Missing Black Friday? A large number of Amazon sellers' product links become unavailable for sale

        ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group

According to the seller: No products have been uploaded to the account for more than two months after registration, and the backend shows that the current products are not available for sale. Has it been blocked?

▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group

After detailed investigation, the editor found that in addition to the newly registered accounts this year, many accounts registered last year but not in operation also had the problem of unsalable products. A seller consulted customer service and received a reply that he should contact the investment manager, and attached the following content:

▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group

The customer service’s reply did not directly explain the reason why the product link became unsalable, but only asked the seller to contact the investment manager. The content of the email also asked the seller to prepare for sales in 2021. Do these accounts have to wait until next year to have sales rights?

Since there is no problem with the account, why did it suddenly become unsaleable? Many sellers expressed confusion about this. What big move is Amazon making?

In fact, it is not only domestic sellers who have this confusion. Many foreign sellers also cannot escape Amazon’s “sanctions”.

It is learned that in recent weeks, a large number of sellers have spoken out on social media to condemn Amazon's "unwarranted suppression" of third-party sellers. They said that there are currently more than 1.7 million sellers on Amazon, and account suspension is also a common thing, but recently tens of thousands of sellers' Amazon accounts have been suspended for no reason.

Some sellers used their own situations as examples to accuse Amazon of unfair behavior towards third-party sellers. "After receiving the account suspension notice, the seller only received a general email from Amazon, without any detailed relevant information. The email did not state the reason for the suspension, nor did it provide any suggestions for restoring the account, nor did it provide any clear path for how to reactivate the account. The company went from tens of thousands of sales a day to zero orders a day. "

For Amazon sellers, account suspension and red flag warnings are commonplace, and Amazon often conducts strict reviews of seller accounts before the peak season, so misjudgments are inevitable. So are the recent links that sellers have encountered unsalable and account suspensions another misjudgment by Amazon?

In response to this, some sellers contacted the investment manager for verification, and the investment manager's reply finally put the sellers at ease. The investment manager replied uniformly: "New accounts that have not placed orders have gradually become unsalable since October and have been included in the 2021 global store opening. They will automatically become salable on January 1, 2021."

It seems that the situation where the goods are unsalable this time is not because the account has been blocked, but it is affected by Amazon's 2021 investment plan. Amazon will uniformly change new accounts that have not been operated and ordered for a long time to an unsalable status, and it will be automatically restored on January 1, 2021, so sellers don’t have to worry too much, the account is still safe.

Therefore, if the seller has plans to ship goods in the near future or has already shipped, he or she can contact the investment manager to make your account available for sale in advance; if the seller has no sales plans this year, the account will automatically become available for sale on January 1 next year.

In addition, sellers should note that if the account is restored to a saleable status next year, Amazon will treat it as a new account, and the seller will be able to receive support from the investment manager throughout 2021; if they choose to restore it now, the investment manager's support period will end at the end of this year.

In short, sellers can consider their account status and delivery plan and decide whether to restore the link selling rights. Other sellers with normal accounts should also operate in compliance during this period to avoid being caught by Amazon or being punished later. Finally, I wish you all a big Black Friday.