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[image] Amazon is raising its fee in 3 different ways recently: 1. As correctly predicted below, they will be adding a 3.5% surcharge on shipping and fulfillment (this means the work they do in the warehouse) fees, which will of course be passed to consumers 2. Amazon is no longer

[video] This is not fair @ajassy cc @JeffBezos Amazon is charging my company money to answer customer questions and then directing our customers to inferior competitor products who have paid Amazon. We never signed up for Rufus ads. The customer is already on the Amazon page for

[image] After selling on Amazon for over 10 years, Amazon has suddenly decided they need to hold $56,000 of our money for chargebacks. "Amount held in reserve to ensure that you have enough funds to fulfill any claims or chargebacks." Not to beat a dead horse (and then turn it into

[text] I will be boycotting Amazon’s advertising next week to protest the company’s greed. I hope you all can join me in doing so and post a screenshot proving so after you have.

[text] One of the main reason for the decline in goods in services in the United States, and to a lesser extent, the world, is the financialization of our economies driven by excessive money printing. Let's break that down into simpler language. The quality of the things and services

[text] This is going to sound dumb, but retail margins blow my mind. I'm so accustomed to selling a $20 item and eeking out a $4 or $5 profit (if we're lucky) after all the costs associated with ecommerce. We recently had the opportunity to sell our products at full retail prices

[image] I am not seeing a way for things to quickly return to normal. I have far from perfect information but it seems to me that it will take at least months to repair the oil and gas infrastructure which has been damaged. And that is if there is a cessation in military activities.

[image] USD quietly down 6% vs. the Chinese RMB in the last year. Unlike tariffs, this is difficult to cheat.

[image] Turned off our ads as promised. We apparently lost our organic search rank for "stem toy" for Brain Flakes, but I was happy to do it. Amazon needs stop treating their sellers like a couch they can reach into every time they need money.

[text] “All our plastic suppliers are saying there's a 30-50% price increase. Because of war” Now add increased transportation on top. This isn’t like tariffs. Can’t lie about the value to reduce costs. It’s real.

[text] What shopping on Amazon would be like if it happened at a store: "Hi, I'm looking for Nike shoes in size 13" "Here are pairs from Buiquiy, EPHIIONIY, Sinoeem, YEBABFIT" "Uh, Nike?" "Watch this video from ZXJZNICE." "Yeah, but I just need Nike shoes in size 13." "Here's a pair,

[text] A year ago I wrote this article about how the April 2025 tariffs would fail. They did, resoundingly. It was arguably the worst US economic policy of all time. And the execution was even worse. If you opened a factory in the USA because of these tariffs, you are dead today.

[image] For those who do not know, Jon Elder @BlackLabelAdvsr is a laughing stock of the Amazon seller community. He brags about "millions of dollars" sold but he achieved this by adding up multiple years of sales that he had with a partner. He hasn't sold on Amazon since 2018.

[image] This is Cairo, Illinois. Geographically, it should be one of the richest cities in the United States. It lies at the confluence of America's two most important industrial and agricultural rivers, the Ohio and the Missississippi, and 3 states, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky.

[image] Amazon is holding $63k of our money against $7k in refunds and $0 in chargebacks when we've been selling on the platform for over 10 years and have $156,000 in inventory in their warehouses. Is this about protecting Amazon or the interest they can make on holding the $63k?

[image] It is an extremely challenging way to make money. I know because I've been in other businesses, where it was SIGNIFICANTLY easier. The bar is constantly being raised. - understanding the algorithm - competing vs. lower cost advantaged sellers from China - increasing

[video] The people who sew your clothing earn $200 to $300 per month and they don’t need electricity. It’s going to be a little while before $100,000 robots are even close to cost competitive, never mind that they lack the manual dexterity to sew.

[text] What does a world with less, pricier energy look like? - more bikes - fewer cars - more electric vehicles - less gas powered cars - more solar panels - more digital services / entertainment - fewer physical goods - more firewood - less travel - more video calls - less commuting

[image] Excellent analysis of US Amazon return trends

[image] If you want people to respect you, I don't recommend going into the toy business, even the educational toy business. What we do is not only extremely important for the skills of the next generation, but also extremely difficult. I've seen 100s of our competitors go down as we

[image] Amazon knew that many believed their pricing policy to be unfair and that it might become a legal problem over 6 years ago. Why did they refuse to change the policy and fight the lawsuits? It has the potential to be the largest judgment in world history.