Best Plan of Action to Get Your Amazon Seller Account Back after a Dropshipping Suspension
Published on: December 1 2022 by Bryan Guerra
Best Plan of Action to Get Your Amazon Seller Account Back after a Dropshipping Suspension
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Best Plan of Action to Get Your Amazon Seller Account Back after a Dropshipping Suspension
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00:00:00 | 00:00:04 | all right so in this video i want to |
00:00:01 | 00:00:06 | briefly cover how to get past an amazon |
00:00:04 | 00:00:08 | drop shipping suspension okay so if you |
00:00:06 | 00:00:10 | drop ship on amazon long enough you're |
00:00:08 | 00:00:12 | gonna face you know ding seller accounts |
00:00:10 | 00:00:14 | for metrics you're gonna face the |
00:00:12 | 00:00:16 | potential suspension and so it's |
00:00:14 | 00:00:17 | actually a lot easier to get past this |
00:00:16 | 00:00:19 | uh than a lot of people think right this |
00:00:17 | 00:00:21 | is the dreaded amazon drop shipping |
00:00:19 | 00:00:22 | suspension that most people think you |
00:00:21 | 00:00:24 | can't come back from but in reality you |
00:00:22 | 00:00:26 | can now the biggest mistake i see you |
00:00:24 | 00:00:27 | know not just with the drop shipping |
00:00:26 | 00:00:30 | suspension and getting past that with a |
00:00:27 | 00:00:32 | plan of action but getting past any |
00:00:30 | 00:00:34 | amazon suspension with plans of action |
00:00:32 | 00:00:36 | i've been suspended almost |
00:00:34 | 00:00:38 | i think five times now on amazon total |
00:00:36 | 00:00:40 | um and i've also helped you know dozens |
00:00:38 | 00:00:41 | of people you know through consulting |
00:00:40 | 00:00:43 | get their accounts done as well and i |
00:00:41 | 00:00:44 | don't do that anymore so nobody reached |
00:00:43 | 00:00:47 | out to me basically asking me obviously |
00:00:44 | 00:00:48 | how to you know structure their poa i'll |
00:00:47 | 00:00:50 | give you a one size fits all kind of |
00:00:48 | 00:00:52 | idea here of how i did it and you can |
00:00:50 | 00:00:54 | obviously take this template mold it to |
00:00:52 | 00:00:56 | your situation and it will help you get |
00:00:54 | 00:00:57 | unsuspended if you do it right okay |
00:00:56 | 00:00:59 | so |
00:00:57 | 00:01:01 | the key with any suspension on amazon |
00:00:59 | 00:01:03 | not just the drop shipping suspension |
00:01:01 | 00:01:04 | but anyone is admitting fault right so |
00:01:03 | 00:01:06 | there's three different there's three |
00:01:04 | 00:01:08 | key components that you need to |
00:01:06 | 00:01:10 | basically cover right first is you know |
00:01:08 | 00:01:11 | the root cause of the problem which is |
00:01:10 | 00:01:14 | literally what you want to title that |
00:01:11 | 00:01:16 | right so uh you need to say why you know |
00:01:14 | 00:01:17 | what caused your account to get |
00:01:16 | 00:01:20 | suspended for what they're saying that |
00:01:17 | 00:01:21 | for right uh the second thing is the |
00:01:20 | 00:01:24 | immediate corrective actions that you |
00:01:21 | 00:01:26 | took to address it immediately right now |
00:01:24 | 00:01:28 | to you know help address the situation |
00:01:26 | 00:01:30 | right and the third one is you know the |
00:01:28 | 00:01:33 | the long-term changes that you're making |
00:01:30 | 00:01:34 | to your business so that this doesn't |
00:01:33 | 00:01:36 | again happen in the future right and |
00:01:34 | 00:01:38 | those are the three key components that |
00:01:36 | 00:01:41 | any plan of action to get past any |
00:01:38 | 00:01:43 | amazon suspension needs to have but the |
00:01:41 | 00:01:45 | key that you need to think about is you |
00:01:43 | 00:01:46 | need to admit fault now there's always |
