How is it that Amazon is allowed to scrape websites to price shop but its against their own ToS?

Could you essentially just block Amazon’s IP range from scraping your website and write it in your own website ToS?

I have just opened up an Amazon seller account and I am very confused and frustrated. I thought the idea behind being an Amazon Seller vs an Amazon Business is that you get to sell products that are already on Amazon and being sold by others. However, every single product I try requires approval. But that’s not even the issue. When I try to request approval, it says that I have to submit an invoice from a manufacturer or distributor showing that I’ve sold 300 units of a product. Does that mean Im supposed to be storing my own inventory? Or that Im supposed to buy 300 units of a product from Amazon and store it at their facility? And wouldn’t that make me an Amazon Business rather than a seller? That just seems like kind of a scam to me.

Trust me when I say that I’ve searched for hundreds of products and they ALLL require this type of approval. I even have lists from others of hundreds of products they claim are undated but they’re not. Even audible and kindle books require approval.

I have a legitimate business idea that Im trying to implement using Amazons seller forum. If I had to buy inventory then I’d just forgo Amazon and start the online business the way I’d really like. It feels like a shady thing to insinuate people can do this when really they’re just tricking people into buying inventory that they have to sell on Amazon. That just forces people to buy inventory they don’t necessaily want just so they can get started but really it’s so Amazon can have more products to sell.

What am I missing? Im really hoping that my understanding of this invoice issue is incorrect. Can someone help me understand better and provide more information on how to get started?

Thanks for your help.

Hey guys, so I bought something in Amazon and they sent the wrong item. The thing is that it was international order and at the moment I’m in Colombia (the package arrived here). I talked to someone and they told me it would be a full refund. They also sent me the DHL shipment and arranged the pickup. The thing is that I’ve heard horror stories about international returns. Will I get a full refund? Is the return reliable? Any lady with succesfull stories with an international return?

Hey guys, so I bought something in Amazon and they sent the wrong item. The thing is that it was international order and at the moment I’m in Colombia (the package arrived here). I talked to someone and they told me it would be a full refund. They also sent me the DHL shipment and arranged the pickup. The thing is that I’ve heard horror stories about international returns. Will I get a full refund? Is the return reliable? Any lady with succesfull stories with an international return?

Basically I was ordering some products from EEDIstribution to get ungated. I notice they don’t but your middle name in the shipping address etc. My Amazon account and my business account both have my middle name in them, while EEdistribution does not do that. Do you guys think the invoice will get rejected because of this reason?

Basically I was ordering some products from EEDIstribution to get ungated. I notice they don’t but your middle name in the shipping address etc. My Amazon account and my business account both have my middle name in them, while EEdistribution does not do that. Do you guys think the invoice will get rejected because of this reason?

They’re three different items but on the same order, we’re out of stock on one of the items so I want to refund just the one item and still ship the rest of the order. I know you can refund a specific item after the order is shipped but why would I have to pay more to ship the order when the one item isn’t being shipped anyway… Does anyone know? It’s kinda infuriating something this simple isn’t easily done.

They’re three different items but on the same order, we’re out of stock on one of the items so I want to refund just the one item and still ship the rest of the order. I know you can refund a specific item after the order is shipped but why would I have to pay more to ship the order when the one item isn’t being shipped anyway… Does anyone know? It’s kinda infuriating something this simple isn’t easily done.

I have brand catalog authorization for my own brand and GTIN exemption (which I had to do twice for no reason). I still am getting “You may not create new ASINs for the brand XXX. If you believe the product you want to sell is not currently in the Amazon catalog and should be added as a new ASIN, please copy and paste the following URL in a separate window and complete the form:”

I go to support, they transfer me around and ask me for the same screenshot 4 times before saying “We didn’t find any resolution for this”

I asked for an explanation on why I was denied seller approval on another brand. We already have approval on the same brand but spelled without an apostrophe. They just send the same message back over and over again the provides zero answer.

I don’t understand how anyone sells on Amazon. They make every step as hard as possible, randomly undo approvals and provide ZERO support. I hate these people and this company with every fiber of my being.

Does Amazon 3P offer a way to create a new feed file based on existing’s ASINs in your catalog?

on 1P, we can select the specific child variations from our catalog and it will generate a beautiful completed feed file for those units where I can easily make changes. Does 3P have something similar? I know you can manually add ASINs in the “download a spreadsheet” page but those fees files typically only include the child ASIN and product name…

Thanks!