The
Vikings Blade has been featured as one of the top selling double edge razor
product on amazon. In other words it is highly rated and a go-to product for
many customers. Usually when a product enjoys such sales success, other
upcoming brands try to leverage on them. The end result of these is that less
superior products are produced or the new companies partners with the main manufacturer.
Knowing
most of these copycat companies for what they are, they would rather remain and
retain the status of a copycat. While designs of products are solely the right
of manufacturers, some products can find its way into the grey markets. The
grey markets are a free for all trade where discarded items are bought and
refurbished and later rebranded. By law this is illegal and certain laws are
fighting to clamp down on the activitiesof these copycat companies. As buyer of
the products, you are empowered to fight in this intellectual and property
right infringement by refusing to buy such products.
Major
copycat companies that use the designs and technology of
the Vikings Blade are Smoothere, Bigfoot, JTrim, eBetter, etc. These brands
have their products showcased on amazon and try to get customers to buy them
instead of the original Vikings Blade. A major feature they use is that they
offer theirs at a very cheaper price but at what expense? Products that often
make their way into the grey markets are products that do not meet with the
manufacturer or industry standards. By repackaging them with cheap materials
sourced from China, these companies can afford to sell at a cheaper price.
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