It's written right there in the book. Black and white. CENTS. For anyone who's got a business that isn't "control" of itself then be worried, very worried, and rectify immediately.
I've just had 60% of my monthly business turnover wiped out with one email. Yes just one. That one email with the heading that simply states: Your Amazon.co.uk selling privileges have been removed. Followed by a standard description of why they've been removed which doesn't make any sense to me. Something to do with listing policies. There is nothing wrong with my listings. Probably a competitor complaint.
Here's what happens next, i submit an appeal, a plan of action as to why this issue won't happen again. Well that's absolutely fantastic considering they haven't really told me what the issue is. Just a pointer to a list of guideline links. So i've spent all morning writing my appeal, i get one chance, one chance only to save 60% of my business from collapsing in one miserable morning. Oh and guess what, the nice guys over at Amazon are going to keep the $15,000 of my money they are currently receiving interest on for 90 days. Just to cover any customer refunds.
So i've submitted my appeal and now the wait begins. It feels like waiting to hear if you've got a terminal illness or not, well maybe not that bad but it could be terminal for my business if this goes the wrong way.
All you people jumping on the importing bandwagon, yes it can be very lucrative but if you're selling solely on Amazon alone you need to start finding other baskets to put your eggs in.
Me? well i'm selling across Amazon Europe, Ebay UK and Amazon USA but all them combined are only around 30% of my business and i've got a website which does about 10%.
At least i might lose some weight whilst i'm waiting for my verdict due to the lack of appetite i have at the moment.
I've just had 60% of my monthly business turnover wiped out with one email. Yes just one. That one email with the heading that simply states: Your Amazon.co.uk selling privileges have been removed. Followed by a standard description of why they've been removed which doesn't make any sense to me. Something to do with listing policies. There is nothing wrong with my listings. Probably a competitor complaint.
Here's what happens next, i submit an appeal, a plan of action as to why this issue won't happen again. Well that's absolutely fantastic considering they haven't really told me what the issue is. Just a pointer to a list of guideline links. So i've spent all morning writing my appeal, i get one chance, one chance only to save 60% of my business from collapsing in one miserable morning. Oh and guess what, the nice guys over at Amazon are going to keep the $15,000 of my money they are currently receiving interest on for 90 days. Just to cover any customer refunds.
So i've submitted my appeal and now the wait begins. It feels like waiting to hear if you've got a terminal illness or not, well maybe not that bad but it could be terminal for my business if this goes the wrong way.
All you people jumping on the importing bandwagon, yes it can be very lucrative but if you're selling solely on Amazon alone you need to start finding other baskets to put your eggs in.
Me? well i'm selling across Amazon Europe, Ebay UK and Amazon USA but all them combined are only around 30% of my business and i've got a website which does about 10%.
At least i might lose some weight whilst i'm waiting for my verdict due to the lack of appetite i have at the moment.
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