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The echoes of last week’s related wave are still lingering, and yesterday morning, a notice from Amazon dealt another critical blow to sellers. Along with Amazon’s substantial increase in FBA delivery fees, there was another round of “price increases” in the cross-border circle. Even though the peak season has arrived, sellers have never been absent from troubles. In this troubled time, sellers are overwhelmed by various internal problems, and some lawless elements are even lurking around sellers, creating various pyramid schemes that are hard to guard against. Official reminder: Beware of cross-border scams It is learned that recently, the phenomenon of some cross-border companies engaging in pyramid schemes by organizing offline activities has attracted the attention of relevant departments. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group Many sellers have received text messages from the Guangzhou Market Supervision Bureau:
Recently, some cross-border enterprises have organized banquets, dinners and other offline activities in our city to lure relevant personnel into investment activities and require them to pay high "sincerity money" and "inspection fees". In essence, this is an illegal act suspected of pyramid selling. Although the text message did not point out the specific people and events involved in the above activities, based on past experience, it is not difficult to judge that criminals have already set their sights on the big cake of cross-border e-commerce and are trying to profit from it. Cross-border navigation , the official issued a warning, cross-border enterprises frequently engage in illegal pyramid schemes! #Amazon##Cross-border headlines#Cross-border e-commerce video account ▲ Video account attention cross-border navigation
In fact, it is a recognized fact that chaos frequently occurs in the cross-border industry, especially in the field of cross-border e-commerce, where various scams have been exposed repeatedly. Public data from Amazon's global store opening shows that in the past year, more than 200,000 new third-party sellers have joined Amazon's US site, a year-on-year increase of 45% . Behind this huge number, the number of Chinese sellers accounts for half of the total. As more and more sellers enter Amazon, the industry ecology becomes increasingly complex, and various advertisers, trainers, and service providers emerge in the market. A seller complained: I was deceived by a training institution in the beginning, but after getting involved in this industry, I found that Amazon was not as good as it was said to be. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group In fact, the popularity of Amazon has not only boosted the training industry, but also led to a spurt in the development of cross-border related services and industries. However, what has always been inconsistent with the number of service providers is that the quality of the cross-border services they provide is difficult to guarantee, and the quality varies. In the industry, some cross-border companies and related practitioners have taken advantage of information gaps to create scams. There are endless incidents of illegally stealing or purchasing personal identity information to register Amazon accounts, defrauding high training fees and then running away with the money. Related incidents have been reported many times before. Interested sellers can click to view previous articles "Involving thousands of tax numbers, VAT company suspected of running away! Why is there so much chaos in the service provider industry?" Despite repeated media reports, it cannot change the current situation where sellers are repeatedly deceived. Therefore, whether you are a novice or a cross-border veteran, you should keep your eyes open and be wary of cross-border scams. Can a blocked account be automatically restored? The scene of many sellers having their accounts linked last week is still vivid in our minds. A week after the incident, there has been no "amnesty" from Amazon, but there is still hope. According to our observations, there has been new progress in this linkage incident. We learned that according to feedback from a seller, one of his accounts on the Japanese site was blocked last week due to association. When he opened the backend recently, he found that the account had automatically returned to normal. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group Therefore, the seller speculated that since the Japanese site was able to recover, the connection might be due to centralized machine scanning, and other sites also have the opportunity to wait for manual review before recovery. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group Coincidentally, some sellers also stated on the forum that the US store linked to Amazon Europe had its sales rights automatically restored two weeks after being blocked without any appeal. ▲ The picture comes from Zhiwubuyan Some sellers in the seller communication group also happily expressed that their accounts were successfully restored to sales status after a week and they received unblocking emails from Amazon. In the email, Amazon said: We reviewed your instructions and reactivated your account. In order to maintain community order, we will act cautiously, but misjudgments may occur occasionally. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group According to Amazon's reply in the email, the seller's speculation is not unreasonable, that is, there is a high probability that the association trend was caused by machine scanning, which is why some accounts were misjudged. After Amazon re-examines, these innocently implicated accounts will be freed. In addition, in addition to some accounts that have automatically returned to normal, some sellers have actively tried to appeal and successfully brought their accounts back to life . ▲ The picture comes from the seller group It is understood that the seller's appeal letter is roughly as follows: We were young and ignorant at that time, and we were blocked for manipulating comments in the United States. We deserved to be punished, but we have been operating the European site honestly and have not violated any regulations. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group However, sellers do not share the same joys and sorrows. Another seller did the same thing, but received the following response: We received the information you submitted, but it is not currently sufficient to reactivate your account. Some sellers also complained that they had appealed to the service provider twice, but were rejected by Amazon both times. ▲ The picture comes from the seller group According to the information provided by some sellers, as long as the account is not blocked for the second time, it is possible to restore normal use if it is misjudged by Amazon or actively appeals. Sellers can also try the above methods to save their blocked accounts. Sellers with the same situation can scan the QR code below to join the group discussion~
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