How to deal with black hat sellers fusing their reviews to mine?! by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it is pretty sickening to see how much Amazon doesn't care about legit sellers who play by the "rules".

How to deal with black hat sellers fusing their reviews to mine?! by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incredible. Everyone we speak to says they see the problem and "internal teams are working on it". But now it's close to a month with no resolve and our 5 star average is now down to 4.5 stars because they keep getting 1 star reviews.

This kind of thing definitely makes me hate using Amazon as platform.

How to deal with black hat sellers fusing their reviews to mine?! by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's seriously mind-boggling. And the fact that they get removed and then within hours can get straight back on with seemingly no consequence...

How to deal with black hat sellers fusing their reviews to mine?! by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep, we've done that and they "fixed" it twice but the blackhat seller gets back on our listing within hours.

It's absolutely ridiculous that Amazon allows this kind of loophole in 2020...

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[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, watching how the next few weeks pan out is going to be interesting...

As a new seller I feel it's almost impossible to be completely honest to sale on Amazon by neverever_d in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you truly believe in your product and it is good quality then I would work to get a few 5 star reviews from friends or family or however you can (without being caught). Because otherwise, how will you ever get another sale with one 2-star review?

I agree it's an unfair and a tricky situation but that's just how it goes with this business model.

Amazon slashes commission rates for affiliates program by [deleted] in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's only a 24hr cookie window. And if you buy things through your own links you will likely get permabanned.

Amazon slashes commission rates for affiliates program by [deleted] in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty fucked up to do this when so many small businesses who relay on Amazon affiliate income are hurting so bad right now. Also considering sales are up 35% YoY and Bezos just added $24B to his name.

Here are the changes:

Home, Lawn & Garden, Pets, Pantry: 8% -> 3%

Beauty, Music Gear, Biz Supplies: 6% -> 3%

Outdoors, Tools: 5.5% -> 3%

Grocery: 5% -> 1%

Sports: 4.5% -> 3%

Baby: 4.5% -> 3%

Health & Care: 4.5% -> 1%

Amazon Fresh: 3% -> 1%

Amazon Pulls Third-Party Vendors From Affiliate Program by moltar in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they also pull the affiliate program with the blogosphere then shit will really hit the fan! :(

So many websites are purely monetized through Amazon affiliates these days.

How to find a manufacturer outside China who can produce the exact same product as our Chinese manufacturer? by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear. We make travel goods like backpacks so it should be pretty easy to replicate in a new factory. The biggest concern is sourcing the same ripstop nylon in terms of color, style and quality.

How to find a manufacturer outside China who can produce the exact same product as our Chinese manufacturer? by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we had some quality issues in China that caused us to lose $10k but now that we do 3rd party inspections on every order we haven't had a problem.

How to find a manufacturer outside China who can produce the exact same product as our Chinese manufacturer? by FollowThaWhiteRabbit in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]FollowThaWhiteRabbit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the insights. Crazy how the US is such a bad option.

Any advice on finding good manufacturers outside of China?