00:01:45 | 00:01:48 | the type of person that sits there and |
00:01:46 | 00:01:49 | says i didn't do anything wrong and they |
00:01:48 | 00:01:51 | try to go back |
00:01:49 | 00:01:52 | against amazon and say hey i didn't do |
00:01:51 | 00:01:55 | anything wrong and like are there those |
00:01:52 | 00:01:56 | random you know obscure people that like |
00:01:55 | 00:01:58 | one out of every thousand people that |
00:01:56 | 00:02:01 | didn't do anything wrong sure i'm sure |
00:01:58 | 00:02:04 | that that happens right but the reality |
00:02:01 | 00:02:07 | is the far majority if not the you know |
00:02:04 | 00:02:08 | 99.9 of people that get suspended from |
00:02:07 | 00:02:10 | on amazon |
00:02:08 | 00:02:11 | did something wrong and they know it and |
00:02:10 | 00:02:13 | they're just not willing to admit it |
00:02:11 | 00:02:15 | right the only reason amazon suspends |
00:02:13 | 00:02:16 | you is if they're positive that you've |
00:02:15 | 00:02:18 | done something wrong you violated the |
00:02:16 | 00:02:20 | terms of service if they're positive |
00:02:18 | 00:02:22 | that you're you're guilty of this and |
00:02:20 | 00:02:24 | then they suspend you right so it always |
00:02:22 | 00:02:25 | starts with admitting fall a lot of |
00:02:24 | 00:02:27 | people especially with the with the drop |
00:02:25 | 00:02:30 | shipping suspension uh go out and they |
00:02:27 | 00:02:31 | think like okay um you know i'm gonna |
00:02:30 | 00:02:33 | try to prove to amazon why i'm not drop |
00:02:31 | 00:02:34 | shipping right but that's never gonna |
00:02:33 | 00:02:36 | work and it's only gonna end up in the |
00:02:34 | 00:02:38 | long-term ban of your account because |
00:02:36 | 00:02:40 | you're not admitting the problem that |
00:02:38 | 00:02:42 | amazon has identified right |
00:02:40 | 00:02:43 | they're not condemning you and basically |
00:02:42 | 00:02:44 | saying you know we're throwing you into |
00:02:43 | 00:02:45 | the fire you're never allowed to sell on |
00:02:44 | 00:02:47 | amazon again because you're drop |
00:02:45 | 00:02:49 | shipping but what they want is they want |
00:02:47 | 00:02:52 | you to understand how to drop ship |
00:02:49 | 00:02:54 | effectively if you are doing it okay and |
00:02:52 | 00:02:56 | that means using potentially wholesale |
00:02:54 | 00:02:58 | suppliers or obscure retail suppliers |
00:02:56 | 00:03:00 | anybody that's basically not going to |
00:02:58 | 00:03:02 | put uh their invoice in it not gonna |
00:03:00 | 00:03:04 | identify their company on the packaging |
00:03:02 | 00:03:05 | um you know we've covered this a number |
00:03:04 | 00:03:07 | of different times the specifics of how |
00:03:05 | 00:03:09 | you're able to dropship on amazon there |
00:03:07 | 00:03:11 | are specifics to it you are able to drop |
00:03:09 | 00:03:12 | ship but you have to do it the correct |
00:03:11 | 00:03:14 | way right |
00:03:12 | 00:03:15 | and so if you are doing drop shipping |
00:03:14 | 00:03:17 | from retail suppliers this is really |
00:03:15 | 00:03:19 | going to help you out i got dinged |
00:03:17 | 00:03:20 | recently on one of my retail suppliers |
00:03:19 | 00:03:22 | um |
00:03:20 | 00:03:24 | and it was you know it was a company |
00:03:22 | 00:03:26 | that i knew i shouldn't have been using |
00:03:24 | 00:03:28 | but i actually ran out of the uh |
00:03:26 | 00:03:30 | that actual product on my original |
00:03:28 | 00:03:33 | supplier so i knew that one of the other |
00:03:30 | 00:03:35 | companies was using that this was barnes |
00:03:33 | 00:03:37 | and noble for example was using or was |
00:03:35 | 00:03:38 | selling that product and so i ended up |
00:03:37 | 00:03:40 | ordering it during the holidays because |
00:03:38 | 00:03:41 | i was you know just running around with |
