It has become increasingly difficult to operate as a 3rd party seller on their platform. A lot of categories and items are "gated" requiring a lot of additional

It has become increasingly difficult to operate as a 3rd party seller on their platform. A lot of categories and items are "gated" requiring a lot of additional approval or limited access that's difficult to come by. For example, there are books I purchased off of Amazon, directly from Amazon as new books, that I am not allowed to sell as used on their site. This wasn't always the case.