[dsfyu404ed]

>If you're buying off of a Shopify site, the only endorsement is from the seller.

Isn't that basically the same as on eBay and Alibaba?

Ebay has a curated front page but it never shows stuff sold from a jurisdiction distant enough to not be accountable for shady practices. It seems like amazon is the odd one out here since they hold inventory, ship it and sell a lot of things themselves.

[dfxm12]

FYI, as an official policy, eBay doesn't allow counterfeit goods to be sold: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-ite...

It's reasonable for shoppers to see this as an endorsement and assume eBay actually enforces this policy.

[lochlan]

Counterfeit items, e.g. video games, are all over eBay. I’ve reported many auctions over the years as infringing and have never seen one taken down.