By Jon Derkits On June 26, 2019, Amazon and Boulder-based company Nite Ize jointly filed a complaint in the US District Court in the Western District of Washington against 21 defendants for alleged selling counterfeit Nite Ize products on the Amazon marketplace. This lawsuit represents the latest in a series of anti-counterfeiting lawsuits filed by Amazon and brands, dating back to 2016. If you read between the lines, this lawsuit reveals a few troubling issues about Amazon’s counterfeit problem — notably, Amazon sometimes knows very little about third-party sellers on its [...]

July 11, 2019 CHICAGO, IL -- 3PM Solutions' Chief Product Officer Jon Derkits was featured in an NBC News article today, offering consumers advice on "How to save money on Amazon Prime Day (without overspending)." In the article, Jon drew on his Amazon experience managing the third-party marketplace for Amazon.ca and shared ways that consumers can protect themselves from fake products and other bad behavior by third-party sellers on Prime Day. Be wary of ‘bad actors’ and use third party extensions to gauge authenticity “There’s been plenty of media coverage [...]

June 22, 2019 CHICAGO, IL -- 3PM Solutions is pleased to announce and welcome Jon Derkits as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Jon joins 3PM from Amazon, where he served as the third-party marketplace leader for Consumer Electronics on Amazon.ca for the past three years. In that capacity, he was in charge of category strategy, catalog quality, and third-party seller recruitment and account management. He also served as the Amazon.ca leader for customer trust and fraud prevention.   About the decision to join 3PM, Jon said: “During my time at Amazon, [...]