Anyone get this email today? I'm wary of interacting with amazon at all beyond what is strictly needed but this actually sounds interesting, and I definitely do not get my fair share of the buy box...

 

2 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

Anyone get this email today? I'm wary of interacting with amazon at all beyond what is strictly needed but this actually sounds interesting, and I definitely do not get my fair share of the buy box...

Doesn't hurt to correspond but just seems like other emails they regularly send.

1 hour ago, gmpirate said:

Doesn't hurt to correspond but just seems like other emails they regularly send.

They called also and left message. Seems the broader strategic account services is actually a paid for feature that gets mixed reviews. However, this offer seems a bit more limited in scope. Curious if anyone used this and can recommend

5 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

Anyone get this email today? I'm wary of interacting with amazon at all beyond what is strictly needed but this actually sounds interesting, and I definitely do not get my fair share of the buy box...

 

we got it, we are ignoring it, They will just want us to run sales 

Wonder who Amazon stole these from???? Unbelievable

 

Edited October 11, 20241 yr by Bricklectic

surely the bots will take away the Buy Box

On 10/12/2024 at 4:08 AM, Bricklectic said:

Wonder who Amazon stole these from???? Unbelievable

 

Actually they stole 12 pieces from me this year 🤣

Hi - I have been successfully selling LEGO on Amazon for >10 years (and thank you BrickPicker for guidance along the way)... my selling account was grandfathered into selling LEGO.

Recently, I had to take a few months off for personal reasons and my account went inactive -- when I re-activated it, it de-listed all of my LEGO inventory: it says that I need to "Request selling approval for policy compliance" ... did I just totally screw up my account and I will have to resort to only using Ebay? Ugh.

(and no, i am not an official reseller)

Edited October 22, 20241 yr by g3man

2 hours ago, g3man said:

Recently, I had to take a few months off for personal reasons and my account went inactive -- when I re-activated it, it de-listed all of my LEGO inventory: it says that I need to "Request selling approval for policy compliance" ... did I just totally screw up my account and I will have to resort to only using Ebay? Ugh.

When you say the account went inactive, what do you mean by that? Did you put your account on vacation mode? How many items have to tried to list?

51 minutes ago, landphieran said:

When you say the account went inactive, what do you mean by that? Did you put your account on vacation mode? How many items have to tried to list?

I got notice after 3 months of "Vacation mode" that "Account Set to Inactive due to Dormancy". When I started to re-activate, I had to re-verify my identify and bank accounts. Once that was successful, though, my listings went active, but then all my LEGO were turned inactive... 

And when I request approval, I get the message: "We are not accepting applications to sell: Other $LEGO branded in New, Used, Refurbished, Collectible condition(s)"

additional background - everything I had was FBM, not FBA. Ugh.

Edit - I had an unproductive Chat with Amazon Support. They did state "The restrictions are time-limited, you will be allowed to sell" when I asked if this was a permanent ban or not... but I think the core problem will be that I lost my grandfathered LEGO selling status. Ugh... best case (which I doubt) is this is some holiday-related restriction like in years past... but that has not existed for the last couple of years, to my knowledge. Support did say "You will not be auto-reinstated, you will have to submit approval for the brand or category restriction". 8-(

Edited October 22, 20241 yr by g3man

1 hour ago, g3man said:

I got notice after 3 months of "Vacation mode" that "Account Set to Inactive due to Dormancy". When I started to re-activate, I had to re-verify my identify and bank accounts. Once that was successful, though, my listings went active, but then all my LEGO were turned inactive... 

That is strange because I hadn't logged in since early March until October. Set my vacation mode in late December and just turned it off a few weeks ago. I got this notice below every few weeks. I'd guess something else is off if this happened. Check your reviews or performance metrics and your inbox to see if missed something.

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Dear Selling Partner,
Greetings from Amazon.
We are reaching out to you to notify your seller central is in “Active” “Going on holidays” status. If you are currently not on vacation, please update the “Going on holidays” status to “Inactive” in seller central by clicking on the link below to activate all your listings -

 

On 10/22/2024 at 1:05 AM, g3man said:

Hi - I have been successfully selling LEGO on Amazon for >10 years (and thank you BrickPicker for guidance along the way)... my selling account was grandfathered into selling LEGO.

