6. Seller Tries to Direct You Off-Site

When the description of an Amazon product is pushing you to leave the website to find better deals on another site or shop elsewhere, you should view it as an obvious red flag.

Now, it’s one thing to say a few words about other products sold by the same vendor or passively advertise a company site. However, pushing hard to make you visit off-Amazon websites is shady at best.

How to Avoid

As you already know, Amazon is a site designed to sell stuff to people, so most legitimate sellers are probably comfortable using it just for this purpose. However, off-Amazon websites may have different intentions. Besides peddling additional fake products, some of these websites may even steal credit card numbers or other types of personal information.

If you want to buy an Amazon product, make sure you don’t leave the retail page to make the purchase, and remember to not reveal personal financial information to shady sellers.