00:03:40 | 00:03:43 | like a chicken with my head cut off |
00:03:41 | 00:03:45 | trying to process you know hundreds if |
00:03:43 | 00:03:47 | not thousands of orders during christmas |
00:03:45 | 00:03:48 | and so one of them obviously ended up |
00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | being from a retail supplier because i |
00:03:48 | 00:03:52 | was trying to fulfill that order and i |
00:03:50 | 00:03:54 | ended up getting caught with it okay so |
00:03:52 | 00:03:56 | we're not here to cover any of those |
00:03:54 | 00:03:59 | specifics in this situation um but what |
00:03:56 | 00:04:01 | i do want to cover in this in this video |
00:03:59 | 00:04:03 | is how to get past a drop shipping |
00:04:01 | 00:04:05 | suspension and it's super easy okay so |
00:04:03 | 00:04:06 | again the keys here admit fault and then |
00:04:05 | 00:04:08 | go through the plan of action just like |
00:04:06 | 00:04:09 | you would any other one right now i'm |
00:04:08 | 00:04:11 | gonna give you the plan of action that |
00:04:09 | 00:04:12 | allowed me to get unsuspended literally |
00:04:11 | 00:04:14 | in like |
00:04:12 | 00:04:15 | i don't even know like three hours maybe |
00:04:14 | 00:04:17 | but this is the original email so if you |
00:04:15 | 00:04:18 | get any email like this basically they |
00:04:17 | 00:04:19 | know that you're drop shipping you want |
00:04:18 | 00:04:21 | to admit it and you want to address it |
00:04:19 | 00:04:23 | with a plan of action okay |
00:04:21 | 00:04:24 | so this is the original email i got some |
00:04:23 | 00:04:26 | of your recent orders have violated |
00:04:24 | 00:04:28 | amazon's drop shipping policy or seller |
00:04:26 | 00:04:30 | affiliate orders blah blah blah why is |
00:04:28 | 00:04:31 | this happening you know repeated actions |
00:04:30 | 00:04:33 | and then what's next what do you need to |
00:04:31 | 00:04:34 | do well you need to submit a plan of |
00:04:33 | 00:04:35 | action they're literally telling you |
00:04:34 | 00:04:37 | what you need to do here because they're |
00:04:35 | 00:04:39 | trying to help you get your account back |
00:04:37 | 00:04:41 | okay this is from somebody that's |
00:04:39 | 00:04:43 | literally telling you we caught you drop |
00:04:41 | 00:04:44 | shipping this is how you can appeal it |
00:04:43 | 00:04:46 | and tell us that you're going to address |
00:04:44 | 00:04:48 | these things going forward right now the |
00:04:46 | 00:04:50 | key here that i want to touch on right |
00:04:48 | 00:04:52 | is whether you're going to continue the |
00:04:50 | 00:04:53 | drop shipping on amazon the way that you |
00:04:52 | 00:04:55 | got caught or whether you're going to |
00:04:53 | 00:04:56 | continue retail drop shipping on amazon |
00:04:55 | 00:04:57 | or whether you're going to continue |
00:04:56 | 00:04:59 | wholesale dropshipping |
00:04:57 | 00:05:01 | none of that matters right what matters |
00:04:59 | 00:05:02 | now since that they've they've suspended |
00:05:01 | 00:05:04 | you or they're telling you that your |
00:05:02 | 00:05:06 | account is under review |
00:05:04 | 00:05:08 | what matters most now is that you admit |
00:05:06 | 00:05:10 | fault and you get your account back |
00:05:08 | 00:05:12 | right you you need to say whatever it |
00:05:10 | 00:05:13 | takes to get your account back right |
00:05:12 | 00:05:16 | that doesn't mean that you can't do this |
00:05:13 | 00:05:18 | again in the future but obviously you |
00:05:16 | 00:05:21 | want to address those things now and |
00:05:18 | 00:05:22 | tell them what they want to hear okay so |
00:05:21 | 00:05:23 | you're literally going to repeat all |
00:05:22 | 00:05:25 | these things back to them |
00:05:23 | 00:05:27 | this is the plan of action that got me |