Recently, I had to take a few months off for personal reasons and my account went inactive -- when I re-activated it, it de-listed all of my LEGO inventory: it says that I need to "Request selling approval for policy compliance" ... did I just totally screw up my account and I will have to resort to only using Ebay? Ugh.

(and no, i am not an official reseller)

Same here. Cannot use vacation mode because I sell on individual title, not as a business. Went to do my usual reactivation after dormancy (been doing this for the last year or so as I have been busy with work) which worked, but am now faced with needing to apply to sell LEGO (on Amazon.ca), and "Not authorized to sell" on Amazon.com.

I knew I was playing with fire and at this point will just take it. EBay and Bricklink are more relaxed avenues to sell for casuals like me.

Edited October 23, 20241 yr by Phil B

How's everyone's sales today?  It's been the slowest FBM day I've had in a "long" time.  FBA still humming along . . .

1 hour ago, gmpirate said:

How's everyone's sales today?  It's been the slowest FBM day I've had in a "long" time.  FBA still humming along . . .

FBM slow here too. Just checked and couple listings now suppressed. Checked further and noticed sellers listing ASIN for cheap in collectible condition. Nothing motivates an algorithm to seek and destroy BB more than listing that suddenly advertises item for 25%+ less than average sales price. 

Does anyone here that sells in USA also have a account in either co.uk or .DE

I need a listing copied over to USA

On 10/24/2024 at 1:54 AM, gmpirate said:

How's everyone's sales today?  It's been the slowest FBM day I've had in a "long" time.  FBA still humming along . . .

Here EU talking (only fba): Slow at the moment, but sales begin to pickup here usually around 7th of November 

We send a lot to AWD and they are near full capacity, Plus anything sent now won't even be available till Dec. They push so hard to use it, then after 6 months run out of room

Edited October 26, 20241 yr by Tonka858

Either my capacity got significantly increased this year or i'm really slacking on my outgoing shipments O.o

On 10/26/2024 at 7:17 PM, landphieran said:

Either my capacity got significantly increased this year or i'm really slacking on my outgoing shipments O.o

send it now before it's to late for xmas

So I haven’t been an active seller this year and was trying to send in inventory to FBA today but I’m locked out of selling Lego since 10/14. I thought that the holiday lockout was only for FBM? Did they extend it to FBA as well?

I’m praying to the heavens fearful that I’ve been gated out of Lego permanently. Say it isn’t so! I checked my account last month and I was still OK to sell Lego.

 

17 minutes ago, pete411 said:

So I haven’t been an active seller this year and was trying to send in inventory to FBA today but I’m locked out of selling Lego since 10/14. I thought that the holiday lockout was only for FBM? Did they extend it to FBA as well?

I’m praying to the heavens fearful that I’ve been gated out of Lego permanently. Say it isn’t so! I checked my account last month and I was still OK to sell Lego.

 

I’m experiencing the same situation. I’m able to sell other brands that I got approved over the years, but not LEGO.

18 hours ago, Brick625 said:

I’m experiencing the same situation. I’m able to sell other brands that I got approved over the years, but not LEGO.

Do you think it’s a holiday quarter block or a permanent one? I’m so screwed if it’s permanent. Have tons of inventory that won’t move outside of Amazon.

9 minutes ago, pete411 said:

Do you think it’s a holiday quarter block or a permanent one? I’m so screwed if it’s permanent. Have tons of inventory that won’t move outside of Amazon.

There's a lot of categories/items that get blocked during the 4th quarter.  I'm sure you're not permanently blocked.

1 hour ago, pete411 said:

Do you think it’s a holiday quarter block or a permanent one? I’m so screwed if it’s permanent. Have tons of inventory that won’t move outside of Amazon.

You never know with Amazon, but I’m looking into other venues to move the sets, even if it means taking a small loss.

1 hour ago, gmpirate said:

There's a lot of categories/items that get blocked during the 4th quarter.  I'm sure you're not permanently blocked.

I’ve just never been blocked from FBA during 4th quarter which has me worried. I thought the holiday blocks were just for FBM.