Unexpectedly! Amazon sellers switched to become service providers and made money...

There is a post like this on the forum: I just graduated and want to start a business on Amazon, but I have no money, so I decided to be a service provider first to earn startup funds. The reason is that many sellers said that now when doing something on Amazon, you have to find a service provider, and being a service provider is very profitable!

As competition on Amazon becomes increasingly fierce, many sellers feel overwhelmed and choose to withdraw from Amazon and switch to becoming service providers.

However, the influx of sellers has also made the service market a mixed bag, and almost every day we come across news of sellers being defrauded or pranked by service providers.

Today, I will talk about some common chaos in the market , and also tell you how to choose a reliable service provider.

Black logistics refers to logistics companies that do not have formal qualifications, and whose names, telephone numbers, and business licenses are all fake.

They accept goods at freight rates lower than the market price, transfer the goods without authorization during transportation, wait for an opportunity to change the shipper's information, and then raise the freight rate several times or even dozens of times, "threatening" the shipper to pay before accepting the goods, otherwise they will destroy the goods.

How do unscrupulous logistics service providers operate?

They usually recruit customers online with logistics prices lower than the market price, then purchase bulk goods at low prices, and then sell them to large logistics companies in containers. The purpose of doing this is to gain the trust of large logistics companies and get them to settle monthly or quarterly payments.

Because the logistics industry is highly competitive, large logistics companies will generally agree for the sake of performance and market share.

After the big logistics companies agreed to cooperate, these black service providers frantically bought bulk goods at low prices and then sent them to the big logistics companies.

When it comes time to settle the payment, they are nowhere to be found, resulting in the sellers being unable to ship their goods, and the major logistics companies are also victims.

Therefore, it is better to cooperate with regular logistics companies. It is best to visit the logistics company to see its strength and qualifications. You should also be careful about the logistics companies of large companies.

Amazon’s policy prohibits one person from operating multiple accounts, but many times we must have multiple accounts for operational needs.

Especially recently, my brother-in-law’s account has been blocked at every turn, so keeping a small account is a way of showing that you are responsible for the goods in your Amazon warehouse.

It is troublesome for sellers to find registration information and it is easy to cause audit, so many sellers choose to sell accounts to service providers.

Of course, there are many high-quality service providers, but it is inevitable to encounter unscrupulous service providers. My friend Huang unfortunately encountered such a situation.

Huang angrily told the tea shop owner that he met a service provider who sells Amazon accounts through a friend half a year ago, but yesterday he found that the password of the seller's account had been changed, and there were tens of thousands of RMB in goods and money in the account.

The occurrence of such a thing is indeed the result of the service provider's unscrupulousness, but it is also Huang's fault for not doing a good job of risk control. Didn't he change the password and accept payments after purchasing the account?

Huang's lesson tells us that when looking for a service provider, try to find the source, as middlemen cannot guarantee after-sales service.

Also, unless sellers are particularly familiar with the service provider and trust it, they should not introduce it to friends easily.

With the rampant copycat sales, catching up with the copycat sales has also become a very hot business.

A seller friend reported that he asked a service provider to drive away a follower, but a few days later three more came. When he contacted the service provider again, he was told that if he continued to drive them away, he would have to pay for the three follower sellers.

There was even a friend who received a message in the morning that a service provider could help get rid of follower sales, and that the first few times would be free. Then in the afternoon, follower sales inexplicably appeared in her store . She tried it out of boredom, but in fact the follower sales were quickly driven away.

But later I used a small account to follow my own sales and asked the service provider to fight against the follow-selling. Firstly, I couldn’t fight against it, and secondly, the timeliness couldn’t keep up. I don’t know why.

Here, the tea shop owner suggests that if you encounter copycat sales, you should solve it yourself. You can choose the Amazon exclusive plan, the transparent plan, or build your own order-brushing system. Kill them one by one. If all else fails, just send a lawyer's letter and basically let them hang to death. Don't be soft-hearted.

Someone once said that all e-commerce companies engage in fake orders. Sellers have the need to fake orders, so naturally a group of fake order service providers have emerged.

Tea Shopkeeper believes that most service providers are good, but there are some who will cheat people.

The seller Liu originally wanted to leave a few reviews for the listing in the early stage to make the listing look better.

However, I left a review for the service provider and it was deleted within a day.

Later, the service provider told him that this situation was very common and that his prices could only be posted on direct reviews. Liu was furious.

In fact, most of the direct review accounts currently on the market are black accounts obtained by scanning password certificates, and their shelf life is very short.

Moreover, some service providers will even give multiple reviews for one listing in order to reduce costs, which will result in limited reviews for our listings.

In addition to failing to provide the expected service, they also threaten to demand money after the order is placed, and will give a bad review if the money is not paid . There are also many people who have been blackmailed by the order-padding service providers.

Sellers can either choose to find real sellers to test, or bear the risk of being spoofed by these unscrupulous service providers.

There must be a limit to brushing orders. If you brush orders too much, it will be useless even if the buyers are real.

Finally, the tea shop owner gives everyone a fraud prevention guide, which should be of some help.

Finally, I hope that companies that provide service with heart will stay true to their original aspirations and truly provide quality services to Amazon sellers. They should not offer low prices just to attract customers. The most important thing is to improve service quality and professionalism to achieve a win-win situation.