00:05:25 | 00:05:29 | unsuspended and this has worked like a |
00:05:27 | 00:05:31 | charm not just for me but for several |
00:05:29 | 00:05:32 | other people okay so the root cause of |
00:05:31 | 00:05:34 | why the drop shipping policy happened |
00:05:32 | 00:05:36 | right our seller account violated |
00:05:34 | 00:05:38 | amazon's drop shipping policy because we |
00:05:36 | 00:05:39 | placed orders from retail stores and had |
00:05:38 | 00:05:41 | those products shipped directly to |
00:05:39 | 00:05:43 | amazon customers using their boxes |
00:05:41 | 00:05:44 | invoices etc we made this mistake |
00:05:43 | 00:05:46 | because we were out of inventory of |
00:05:44 | 00:05:47 | certain products and we were unable to |
00:05:46 | 00:05:48 | fulfill our orders at the time therefore |
00:05:47 | 00:05:50 | we made the mistake of sending customers |
00:05:48 | 00:05:52 | products that we didn't have from other |
00:05:50 | 00:05:53 | stores we understand this is a violation |
00:05:52 | 00:05:55 | of amazon's drop shipping policies and |
00:05:53 | 00:05:57 | we will not make this mistake again so |
00:05:55 | 00:05:58 | there's the first part of it that |
00:05:57 | 00:06:00 | they're asking right the root cause of |
00:05:58 | 00:06:01 | the of the problem why did you get |
00:06:00 | 00:06:03 | caught doing it why why are you |
00:06:01 | 00:06:05 | suspended what happened what caused that |
00:06:03 | 00:06:07 | right and literally title it the root |
00:06:05 | 00:06:08 | cause of why the drop shipping policy |
00:06:07 | 00:06:10 | violation happened right |
00:06:08 | 00:06:12 | the next thing you want to title is the |
00:06:10 | 00:06:14 | actions that you've taken to resolve the |
00:06:12 | 00:06:15 | drop shipping violations like |
00:06:14 | 00:06:17 | immediately right the immediate |
00:06:15 | 00:06:18 | corrective actions so we've gone through |
00:06:17 | 00:06:20 | and double checked all of our inventory |
00:06:18 | 00:06:22 | levels and all of our stok to make sure |
00:06:20 | 00:06:24 | that what we have listed on amazon we |
00:06:22 | 00:06:26 | currently have and we're able to fulfill |
00:06:24 | 00:06:27 | from our warehouse only |
00:06:26 | 00:06:28 | again |
00:06:27 | 00:06:29 | this does not necessarily mean you |
00:06:28 | 00:06:31 | saying this that you're not going to |
00:06:29 | 00:06:33 | dropship in the future um but what it is |
00:06:31 | 00:06:34 | doing is it's telling them what they |
00:06:33 | 00:06:36 | want to hear you're not going to get |
00:06:34 | 00:06:37 | unsuspended unless you tell them what |
00:06:36 | 00:06:38 | you want to |
00:06:37 | 00:06:40 | what they want to hear and you address |
00:06:38 | 00:06:42 | it in this manner right and it's not |
00:06:40 | 00:06:44 | necessarily explaining because you could |
00:06:42 | 00:06:45 | basically say like hey i'm drop shipping |
00:06:44 | 00:06:47 | from wholesale suppliers that don't give |
00:06:45 | 00:06:49 | the invoice like you could get all into |
00:06:47 | 00:06:50 | that but it's a lot easier to just say |
00:06:49 | 00:06:52 | this way and then proceed to do it the |
00:06:50 | 00:06:53 | correct way in the future or go back to |
00:06:52 | 00:06:55 | whatever you're doing it doesn't really |
00:06:53 | 00:06:56 | matter we're not getting the semantiks |
00:06:55 | 00:06:58 | of it here but this is going to be the |
00:06:56 | 00:06:59 | most easy way and the most direct way to |
00:06:58 | 00:07:01 | get your account back and again we're |
00:06:59 | 00:07:03 | just telling them what they want to hear |
00:07:01 | 00:07:04 | the key here is not necessarily telling |
00:07:03 | 00:07:07 | them everything about our business but |
00:07:04 | 00:07:08 | just getting our account back up that's |
00:07:07 | 00:07:10 | step one okay |
