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Help Understanding a Hijacker. Lots of Questions.
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I need some help. 3 days ago we created our product listing. I put the price very low so as to sell units and get our BSR up. I go to check out listing and I see it says "2 sellers". Okay so who just started selling has attached themselves to 200 listings similar to ours. If my product is listed at $19.99 his is listed 19.09. His product isn't prime and is shipping from "France" for $5.95 shipping. This doesn't seem like the usual hijacker. Why is he on 200 listings? It's a new account.

I did a test buy but it won't come for nearly 2 months. November 21st.

I'm terrified. Here are some of my questions:

  • Can I raise my price? What happens if I raise my price from $19.99 to $49.99? Will he get the buy box?
  • Can he change my listing photos or title?? What if he gets the by box can he then?
  • I contacted him 72 hours ago with a warning via the "contact seller" but I've not gotten a response. Can I use this against him??
  • I contacted seller performance and of course they tell me a generic link to file a complaint. This doesn't seem like a typical hijacker. I doubt he has my product.
  • I checked his inventory and it says he has 600 in stock. It's not even possible.

  • Is there any blackhat/grayhat solution? I'm freaking out because I need to be able to raise my price as I'm selling at a loss.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

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