Hey fellow sellers,

I’m facing a weird issue and was wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

I’ve been selling a particular ASIN (Okaya brand) on Amazon India. Everything was fine until April 28th, when I suddenly received an email from Amazon asking me to submit a Transparency serial number for the product.

I checked with the Okaya (brand) team, and they have no idea about any Transparency codes. What’s more confusing is that other sellers are still selling the same ASIN without any issue or code submission requirement.

• I’ve already listed and sold a few units in April without problems. • No brand gating or performance warnings on my account. • I’ve submitted valid purchase invoices in the past. 

Is Amazon selectively enforcing Transparency code requirements? Or is this a system glitch? Would appreciate any insights from sellers who’ve faced something similar.

Thanks in advance!

Hello again…

I sell my own product on Amazon, I have brand registry. No one else sells it. It is a unique product. I use speedy barcodes in the UK, I want to sell in the US and have opened my seller account / got brand registry. I will be starting the listing from scratch – can I use GS1 barcodes or do the UK and US account barcodes need to match? Will it present a problem later on if then don’t match? I am the owner of the product, I manufacture it, it’s my branding etc.

The product listings will be slightly different because of the descriptions (tailored to US) and also sizing (tailored to US).

Thank you!

I had a customer return an order for $1810, which is fine. But now Amazon is going to take that money from my account, in spite of the fact that I never received the money from the order. That is, the customer paid but returned the order before I received a distribution, and Amazon never released those funds to me. Why would they feel entitled to charge me twice? Has anyone experienced this before?

By posting here I am most likely sharing with people who are all “sellers” and may not be able to help, but it is worth a shot.

Why would I get an email from Amazon that says “Update the charge method for your Amazon seller account to resume payments.” when I’ve never sold nor would need such an account. I currently don’t even have a prime account.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Update the charge method for your Amazon seller account to resume payments.

By posting here I am most likely sharing with people who are all “sellers” and may not be able to help, but it is worth a shot.

Why would I get an email from Amazon that says “Update the charge method for your Amazon seller account to resume payments.” when I’ve never sold nor would need such an account. I currently don’t even have a prime account.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Update the charge method for your Amazon seller account to resume payments.

I had a customer return an order for $1810, which is fine. But now Amazon is going to take that money from my account, in spite of the fact that I never received the money from the order. That is, the customer paid but returned the order before I received a distribution, and Amazon never released those funds to me. Why would they feel entitled to charge me twice? Has anyone experienced this before?

Hello, before I get bombarded with comments saying what a fool I am for not doing this from the start – don’t waste your time, I’ve been kicking myself for ages. I didn’t realise how cheap it was.

I sell a unique product on Amazon, I own the brand, I’m the manufacturer, it’s my name / packaging / product. No one else sells it on Amazon.

Stupidly I set it up with speedy barcodes back in the day when I was selling a handful of products. Now I have a high rating and make a decent return per month. I have brand registry.

I also still have speedy barcodes. Urgh. I have bought GS1 barcodes and want to switch over without losing my listing (hah!) and I’m getting contradictory advice online. There’s a company who will do it for $500 per listing… which would be nearly $50,000 🙂 it’s completely out of the question price wise.

Does anyone have any experience of changing the product UPC if you own the brand? It was a genuine error. I’m in the process of updating the barcodes on my website so they are all GS1 but obviously I need Amazon to match that, without shutting me down or making me start new listings.

The advice online seems to be – start a seller support chat, clearly set out the old and new UPCs, take photos, attach proof of the GS1 purchase linked to your name / company, submit then pray…

Any advice? Thank you so much

Hello, before I get bombarded with comments saying what a fool I am for not doing this from the start – don’t waste your time, I’ve been kicking myself for ages. I didn’t realise how cheap it was.

I sell a unique product on Amazon, I own the brand, I’m the manufacturer, it’s my name / packaging / product. No one else sells it on Amazon.

Stupidly I set it up with speedy barcodes back in the day when I was selling a handful of products. Now I have a high rating and make a decent return per month. I have brand registry.

I also still have speedy barcodes. Urgh. I have bought GS1 barcodes and want to switch over without losing my listing (hah!) and I’m getting contradictory advice online. There’s a company who will do it for $500 per listing… which would be nearly $50,000 🙂 it’s completely out of the question price wise.

Does anyone have any experience of changing the product UPC if you own the brand? It was a genuine error. I’m in the process of updating the barcodes on my website so they are all GS1 but obviously I need Amazon to match that, without shutting me down or making me start new listings.

The advice online seems to be – start a seller support chat, clearly set out the old and new UPCs, take photos, attach proof of the GS1 purchase linked to your name / company, submit then pray…

Any advice? Thank you so much

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