Tag: dropshipping
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How to safely manage a dropshipping business on Amazon
As you know, Dropshipping is a retail fulfillment method where a store doesn’t keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer. Amazon has strict policies in place to ensure that products sold on…
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How does Amazon detect Dropshipping Policy violations?
Amazon has number of ways to detect the violations of drop shipping policy, following points are the reason why many of the Amazon Seller Accounts involved in dropshipping are getting suspended. • Supply chain documents being falsified to satisfy requests for invoices: According to Amazon’s Dropshipping Policy, each seller must provide authentic and complete information…
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What is the most common reason why dropshippers are losing their selling privileges on Amazon?
Deopshipping on the Amazon platform is becoming increasingly difficult. One of the main reasons why dropshippers are getting suspended a low Valid Tracking Rate (VTR). Valid Tracking Rate is a performance metric that measures how often a seller uses tracking numbers for their orders. This is an important factor for Amazon customers who want to…
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How to prove fulfillment of orders to Amazon
These days, Amazon is massively taking action against Seller Accounts, where they suspect that customer orders are not getting fulfilled. Enforcements are performed in the form of velocity reviews or even Code of Conduct suspensions. Here are my tips for proving delivery / fulfillment of orders to Amazon: (1)-Create an excel file & put all…
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Amazon will dropship your items across different global marketplaces
Recently, Amazon announced that they will be expanding deals consisting of local FBA inventory being offered and sold on international Amazon marketplaces globally. This means that if you list a product on the Amazon US marketplace and have the program enabled, Amazon will create listings across all of their global marketplaces on different continents. While…
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FTC Takes Action against DK Automation over Amazon Marketplace Scam Scheme
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against DK Automation and its owners, Kevin David Hulse and David Shawn Arnett for using unfounded claims of big returns to entice consumers into moneymaking schemes involving Amazon business packages, business coaching, and cryptocurrency. The FTC’s complaint alleges that the defendants promised consumers that they could “generate passive income on…
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What you Should Know About Amazon’s New Option to Lift Policy Violations by Ticking a Box
Recently, Amazon introduced a new way of handling alleged policy violations detected within Seller Accounts belonging to third party merchants, who are doing business on their platform. Previously, the seller in question would either receive a performance notification containing a warning or get suspended with an option to appeal. Everything was operated under a ”guilty…
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Amazon Just Banned Over 13000 Pakistani Sellers Due to Fraudulent Activity
Over the past week, Amazon suspended or frauded (blocked affected merchants from being able to login) more than 13,000 Pakistani Seller Accounts over suspicions of fraudulent activity. Due to efforts of Pakistani government to promote e-commerce, technology education and boost Pakistan’s exports, the trend of small business owners choosing to become Amazon Sellers has been…
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What is a Blind Shipment?
If you are doing dropshipping or otherwise fulfilling orders from a third party supplier, including Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment, you should be familiar with the term ”blind shipment”. A blind shipment is used when a seller does not wish the customer to know who the original producer or seller is. This type of shipment is usually…
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Why you shouldn’t be dropshipping from Aliexpress
Many e-commerce startups are emerging on social media with cleverly prepared campaigns, containing generic products clearly sourced from Aliexpress. These companies don’t have a warehouse and don’t keep any stock. All orders are automated. While this business model can be really tempting, because the prices on Aliexpress are so low, you need to be careful.…
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What to do with an unused Amazon Seller Account and how to maintain it
What is an important piece of information for Amazon sellers that way too few know about That their Seller Accounts are actually valuable – even if they are barely used! Not the business that owns the Seller Account, not the brand, nor the inventory. The Seller Account itself. Any dormant Amazon store could get you several…
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Another blow from Amazon against dropshippers
As previously mentioned in my numerous recent articles regarding the matter, Amazon is now aggressively fighting to combat dropshippers on their platform. While the most severe consequences are enacted towards those, who are placing dropshipping orders directly using the buyer side of their Seller Account, I noticed various different approaches. If you are repeatedly warned…
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Watch out! Amazon is mercilessly cracking down on dropshipping!
Recently, there has been a massive wave of aggressive enforcements by Amazon towards dropshippers. This time, they are not targeting just shady accounts operated by scammers based in Asia, but the company is shutting down all kinds dropshippers, including legitimate businesses operated by established US-based entrepreneurs. Amazon is not just suspending Seller Accounts, but they…
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Dropshipping on Amazon
If you procure products from your supplier of choice while Amazon handles the shipping, customer service, and returns on your behalf, then you are using Fulfillment by Amazon. With dropshipping, the seller of record does not handle the product directly but instead uses a third party to source and store products, and ship orders directly…
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Amazon is already enforcing its updated Drop Shipping Policy
As mentioned in my previous article regarding the matter, Amazon recently “updated” their Drop Shipping Policy, despite its wording actually wasn’t changed at all. The only difference is that from then on, it was clear that the company will be enforcing it more actively. Amazon prohibits sellers from ordering through retailer websites and having them…
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What is behind the Drop Shipping Policy update on Amazon
On 27.January 2021, Amazon made a questionable announcement in the Seller Central, introducing “an update” to the Drop Shipping Policy. The notice included a brief description of prohibited seller practices related to drop shipping, including purchasing from different retailers and having them ship directly to your Amazon customers. However, the wording did not contain any…