Shopify Sellers Fight Nazi Brands
15 posts across 9 communities in the last 90 days; 47% from r/shopify.
“why is ts allowed to be sold on stores, it is sold by AankirShop, wth”
“Looks like this could work. I'll report too. https://www.shopify.com/legal/tools/report-an-issue/report-a-merchant”
“Guys upvote this post, maybe shopify team will flag this and maybe will fix it”
Several users are expressing outrage and frustration over Shopify's hosting of brands with alleged Nazi affiliations. Users are actively reporting these merchants and encouraging others to delete their Shopify accounts in protest.
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“why is ts allowed to be sold on stores, it is sold by AankirShop, wth submitted by /u/IllustriousRoof2647 [link] [comments]”
“I like how OP only responded to the one bit of advice that's the worst here. Listen to the upvotes, not the downvotes. They know what they're talking about.”
You're finding excuses when it comes to a nazi. To reiterate: no.
“It's still up: https://www.reddit.com/r/ShopifyeCommerce/comments/1vod0hf/nazi_brand_is_still_on_shopify_after_a_more_than/”
“https://www.reddit.com/r/ShopifyeCommerce/comments/1vod0hf/nazi_brand_is_still_on_shopify_after_a_more_than/ My new post on r/shopify was deleted immediately.”
“Shopify isn't Amazon or eBay Shopify It's a web hosting company. Not a marketplace.”
Looks like my report was useless, as that site is still up.
“You should get it copyrighted so you have an official copyright #. You can do this online fairly quickly if you don't have one already. You can then go to their payment processor and submit a takedown directly with them. I had someone stealing my stuff, so I saw they were accepting payment with paypal. I was able to submit something with paypal and that cut off their ability to make money totally. Also dmca them on their website.”
“It's a good time to find an alternative, because the CEO just came out against democracy. Don't give them any money.”
“Boycott Shopify. It is run by fascist billionaire tech bros who want to take away Canadians right, including the right to vote.”
“Is shopify the only eccommerce platflorm youve ever used because boy do i have some news for you lol”
“Hey! For context, I work retail at a HUGE company in the UK. This guy went to my till with a swastika tattooed on his hand and I asked him what it was and he dismissed it at first (like a good coward nazi), then, after dismissing it a couple more times he ended up telling me he was in this biker gang. Coincidentally, there's a Nazi biker gang in town, so I assume it is that very one. Anyway, he left and I called the manager, pointed at the nazi and said (yelled) "im uncomfortable servin”
“This SHOULD be illegal, yes! On Mokaru we fixed this with a custom filter and we shoot companies that do this to the back of the line!”
“Yea, I found them. Their content is terrible. It is like it was written by a monkey. Completely impractical and confusing. Stay away.”
“Nobody except terminally online weirdos will ever associate your friendly boiled peanut business as a front for Nazis or whatever they’re saying. I wouldn’t worry”
“Have you tried reporting anything to Shopify. They don't do shit but lie and stonewall!”
“Why tf do they need a Shopify account to report something?! Please everybody who reads this and has a Shopify account, report them. And if they don't remove that shit delete your account if you can. We shouldn't tolerate this!”
“Looks like this could work. I'll report too. https://www.shopify.com/legal/tools/report-an-issue/report-a-merchant”