I found several best-selling products (dash cam, phone mount, grinder) where the same ASIN is sold by multiple different stores under the same brand.

My questions:

  1. How are these stores obtained? Bought directly? Or aged accounts?

  2. Isn’t there a risk of if the same brand authorizes multiple stores? How do they control it?

  3. Can I “self‑follow” my own ASIN from another store to create a higher list price (strikethrough)? How to isolate risk?

  4. If one store gets suspended, what happens to the inventory and funds?