Shenzhen sellers besiege Amazon! What happened to the epidemic prevention products? !

A screenshot of one of the sellers’ Weibo post was leaked online, revealing that this incident was initiated by a group of sellers who were selling epidemic prevention materials and whose funds were frozen by Amazon and who demanded that Amazon release the frozen store balances.

After following the clues and finding this person's Weibo, I actually saw that he posted a Weibo in March to commemorate himself for winning the top 1 ranking in the category, so the frozen funds may be quite a lot.

If the ban was due to the sale of epidemic prevention materials, it is easy to understand. Amazon has implemented very strict reviews on epidemic prevention materials such as masks after April. Many sellers who missed the window period were unable to obtain sales permissions. The "price fraud" sword was used to kill batches of accounts that were selling epidemic prevention materials.

Regardless of whether these sellers have thought about the risks of selling epidemic prevention materials, in fact, we sellers more or less know how deep the water is for epidemic prevention materials now.

In fact, since March, many sellers in our communication group have believed that epidemic prevention materials including masks are hot potatoes. Those who enter the market early can reap the profits and run away quickly, while those who come later may make money but have their stores closed and payments frozen by Amazon.

This was the routine content in our communication group at the end of March. I have to say that the sellers in our group have a strong sense of risk. Most of them have seen that the epidemic prevention materials are now in a turbulent situation (if you want to join the group, scan the QR code at the end of the article and find me to join the group). There are many product qualification requirements, production and sales qualification requirements. Later, Amazon even came up with something like a "white list of epidemic prevention materials" to prevent unqualified small and medium-sized sellers from getting involved.

Even for ordinary products, selling counterfeit goods and products without relevant qualifications are serious violations. Therefore, it is normal for the store to be closed and the balance frozen if it is still selling non-compliant epidemic prevention products despite Amazon's repeated warnings. Amazon's usual style is to suddenly close such illegal stores without any advance notice.

However, there are also cases where products are blocked despite being compliant, because even if the product is qualified, Amazon can use the price fraud clause to remove the product or freeze the store.

We have said in an earlier article that the most outrageous thing about price fraud is that they don’t tell you the criteria for judgment. When the red lines are unclear, Amazon has considerable room to operate arbitrarily, so selling epidemic prevention supplies is like holding a time bomb that you don’t know when it will explode.

As for the mask category, which is currently the most strictly inspected by Amazon, it is recommended that everyone do what they can. If you want to enter the market, you must be mentally prepared and make risk assessments. If you cannot afford the worst-case scenario of total loss, stay away from masks.

You can also develop other epidemic prevention products, such as gloves, hand sanitizers, etc., which are relatively less scrutinized. In addition, the United States is preparing to resume work in full. Think about the period when we resumed work. The companies that resumed work had to prepare enough hand sanitizers and other supplies before they were approved to resume work . It is estimated that the United States will also take similar measures. In the next period of time, products such as hand sanitizers will become more and more popular.