites as well.