Breaking news! Amazon is strictly checking these two types of products, and more than 5,000 sellers have been affected!

Shortly after the beginning of 2021, big things happened to these types of products.

Recently, many sellers have received emails from Amazon, the content of which is roughly as follows:

It is reported that most of the people who received the emails were toy sellers , and the products they sold mainly included board games, collectible table games, plush toys, die-cast cars, matchboxes , etc.

Some sellers said that they woke up to find more than 100 products affected, and some products are not even sold now. Many sellers have more than 200 products affected.

Some sellers also said that within a few hours, the number of SKUs requiring compliance documents increased from 60 to more than 300 , and is still growing.

The worst hit was this seller, who had over 2,500 SKUs affected , mostly toys/game products, which were older toys that required CPC testing/certification.

Why is Amazon suddenly conducting strict inspections on toys and games?

A person familiar with the matter said:

Some sellers also said that Amazon may have received a crackdown notice from regulatory authorities, which is why it conducted large-scale inspections.

In addition, domestic freight forwarders have also received news that the United States is strictly checking toy certification, requiring that exported plastic toys must provide CPSC and ASTM documents, and no goods without these two documents will be accepted.

Therefore, toy sellers should pay special attention to compliance issues in the future.

In addition to toy products, this product also had problems.

According to foreign media reports, more than 3,000 products containing the slogan "Stop the Steal" have been removed from Amazon.

The editor now searches for products containing the Stop the Steal slogan on Amazon, such as T-shirts, stickers, masks, hats, etc., and they all show that they have been removed from the shelves .

You can still see many of these products when searching for "stop the steal amazon.com," but trying to open any of these results will result in them being shuffled.

Amazon search results for “Stop the Steal” products in certain categories now show generic results that omit the phrase. For example, searches for “stop the steal hat” and “stop the steal flag” will show results for hats, flags, flagpoles, and wall hangings that have nothing to do with the phrase.

Why can't we use the term "Stop the Steal"? It is understood that it is considered to support the claim of fraud in the US presidential election.

The censorship of the term "Stop The Steal" began months ago . In November last year, Facebook removed one of the most popular Stop the Steal groups from its platform, and Etsy banned listings related to Stop the Steal beans under its "harmful false information" rules.

Since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, multiple platforms have removed pro-Trump merchandise, including Shopify, which removed its online storefront for the president.

Amazon has just removed some QAnon-related products from its platform because QAnon supporters usually support Trump. Now Stop The Steal has been added, and the two major categories of products supporting Trump have basically been removed by Amazon.

Amazon clearly states that it does not allow the sale of products that promote, incite or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious hostility, or products that promote organizations that hold such views. Therefore, sellers should be aware that you must not use the above sensitive words . At the very least, your product will be deleted, and at the worst, your account will be blocked and your sales funds will be frozen.