When you're on Amazon review plays a crucial part for you, when it's from the customer it means you are hitting right it in the slot, it's even better if those are the positive ones. At the same time, if the review comes from Amazon, I mean your account review then frustration is guaranteed. Even though you haven't committed any fault, the account review can be horrible at times as the major reason behind the account review is kept confidential by the Amazon Team in many of the cases.
In such circumstances, you can't idle away from work as when you are running a smooth business you gotta pay funds to the vendors and companies purchasing products from. At the same time, if you have set up a team on Amazon for selling products, this is going to hurt you even more as during this review period your accounts will be on hold.
Many of the selling parties on Amazon don't even have the slightest know-how of what made their funds go on hold. At times, it can be anything that happens out of the box, for sure it disses the Amazon Algorithms, and it backfires in the form of the review.
The question still remains there what situations lead to sellers account review on Amazon, here's our detailed take about that:
Boom in Sales
Amazon won't allow you to climb the success ladder with both hands in pocket or the one achieved through some shortcut. Let me make a revelation you won't be slapped by a review for your poor form always, it can even be seen when you are witnessing a spike in your sales, and everything is hitting the bulls-eye. So after reading that you aren't supposed to drop the ball, you better carry on with the same pace till then let the Amazon Team look into what makes you an overnight star here on this platform.
Many of the sellers are often seen ranting about the review on their account and what they add more is it happened after the national holidays or special events. It most probably happens when a seller even keeps his seller-rating firm at the time of increasing sales volume and that too with making a timely delivery.
Something Fishy or Suspicious
When we say something fishy or suspicious it can be anything that may have hurt the sentiments of the set algorithms. It isn't something you can actually going to know from the Amazon team, it will embrace you with 'something fishy' or 'suspicious' tag.
Our close insight into this matter tells that the fake reviews, spam commenting, issues with product invoices, account activity or anything out of the blue can make you go on hibernate with your funds on hold and your account under review.
Two Seller Accounts
When you're allotted an account that allows you working on with specific products on a particular niche and that way you can't go with the product you aren't assigned. Following that, you also can't set up another seller account on your e-mail ID that already has the business running on it. If you need another account, you can chase that through proper channel, but you can't ditch the rules established by Amazon Team.
It is also reported that using two different accounts from the similar IP or internet connection put the account on review. It is done to know what link these accounts have with one and another and the products they sell up on this platform. The overlapping of selling products from two different accounts can even make you go under the radar. So what all you're supposed to do is play it fair as you can't beat the techies at world's biggest e-commerce store.
Selling Banned Products
So as we talk about shortcuts above, it can be something; primarily it may be the selling of banned or prohibited products. Some over smart sellers even try to do so, but in the modern-day, the automated algorithms of Amazon just snub them within seconds. So one should be well aware that alcoholic beverages (including non-alcoholic-beer) rest in the list of prohibited products from FBA. There are dozens of other products in the prohibition list of FBA, so before getting them listed for sales make sure you took a glance at the Amazon's policy and other regulations.
How long an Amazon Account Review takes?
It is usually days; it can be weeks, and when things get worst it may lead to the month time. In short, the review time is indefinite in most of the cases, but you're still consoled by telling that it is something that will take max 30-days.
In the worst cases it exceeds the month span and sellers went on knocking the door of Amazon; what comes in reply to that is it would take 'indefinite' time. Hearing all this adds more to the seller's ordeal which seems to have no gateway out.
Funds on hold during Amazon Account Review
The most painful factor of the account review is your funds are on hold, and you can't do anything about that. The seller might be hawk-eyed at his account as his pending dues with vendors will be making him uneasy at the moment.
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