Essentially title. Created a product specific to my needs. Paid for the mold, samples, etc but foolishly never brought up adding my logo. Since it is a branded item (sold under my brand) I need my logo somewhere on it that suffices amazon requirements. Product already made and custom mold already made. Here are the options (not all good) hoping to hear from others on advice.
Add some sort of sticker to the product though I am pretty sure this doesn’t suffice the “permanent” requirement. I am currently looking into some sort of print on to stick on the tubes.
Sell without logo hoping amazon or others won’t cause issues.
Not the option I’d like, but throw out the product ($10k), and need to make a new mold ($5k). So basically, I would be wasting $15k and 2 months.
Really hoping to have a 3rd party perspective for resolutions.
At this point, I would use a sticker that most likely resembles your Hero images, which I’m presuming you already have.
Changing the mold to include an etch of the logo only makes sense if the product works (which is a big if that isn’t just product dependent but multi-tiered). The most minimal alteration on anything that hasn’t made you money yet.
That is also presuming you’re not already Nike or Reebok-esque
This happened to us and we changed our logo from silk screen to etch but only after the product was wildly successful
There are multiple things we’re ignoring for the sake of brevity.
I think the issue is he already got a very expensive mold done so this would be added later on…obviously we don’t know if the product can have silk screen or etching done post fact but best if it can. You can also be clever with the sticker (this is not a best practice but if money is an issue which it probably is if this thread exists).
If you don’t put your trademark on the product (or at least the packaging), and it’s not protected by a patent, anybody can legally make the same product, jump on your listing, undercut you and take all your sales. It’s not trademark infringement if they’re not copying your trademark.
You could do your test with the product you have and then do it right next time. For the current run can’t you just have a branded box for it or something?
yes because not each area is a complete curve - depending on the size of the cylinder which is an unknown. So you should be able to get a small logo
again not a best practice but a clear sticker that has the logo on it would appear to be silk screened - you may run into sticky residue on the item which may be a nuisance which could lead to negative customer experience
GGX’s suggestion of using branded packaging is useful - meaning the hero (main image) would have the logo that appears silk screened but is a sticker but the packaging most def does
And if this is to get brand registry (br) then this would be a workaround since you have to trademark your logo as well as demonstrate that your product carries your trademark - on the actual product
Gotcha; never heard the term hero image before. I’ll try that. I’ll try to find some resolution with the manufacturer. Maybe it would be find to do small and by the length rather than width so it is more of a flat surface. Pretty small 2-inch diameter by 7 inches in legth
Is this a new brand that you are trying to register? If you already have the brand set up, Amazon doesn’t care (they might pretend to).
Does the cylinder have a top? Great place for etching, if that’s the route you’re going.
You only need to do 1 to get around the branding issue if you need to send Amazon a live photo. If you think Amazon checks when they check things in at FBA, think again my friend.
Hate to share tactics to beat the system on SAS because it’s not the right thing to do but neither is Amazon allowing the plethora of black hats to skate by without a thought.
You made an honest mistake. There should be a pass for that.
If you need to share a photo to get the brand in, make sure one of the images on the listing shows the etching I’m talking about, because they will check that. Once you get it by, you can remove that image if you don’t want it on the listing.