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Amazon says some things are the “cost of business”, but why is customer fraud being so easily tolerated on Amazon?

Hi everyone. My first week for the seller flex went very smooth with no strikes, but i cancelled an order in the 2nd week and didn’t ship an item as it was near expired. My question is how many strikes would be counted 1 or 2?

I’ve been selling on Amazon for 20 years. Pro seller account is in good standing, no violations. No notices about deactivation, etc….

I was able to list products on existing listings a couple of days ago without an issue. But yesterday, whenever I pull an item listing up via UPC or name and hit “sell now”, the screen momentarily switches to the standard listing page and then goes blank. This has happened with multiple products across multiple categories.

I have no notifications that these products are blocked because that would always say “apply to sell”. I don’t have any notifications that I need to update any information on my account. Is anyone else having this issue? Thanks!

I’m curious how other brand owners approach this.
A few years ago, we reached a point where we had a solid brand online and wanted to expand into offline/international distribution.
The obvious options seemed to be retail or distributors.
We decided to focus on distributors first.
Honestly, I underestimated how much persistence it would take.
For the UK market, it started with one trade show.
Then came roughly six months of weekly follow-ups.
Calls.
Emails.
Samples.
More calls.
More emails.
And yes, we paid for the samples ourselves.
Eventually, we got to the point where we were working with around 90% of the major distributors in our niche in the UK.
The funny part is that I initially thought my English might be a serious problem.
English isn’t my native language, and while I could communicate, I definitely wasn’t some smooth salesperson negotiating deals in perfect English.
But I learned something pretty useful:
You don’t need perfect English to sell.
You need to be able to explain what you’re offering, understand what the other person needs, and — probably most importantly — actually make the next call.
Then another one.
And another.
I think that’s the part people underestimate when talking about distribution.
There usually isn’t one magical email or one perfect trade show that suddenly opens the market.
It’s a lot of boring, repetitive work that nobody sees.
For those of you who have taken an e-commerce brand into wholesale/distribution:
What worked best for you — trade shows, cold outreach, agents, or something else?

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how do i ungate when most wholesalers want a relationship, and retailers dont cut it. Is there a perfect medium where small/regional distributors do work?

how do i ungate when most wholesalers want a relationship, and retailers dont cut it. Is there a perfect medium where small/regional distributors do work?

Hi folks,

I want to market my non-fiction books (psychology), but I work full-time and have limited time for posting on social media.

Plus, I think social media alone won’t help much, unless you already have a vast social network.

Do you think it’s worth spending 500 $ per month on Amazon ads? Of course, I don’t expect to become wealthy in a couple of months, but does it pay off in the long run?

Thanks in advance & wishing you a sunny Sunday.

Hi folks,

I want to market my non-fiction books (psychology), but I work full-time and have limited time for posting on social media.

Plus, I think social media alone won’t help much, unless you already have a vast social network.

Do you think it’s worth spending 500 $ per month on Amazon ads? Of course, I don’t expect to become wealthy in a couple of months, but does it pay off in the long run?

Thanks in advance & wishing you a sunny Sunday.