Cynthia Stine is the founder of eGrowth Partners, the most experienced team in reinstatements, infringement resolutions and other issues Amazon sellers deal with. She has written two books about Amazon including the ground-breaking, "Suspension Prevention: Get Reinstated and Protect Your Amazon Seller Account," which has won two international book awards and sells worldwide in English and Mandarin. Prior to becoming an Amazon expert, Cynthia had 25+ years of business, crisis and turnaround consulting experience. She built her career advocating for businesses and giving a voice to the frustrated and powerless.
Amazon sellers will no longer be able to hide behind their storefront names as their legal names and addresses will be visible on the platform. Cynthia discusses the furor and reasons why sellers should be glad for this change.... Read More
This week’s Amazon news roundup looks at a new competitive threat from Walmart and current “Dirty Seller Tricks™” on Amazon that hurt sellers and consumers. ... Read More
Amazon sellers facing suspensions for violations of Fair Pricing Policy or ASIN shutdowns for using the word “Free” in their listing titles will find help in this week’s post from Cynthia Stine. In addition, good news from Amazon hints... Read More
We are seeing a lot of failed verifications. The sellers who are failing the most are not new sellers who have never sold on the platform, but current sellers who are trying to launch new brands or who have acquired... Read More
Amazon sellers have struggled to adapt during the pandemic and face almost daily changes, challenges and annoying tech and policy issues. Amazon is now going to use our faces against us, and Jeff Bezos has been summoned by Congress.... Read More
The Wall St. Journal had a recent article about how 20 former Amazonians involved with Amazon private label brands told them that Amazon uses individual seller data to identify and develop new products.... Read More
Cynthia looks at indicators that signal optimism for Amazon sellers including new policies on second accounts and predictions for what might come next from Amazon.... Read More
Sellers overwhelmed by Amazon's decisions and continuous COVID-19 stories in the news have some good news among the bad. A closer look at what matters to sellers today.... Read More
This is a continuation of last week’s blog on crisis planning. I can tell from the discussions (outrage) in the seller communities that people did not plan. It is not too late. The scenarios I listed last... Read More
Just a few weeks ago when I talked about Covid-19, it was to explore some questions that sellers were having to ask themselves like “Is it OK to accept my container-load of goods from China?” “Could I be liable if... Read More
