Despite many warnings and policy changes by Amazon regarding product review programs, there seems to be a lot of confusion among sellers about what they are and aren’t allowed to do to get more product reviews. To recap, we are... Read More

Amazon has a term for sellers who deliberately violate policies, enact dirty seller tricks and ruin the buyer experience on the platform: bad actors.  The company has new, tougher policies and is enforcing like never before.  Here is the game... Read More

After my recent blog post about conducting a safe product review program Amazon style I was deluged with questions so it seemed worthy of another blog post. These are a compilation of questions I’ve gotten. I have some news about... Read More

Now that my book has been out for a couple of weeks, questions are starting to come in. I’m grateful to my thoughtful readers – and hope their questions help you, too: Q. Most Of The First Book You Wrote Told FBA... Read More

These past couple of months have seen a large number of Amazon sellers suspended. In case you are wondering, it IS on purpose…and it is highly automated. More on that below. For those of you wondering where I disappeared to, I’ve got... Read More

Maybe it is because I’ve been working with so many distressed Amazon FBA Sellers lately, but my perception is that the online business world has gotten harder and meaner lately. It is disheartening. Blood is in the water and it... Read More

Just a quickie blog post this week to cover some questions I’ve gotten from my readers about Amazon seller account reinstatements.  While I’m thrilled every time a client gets reinstated, I would be even happier if they didn’t get suspended... Read More

This blog was republished 05 June 2020 My blog topic a few weeks ago about staying out of trouble with Amazon stirred up a real hornet’s nest of interest among sellers. I wasn’t aware how many people have suffered in... Read More

Recently I’ve been working with some private consulting clients to get their accounts reinstated on Amazon. This is extremely nerve-wracking for me and my clients. Once your account has been suspended, you have ONE chance to get it back. In addition, Amazon... Read More

I am still unpacking the many inspiring ideas and conversations I had at Jim Cockrum’s CES II conference earlier this fall. For example, I was talking to two booksellers who told me that they shrink wrap or polybag every book... Read More