Amazon hit with first financial penalty by German anti-trust watchdog | dpa international

Germany's anti-trust authority on Thursday ordered Amazon to pay around around €59 million ($69.6 million) for imposing unlawful pricing requirements on third-party sellers. (...)

Third-party sellers on the platform are subject to Amazon’s pricing rules.

For instance, if a seller’s price is deemed too high, the offer may be removed from the Marketplace or excluded from the prominently displayed Buy Box section, effectively rendering it invisible to most customers.

This practice can lead to significant revenue losses for sellers, the cartel office said.