00:07:08 | 00:07:12 | so again we just went through that now |
00:07:10 | 00:07:13 | we have also developed a plan to ship |
00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | all of our current inventory into amazon |
00:07:13 | 00:07:16 | fba so we don't run into this inventory |
00:07:15 | 00:07:18 | issue again again i'm not going to do |
00:07:16 | 00:07:19 | this i don't necessarily i'm not telling |
00:07:18 | 00:07:21 | you you have to do this but it's just |
00:07:19 | 00:07:22 | what they want to hear um because |
00:07:21 | 00:07:24 | obviously they make a lot of money on it |
00:07:22 | 00:07:26 | off fba and you're basically telling |
00:07:24 | 00:07:27 | them like hey like i'm not going to even |
00:07:26 | 00:07:29 | do merchant fulfilled anymore i'm just |
00:07:27 | 00:07:30 | going to ship my products into fba what |
00:07:29 | 00:07:33 | that subtly says is you have all your |
00:07:30 | 00:07:34 | inventory number one and also number two |
00:07:33 | 00:07:36 | you're clearly not going to face this |
00:07:34 | 00:07:38 | issue ever again because you're shipping |
00:07:36 | 00:07:40 | all your products into fba and we also |
00:07:38 | 00:07:42 | have read 100 always say something like |
00:07:40 | 00:07:44 | this um regardless of the suspension but |
00:07:42 | 00:07:46 | obviously specifically with drop |
00:07:44 | 00:07:48 | shipping because they always want you to |
00:07:46 | 00:07:49 | review their policies so always tell |
00:07:48 | 00:07:51 | them whatever you got suspended for |
00:07:49 | 00:07:53 | literally linked to them i didn't do it |
00:07:51 | 00:07:55 | right here i don't believe but always |
00:07:53 | 00:07:57 | link to them if you can back to their |
00:07:55 | 00:07:59 | specific policy and say that you read it |
00:07:57 | 00:08:01 | so we've also read and 100 understand |
00:07:59 | 00:08:02 | amazon's drop shipping policies now and |
00:08:01 | 00:08:04 | we understand that we will |
00:08:02 | 00:08:05 | full-heartedly never send amazon |
00:08:04 | 00:08:07 | customers products from retail store |
00:08:05 | 00:08:09 | sites ever again we will only ship our |
00:08:07 | 00:08:11 | products into amazon fba and have amazon |
00:08:09 | 00:08:13 | send our products to customers okay and |
00:08:11 | 00:08:15 | i literally repeated that for step three |
00:08:13 | 00:08:17 | but step three might change depending on |
00:08:15 | 00:08:19 | your situation it might be the same |
00:08:17 | 00:08:21 | depending on your situation but step |
00:08:19 | 00:08:23 | three is the steps that you've taken to |
00:08:21 | 00:08:25 | prevent drop shipping policy by policy |
00:08:23 | 00:08:26 | violations going forward right like the |
00:08:25 | 00:08:28 | long-term changes you're making to your |
00:08:26 | 00:08:30 | business so this does not happen again |
00:08:28 | 00:08:32 | okay and then i always end it right here |
00:08:30 | 00:08:34 | it's very similar right like thank you |
00:08:32 | 00:08:36 | we understand that selling on amazon is |
00:08:34 | 00:08:38 | a privilege and we strive to provide the |
00:08:36 | 00:08:39 | best service to amazon customers we |
00:08:38 | 00:08:40 | kindly request to have our selling |
00:08:39 | 00:08:42 | account restored so we can continue to |
00:08:40 | 00:08:44 | ship all of our products remaining in |
00:08:42 | 00:08:46 | future into amazon fba i always say |
00:08:44 | 00:08:47 | something like this like thank you well |
00:08:46 | 00:08:48 | while we kindly request to have our |
00:08:47 | 00:08:50 | account |
00:08:48 | 00:08:52 | restored and then the last part of it i |
00:08:50 | 00:08:53 | usually kind of personalize to the |
00:08:52 | 00:08:56 | specific situation |
00:08:53 | 00:08:58 | now again this is not like conjecture |
00:08:56 | 00:08:59 | this is not anecdotal like theory here |
