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Except products like deodorant are considered health products. Amazon doesn’t just let you easily sell health products, you need to produce invoices, receipts,

Except products like deodorant are considered health products. Amazon doesn’t just let you easily sell health products, you need to produce invoices, receipts, etc. More likely this stuff is sold on ebay

aliqot 4y ago
> Except products like deodorant are considered health products. Amazon doesn’t just let you easily sell health products, you need to produce invoices, receipts, etc. I have doubts about this.
- themitigating 4y ago
  It appears to be true. This page describes the categories and there seems to be an approval process to prevent what this article is talking about. https://www.sellerapp.com/blog/amazon-restricted-categories-approval https://www.sellerapp.com/blog/amazon-restricted-categories-... It does link to Amazon's seller central but I don't have an account to see the actual list.
- tehwebguy 4y ago
  It’s true. Selling in this and a growing list of other categories is gated, every year the rules get stricter. Source: I have a seller account on Amazon.
eek2121 4y ago
No, instead they reach out to Amazon to school a sweet deal directly. I think a lot of people forget that a typical retailer relationship is manufacturer => distributor => retailer. Large companies like Amazon often can (and do) negotiate directly with manufacturers, however, sometimes larger distributors can offer a better deal. This is why, for example, you'll sometimes find Amazon themselves selling fake SD cards.
- tacker2000 4y ago
  Sure, but Amazon chooses the companies they buy directly from (its called Amazon Vendor Central) very carefully and they only buy from people who are already established 3rd party sellers on Seller Central, so im not sure these small time thieves are able to do that. But it could be that maybe one of them is a legit seller/vendor and buys these stolen goods off of these crooks or doesnt even know about the fact that they are stolen. There are lots of Facebook groups for amazon sellers where people often post “liquidation” sales so maybe this could be a way to do it.
echelon 4y ago
> Amazon doesn’t just let you easily sell health products, you need to produce invoices, receipts, etc. I sure hope so. Amazon seems to only carry many common household items through dubious 3rd party sellers. On the subject of deodorant, I've received the wrong type from Amazon multiple times, including some that obviously came from a foreign market. I ordered Dove. That can't be difficult to source from the manufacturer. I just want Target to bring back Subscribe and Save so I can ditch Amazon completely. Third party fulfillment ruined Amazon's store.
- ekianjo 4y ago
  I dont know about Unilever (Dove) but actually a lot of manufacturers do not sell directly thru Amazon. For numerous reasons.
ohbleek 4y ago
It seems like that can be easily faked.

aliqot 4y ago

> Except products like deodorant are considered health products. Amazon doesn’t just let you easily sell health products, you need to produce invoices, receipts, etc. I have doubts about this.

themitigating 4y ago
It appears to be true. This page describes the categories and there seems to be an approval process to prevent what this article is talking about. https://www.sellerapp.com/blog/amazon-restricted-categories-approval https://www.sellerapp.com/blog/amazon-restricted-categories-... It does link to Amazon's seller central but I don't have an account to see the actual list.
tehwebguy 4y ago
It’s true. Selling in this and a growing list of other categories is gated, every year the rules get stricter. Source: I have a seller account on Amazon.

eek2121 4y ago

No, instead they reach out to Amazon to school a sweet deal directly. I think a lot of people forget that a typical retailer relationship is manufacturer => distributor => retailer. Large companies like Amazon often can (and do) negotiate directly with manufacturers, however, sometimes larger distributors can offer a better deal. This is why, for example, you'll sometimes find Amazon themselves selling fake SD cards.

tacker2000 4y ago
Sure, but Amazon chooses the companies they buy directly from (its called Amazon Vendor Central) very carefully and they only buy from people who are already established 3rd party sellers on Seller Central, so im not sure these small time thieves are able to do that. But it could be that maybe one of them is a legit seller/vendor and buys these stolen goods off of these crooks or doesnt even know about the fact that they are stolen. There are lots of Facebook groups for amazon sellers where people often post “liquidation” sales so maybe this could be a way to do it.

echelon 4y ago

> Amazon doesn’t just let you easily sell health products, you need to produce invoices, receipts, etc. I sure hope so. Amazon seems to only carry many common household items through dubious 3rd party sellers. On the subject of deodorant, I've received the wrong type from Amazon multiple times, including some that obviously came from a foreign market. I ordered Dove. That can't be difficult to source from the manufacturer. I just want Target to bring back Subscribe and Save so I can ditch Amazon completely. Third party fulfillment ruined Amazon's store.

ekianjo 4y ago
I dont know about Unilever (Dove) but actually a lot of manufacturers do not sell directly thru Amazon. For numerous reasons.

ohbleek 4y ago

It seems like that can be easily faked.