Amazon’s recent actions, including account suspension, infringement notifications, and system bugs, have caught sellers off guard.

A large number of sellers were linked

In the past two days, in the seller communication group, many sellers reported that their accounts had been linked.

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“Has anyone been banned recently?”

“Yes, two accounts were blocked for the same reason.”

The seller posted the emails that were judged to be associated in the group, and then more and more sellers said that "they were also affected."

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On a certain cross-border forum, a large number of sellers said that multiple of their accounts were judged to be linked, and speculated whether this action was a large-scale sweep by Amazon.

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From the seller’s description above, we can conclude that this association has the following main characteristics:

1. The accounts associated this time affect both new and old accounts.

2. There are situations where multiple sites are associated at the same time.

It has been nearly three months since the last large-scale Amazon association. Why is there such a surge in account associations this time?

According to the deactivated account emails received by the sellers, Amazon said that the reason for the deactivation was still a violation of "Amazon's Article 3" - [According to Article 3 of the Amazon Business Solutions Agreement, we have deactivated your Amazon seller account. If you want to sell products on Amazon now, we need additional documents to verify your payment method and your identity. ]

But some sellers said: Could this be a misjudgment by Amazon? After all, Amazon is really crazy...

Based on the current situation, it is difficult to determine the purpose of Amazon's behavior, but it is not impossible. From the experience of sellers being linked in the past, it is almost impossible to unblock an account that has been linked, but some sellers never give up, and appeal six or seven times, and finally save their accounts.

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But the association is not completely unsolvable. Some sellers have tried to appeal for unblocking on their own before. For specific methods, please refer to the previous article "The 7.31 large-scale association is saved! The seller personally tested and successfully unblocked!"

Brush order warning, postal code bug

In addition to frequent misjudgments in scanning accounts, Amazon also occasionally sends out mass warnings to scare sellers, either small red flag warnings or fake order warnings.

Recently, many sellers have received review manipulation warnings from Amazon, and it is speculated that this may be a mass-posting behavior.

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Earlier, there were news reports that an Amazon seller faced a fine of $12.8 million for suspected fake reviews, so sellers who have conducted reviews recently should be more careful. If they are targeted by Amazon and held accountable later, it will not be worth it.

Of course, for those sellers who have not violated the rules, they feel mixed emotions when they receive this email: Amazon is making things up out of thin air, imagining things, and fabricating things out of thin air...

In addition, sellers are still haunted by the shadow of Amazon system bugs because they occur too frequently!

Just this morning, a group of sellers reported that the postal code at the Amazon front desk could not be rewritten and it kept saying invalid, as shown in the picture below.

▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group

And this situation does not only happen to a few sellers. Many sellers in the seller communication group have reported this problem.

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"It was working fine yesterday, but today it suddenly stops working no matter how I change it?" From the current situation, it is not clear why the zip code problem occurred, and Amazon has not issued a notification, but it is very likely caused by a system bug.

However, some sellers try to log in to their accounts and complete the address filling, and then they can rewrite it normally. Sellers who encounter this problem can also try this method.

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A large number of iPhone 12 phone case links have turned into dogs

Before one wave of sellers is over, another wave of sellers comes. The sellers who were previously sentenced for account association are still immersed in the sadness of their account being blocked. Recently, Amazon has struck a heavy blow and knocked down many sellers again. What is the reason this time?

A seller revealed that a large number of iPhone 12 phone case links on Amazon have been removed from the shelves recently, and the reason may be related to infringement of the iPhone brand.

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In fact, mobile phone cases have always been a hot-selling category on Amazon. In addition, the recent official release of iPhone 12 has made the market hot and many buyers are rushing to buy it. Therefore, many sellers have set their sights on the consumer market for iPhone 12 mobile phone cases and are preparing to put a large number of related peripheral products on the shelves, including mobile phone cases, brackets, and so on.

However, some sellers have not even started selling in large quantities but have already been judged to have infringed on Amazon’s products, and their links have been delisted. In more serious cases, their accounts have been directly blocked and their funds have been frozen.

Some sellers also said that even brand sellers have experienced dog-like problems, and speculated that this was due to an unfair misjudgment by the Amazon system.

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But no matter what the reason, there is one thing that sellers should be aware of, and that is the issue of intellectual property and brand infringement.

Therefore, when selecting products, sellers should not only choose hot-selling categories, but also avoid choosing products that are prone to infringement, to prevent the consequences of account closure or compensation due to infringement complaints.

The above are some of Amazon’s recent actions. I wonder if you have been “hit” and what impact does it have on you? Feel free to leave your comments in the comment section~

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