00:08:58 | 00:09:01 | this is literally what brought my |
00:08:59 | 00:09:02 | account back within three hours it's |
00:09:01 | 00:09:04 | also what brought a lot of other account |
00:09:02 | 00:09:07 | backs accounts back for people that have |
00:09:04 | 00:09:09 | asked me in the past and on top of that |
00:09:07 | 00:09:10 | i've been suspended on amazon five times |
00:09:09 | 00:09:12 | i've dealt with dozens of these this |
00:09:10 | 00:09:14 | plan of action will work for drop |
00:09:12 | 00:09:17 | shipping this plan of action structure |
00:09:14 | 00:09:18 | will work overall for everything okay so |
00:09:17 | 00:09:20 | keys here is you don't want to get a lot |
00:09:18 | 00:09:22 | of these right like if you keep getting |
00:09:20 | 00:09:24 | ding for amazon suspensions where they |
00:09:22 | 00:09:26 | keep flagging you for um not amazon's |
00:09:24 | 00:09:27 | suspension sorry for dropshipping |
00:09:26 | 00:09:28 | suspensions and they keep flagging you |
00:09:27 | 00:09:30 | eventually they're gonna shut your |
00:09:28 | 00:09:33 | account down right so you probably have |
00:09:30 | 00:09:35 | like three strikes max in my opinion to |
00:09:33 | 00:09:36 | get these done so if you're on like your |
00:09:35 | 00:09:38 | second or third then you should probably |
00:09:36 | 00:09:40 | stop doing it because you're doing |
00:09:38 | 00:09:42 | something wrong right and you know what |
00:09:40 | 00:09:43 | you're doing is not within their terms |
00:09:42 | 00:09:45 | of service or what you're doing is |
00:09:43 | 00:09:46 | getting you caught right |
00:09:45 | 00:09:48 | the key here is this is going to help |
00:09:46 | 00:09:49 | you get your account back that's step |
00:09:48 | 00:09:51 | one right then you should make some |
00:09:49 | 00:09:53 | corrective actions to your business and |
00:09:51 | 00:09:55 | actually do those and figure out why |
00:09:53 | 00:09:57 | customers are reporting you know your |
00:09:55 | 00:09:58 | products or why what what's going wrong |
00:09:57 | 00:10:00 | in your business specifically i'm not |
00:09:58 | 00:10:02 | telling you you can't retail dropship |
00:10:00 | 00:10:05 | but just like before i always suggest |
00:10:02 | 00:10:07 | wholesale suppliers or i suggest obscure |
00:10:05 | 00:10:09 | retail suppliers right i always go back |
00:10:07 | 00:10:11 | and i say hey if your drop shipping from |
00:10:09 | 00:10:13 | walmart if you're drop shipping from um |
00:10:11 | 00:10:14 | you know home depot if you're drop |
00:10:13 | 00:10:17 | shipping from somebody that's going to |
00:10:14 | 00:10:19 | send an invoice in the package you're |
00:10:17 | 00:10:20 | asking for trouble and you can get away |
00:10:19 | 00:10:22 | with it for a little bit but eventually |
00:10:20 | 00:10:24 | you're gonna get caught right this |
00:10:22 | 00:10:25 | specifically was a barnes and noble one |
00:10:24 | 00:10:27 | um but you know |
00:10:25 | 00:10:29 | who by the way does send invoices so |
00:10:27 | 00:10:30 | there you go the whole thing here was |
00:10:29 | 00:10:33 | the customer got the invoice and was |
00:10:30 | 00:10:35 | pissed off that the the product was was |
00:10:33 | 00:10:36 | more expensive on amazon and they paid |
00:10:35 | 00:10:37 | more right that was my mistake i |
00:10:36 | 00:10:39 | shouldn't have done that i should have |
00:10:37 | 00:10:41 | done more research okay we've covered |
00:10:39 | 00:10:44 | that obviously in the past but this is a |
00:10:41 | 00:10:46 | key on how to get past an amazon drop |
00:10:44 | 00:10:48 | shipping suspension this always works |
00:10:46 | 00:10:51 | tailored to your specific situation hope |
00:10:48 | 00:10:51 | it helps |
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