Hi,

thank you for participating in the /r/AmazonSeller subreddit.

NOTE: This forum is neither run / moderated by Amazon employees, nor is there any guarantee that an Amazon employee will come to the sub, see your participation, and respond to it. If you wish to discuss something with Amazon, then you should contact them through their site

A caution for all sub participants

First and foremost, an important reminder for all of you

We don’t want you to get burned. This sub like ALL ecommerce forums is under a constant barrage from scammers / spammers / promoters / info farmers. Though we remove a large portion of it, some of these clowns do get through. No matter your skillset and experience, the following kinds of situations should set off red flags every time;

contact me / send me / sharing / let’s talk in private requests. This is an attempt to scam you in private. If they can’t say it out in the open, don’t trust them the SUPER helpful guru – especially the ones claiming to know everything and make so much money that someone actually in their position in the real world would never have the time for what they are doing here. No actual millionaire is here seeking a buddy just like you to give all their secrets to. people who have magical paid groups for “secret sharing” and paid courses with all the answers. It’s like throwing money in a trash can. anyone trying to reach you for interaction beyond this forum and has no physical contact info or tries to put hurdles in the way of actual IRL contact

These scenarios are more often an attempt to draw you in by someone lead generating for a service, info farming, or a scam. Especially if you are new to selling or social media, your info and money are their goal so be on your guard.

AmazonSeller Rules

We’ve updated, reorganized, and reduced them down to the following five rules (the bold parts are fine for 99% of you, but the rest of it is unfortunately necessary due to insincere people who rule lawyer and like to argue);

1) Reddiquette is required – Debating points is fine, attacks are off topic and not necessary to present a differing opinion. No vote complaining. Insults, flame wars, trolling, brigading, or antagonism towards the subreddit participants, the moderators, or even the community itself will be removed and may result in an immediate ban.

2) No Self-Promotion outside the Community Promotion Post – This post is stickied 2nd from the top of the subreddit and is the ONLY place here to discuss or link to things you are affiliated with (anything by, about, or for you) including your; company or position within, site, service, product, app, article, video, product development, survey or market research, etc. Disclose any affiliations. ‘Guru’ posts are often lead generation, info farming, or scam attempts and likely to be removed. If the people who participate in this sub are the target market for you / your business, then take this rule seriously. Promotion violations will result in a permanent ban. There are no exceptions and appeals are not allowed

—> If you are an Amazon VA / Consultant, tread carefully in this sub. Understand this is NOT the place to try to generate leads via any method, overt or implied. You WILL be banned for it. <—

3) No Amazon policy violation discussion – You may not discuss intentionally breaking Amazon’s system or intentional violation of their terms. This also includes anything which can be deemed as deceptive.

Note: Discussion of reviews is restricted due to multiple issues; the topic has already been extensively covered, the frequency of deception, dishonesty and other forms of bad faith involved, the high amount of Amazon TOS violation discussion within these posts, and the constant targeting of this topic by bad actors for spamming, promoting, lead generating, and scamming purposes. Refer to the Amazon Seller Product Reviews Policies page where the majority of questions on this topic are readily covered

4) No improper links – Use direct links even in the Community Promotion Post. Improper links will be marked as spam and removed.

No affiliate links No indirect links including url shorteners, 3rd party linking, or masked links. No tracking links of any kind

5) Posting and commenting restrictions – Account age, prior account activity with positive comment karma, and prior participation in the comments here are all required to post in this subreddit. Problem posts most often come from new account holders unaware of the rules OR scammers / spammers. Participate in the comments until you can post. Negative karma accounts may not post or comment here. Requesting exceptions or appeals may result in a ban.

For anything related to a ban, refer to the new ban appeal info page mentioned below

Wiki Page Updates

The AmazonSeller Resource Wiki

The resource post has been moved to a wiki page. A link to this wiki will be added to pinned posts and the sidebar. We will post from time to time seeking suggestions for additions OR we may approve trusted sub participants to add info to the wiki (this would require a long participation history in this sub without rule violations)

Ban Appeal Info Page

If you have been banned, you need to read this wiki page BEFORE you appeal. It covers how to appeal, how not to appeal and what to avoid, when you can appeal, and includes links to info relevant to bans.

Thank you

FAQ topic posts

Beginner help / FBA / FBM / Arbitrage or Walmart / Suspended account / Fees / Product codes / Brand concerns / Freight / Guides, courses, and tutorials