Category Archives: Why Does Amazon Ban Sellers

Amazon Suspended, Why?

I began selling on Amazon almost 6 years ago. Back at that time I was still studying and the amount I earned from Amazon helped me to pay for my university fees.

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I had a simple job at that time. I used to import Havaianas Flip Flops from Brazil and then sold them in the US, US and Canada. I used to earn decent profit margin back at that time. First year was really a golden period for me. I sold close to 225 pairs. Within three and a half years I was selling 16000 pairs a year. I started outsourcing order fulfillment to Amazon. Continue reading Amazon Suspended, Why?

How Evil Is Amazon?

There are millions of sellers on Amazon. The issue is that so many people underestimate how easy it is to get suspended from Amazon. In most cases an Amazon suspension happens out of the blue. There is no warning. Most people are totally surprised when the loose the privilege to sell on the Amazon platform.

I got hit by a ban to sell on Amazon like many others. I used to import OEM parts from China and sold them at a very competitive price. Over the years I built up more than three hundred thousand positive feedback. My feedback score used to be 99.2%.

I took customer care very serious; I had highly qualified support staff on hand 24 hours. It never took more than 1 hour until our customers received a reply to any message they sent to us. We sold only goods which we were allowed to sell, no fake products or anything that might infringes on someone’s intellectual property.

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Our goods were dispatched to our customers within 24 hours or less. Over the years we gained so much experience that we were able to run our supply chain, stock management and delivery at a level not many other small sellers could ever achieve. Continue reading How Evil Is Amazon?

Amazon Suspended Victim: Joaquín El Chapo

My parents immigrated to the US from Mexico when I was 1 year old. My parents just had no money to pay for my college. Selling online was my only chance to earn a decent salary, without being a slave worker at McDonald’s or even worse earning money through illegal means.

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I started selling on Amazon when I was only 16 years old. Over the last 10 years I turned a small home based business into a company handling 80 000 orders a month, until Amazon suspended my account without any warning. Continue reading Amazon Suspended Victim: Joaquín El Chapo